COOPERATIVE BULL ASSOCIATIONS. 
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rule, all members of the association become greatly interested in the 
improvement of their herds. They study live-stock pedigrees, indi¬ 
vidual conformation, and production records. They hold meetings 
at which dairy problems of all kinds are discussed. The members 
come to understand the value of organization, petty jealousies give 
way to a broader progressive spirit, and each individual in the com¬ 
munity is helped. Even the boys and girls take an added interest in 
the farm and especially in the dairy herd. 
A North Dakota association held a cattle show at which cows, 
bulls, and young stock were exhibited. The show was held in connec- 
Fig. 7.—A good start by a junior member. 
tion with a three-day chautauqua, and it was estimated that 5,000 
people visited the show and the chautauqua. Great interest centered 
about the boys’ stock-judging contest, which was one of the features 
of the occasion. The educational value of such work can hardly be 
overestimated. 
In Michigan the work of a bull association led to an annual five- 
days’ agricultural school in winter and an annual summer picnic. 
At the picnics small cash prizes, were given for the best heifers 
exhibited. This association consists of 22 members who invested $25 
each, for which they have already had the use of good pure-bred 
bulls for six years. 
