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UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI COLLEGE OF* AG^flLf URE 



AGRICULTURAL 

 EXTENSION SERVICE 



A. J. Meyer, Director 



CIRCULAR 33 COLUMBIA, MISSOURI AUGUST, 1917 



Community Livestock Breeding 



S. T. Simpson 



Organized community breeding in Missouri is comparatively new. 

 It has been practiced a long time in many communities in an unor- 

 ganized state, because that is the natural trend of the livestock busi- 

 ness. Most successful community breeding involves organized and 

 specialized production. 



Because some persons have felt that they would be forced to 

 adopt breeds and breed standards which they would not choose, the 

 practicability of community breeding has been hampered in many 

 places where it might otherwise thrive. Individuals who can lay 

 aside personal preferences sufficiently to conform to the community 

 ideals are not only laying the cornerstone for personal success, but 

 are anchoring the community to one of the most progressive steps, 

 co-operation, in livestock production 



Co-operation Necessary. No individual or group of individuals 

 should hope to attain success in a day, working alone, or co-opera- 

 tively, but by working co-operatively the possibility of building an 

 early reputation and founding a profitable and permanent breeding 

 industry is greatly increased. The stimulus of community breeding 

 is felt far beyond the actual limits of the organization. The greater 

 the success and progress of such operations the more rapidly the 

 spirit of co-operation and community building will be spread. The 

 results of producing better livestock of a given breed or class, if 

 kept before the public, will cause new breeders to join the ranks who 



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