98 Cooperation in Agriculture 



small extent in other dairy states. In the state of Maine, 

 there are several cooperative breeders' associations formed 

 around the pure breeds of cattle and also for the purpose of 

 developing a better high-grade dairy stock. 



In Wisconsin. In 1910, Humphrey l gave an account 

 of thirty-one community associations in Wisconsin, in- 

 cluding more than one thousand breeders, organized to 

 produce and improve high-grade and pure-bred dairy 

 cattle and to establish a reputation for a community as a 

 breeding center. The first organization was formed in 

 Wisconsin in 1906, when a dozen young men formed what 

 is now known as the Waukesha Guernsey Breeders' 

 Association. 



It is the object of each association to produce and im- 

 prove high-grade and pure-bred cattle of the breed around 

 which they are organized. The cows of each member 

 are bred to pure-bred bulls of the breed represented by 

 his association. Each member is to care for his herd in 

 the most approved manner ; he must cooperate with the 

 members in the purchase and use of the pure-bred bulls, 

 in the sale of surplus stock, and in the promotion of the 

 dairy interests of his community. These associations 

 keep a herd register in which the animals of each member 

 are entered. They adopt methods of protecting the 

 members against fraud and against the spread of disease 

 among the cattle, such as contagious abortion. They 

 adopt cooperative methods of insuring the bulls, and they 

 seek aid from the state and federal governments in the 



1 Bulletin 189, Community Breeders' Associations for Dairy Cattle 

 Improvement, the University of Wisconsin, Agricultural Experiment 

 Station. 



