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annually by the members of the association. The duties of 

 the officers of the association shall be the business of the as- 

 sociation; purchasing of sires, distribution of same, keeping 

 of records and auditing the accounts. 



The expenses of the association, purchasing and maintenance 

 of sire, etc., shall be met by a special cash assessment on each 

 member of the association, this assessment to be determined 

 by the members of the association. 



BY-LAWS 



1. The breed of dairy sires of the association shall be the 

 breed. 



2. No sire shall be purchased under six months of age, or 

 used for service under 12 months of age or for more than one- 

 half the service required of a mature sire under two years 

 of age. 



3. Sires purchased shall not be closely related. 



4. One sire shall be purchased for approximately every 

 seventy cows of the association. 



5. The association shall be divided into sections, one section 

 for each sire purchased, said section to be designated by num- 

 ber, as section 1, section 2, etc. 



6. The members of each association section shall be deter- 

 mined by the number of cows, approximately seventy cows 

 constituting a section. 



7. The members of each respective section shall be members 

 living nearest together or most conveniently associated. 



8. One sire shall be placed with each section, the farmer 

 who is to have charge of sire to be selected by members of the 

 section. 



9. The farmer who has charge of a sire must provide com- 

 fortable and sanitary quarters. He must not allow the sire 

 to run with the herd, and he must keep the sire in clean and 

 thrifty condition. 



10. For keep of sire the farmer shall be paid $ per year. 



n. At the expiration of two years, sires shall be exchanged 



