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ineffective, by injecting tuberculin, giving febrifuges or by other 

 means. 



"13. No animal shall be sold outside the circuit without the 

 consent of the circuit council. 



"14. The circuit superintendent (a) shall not be a member of 

 the circuit council ; (6) he shall have no financial interest in 

 Shorthorn cattle ; (c) he shall have full charge under the agree- 

 ment between the Secretary of Agriculture, the Director of the 

 Minnesota Experiment Station, and the Cooperative Circuit 

 Association, shall, in consultation with the owners of the animals, 

 direct all matings of circuit animals and the rotation of bulls 

 throughout the circuit ; (d) he shall keep in touch with the work 

 by regular and frequent visits to each herd in the circuit, accord- 

 ing to instructions of the council ; (e) all his books, records, and 

 accounts shall be open to the inspection of the council and the 

 members of the Association ; (/) he may employ experts with the 

 approval of the council ; (g) his headquarters shall be at the Min- 

 nesota Experiment Station, St. Anthony Park, Minn. ; (h) he 

 may be removed at any time by a unanimous vote of the circuit 

 council. 



"15. The circuit council, by a unanimous vote, may drop 

 members from the Association, or add new members ; such action 

 to be subsequently ratified by three-fourths of the members of 

 the Association present at any regularly called or annual meeting. 



"These rules may be amended by an unanimous vote of the 

 circuit council, subject to ratification by a three-fourths vote of 

 the members of the Association present at any meeting." 



Cooperative Horse-breeding 



The cooperative method is adapted to the improvement 

 of the breeds of horses, or to the development of high- 

 grade horses. There has been little cooperative horse- 

 breeding work done in the United States. There are 

 many instances in which groups of farmers have pur- 

 chased stallions for the use of members, but these or- 



