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they cannot supply the demand from outside buyers. In a single year 

 $175,000 worth of Holsteins were shipped from Lake Mills. 



At Howell, in Livingston County, Michigan, 125 breeders of registered 

 Holsteins own over 2500 cows, estimated to be worth over $750,000. Well- 

 bred, registered Holstein heifers sell here for $200 apiece, and up. 



At Syracuse, New York, another Holstein breeding center, the fame of 

 the Holstein has become so great that this community is known as the "Hub 

 of the Holstein World in America." Here single animals have sold for over 

 $10,000, and cows have produced over 40 pounds of butter per week. 



The organization of the community breeding associations is an easy 

 and simple matter where farmers realize the value of organization and are 

 willing to work together for their mutual welfare and benefit. The value of 

 such associations to the dairy interests of a state is inestimable. The work 

 of organizing community breeders associations in Michigan was started in 

 1908. During the first five months work ten community breeders associa- 

 tions were organized and seven others were partly organized. About 50 pure 

 bred sires were introduced and at least 2,100 cows were bred to pure-bred 

 sires in 1908 which had been bred to grade and scrubs in 1907. Following 

 is a copy of the organization plans of the Michigan Association: 



Article 1 — It shall be the purpose of this association to procure and 

 use pedigreed sires for the purpose of improving our livestock through a 

 system of upgrading. This method of improvement implies the continued 

 nse of some one kind of pure blood on the grade and mixed bred stock. The 

 association opposes the admixture of the blood of several breeds and the 

 use of cross-bred grade and scrub sires. The asociation also pledges itself 

 to exert every possible influence for the improvement and furtherance of 

 the livestock interests of the community. 



Article 2. — The name of this association shall be . 



Article 3. — The annual meetings of this association shall be held on the 



Article 4. — The officers of this association shall consist of a board of 

 five directors, from which shall be elected a president, vice-president, and a 

 secretary-treasurer, whose term of office shall be one year, except the 

 directors, whose term of office shall be three years. At the first meeting of 

 this association there shall be elected one director to serve one year, two 

 directors to serve two years, and two directors to serve three years. 



Article 5. — The president shall preside at all meetings of the associa- 

 tion and of the board of directors. He shall countersign all orders for money 

 authorized by the association or board of directors. He shall sign all stock 

 certificates and have general supervision of the affairs of the association. 



Article 6. — In the absence of the president, the vice-president shall 

 have the same power and duties as the president. 



Article 7. — The secretary shall keep a correct record of the proceedings 

 of the association; also of the board of directors. He shall keep a debit 

 and credit account of the financial transactions of this association. He 

 •shall furnish the caretakers of the sires of this association with books 



