I have long been a reader of your magazine and realize how vitally interested you are in the progress of the livestock business. I would like to call your attention to a practice which I think has contributed to the improvement of livestock in almost every area in the West.
I speak of the practice of donating purebred breeding animals to Future Farmer chapters to give out to some deserving boy in the chapter. These animals are purchased by money set aside by the Sears-Roebuck Foundation and the purchasing is handled by livestock specialists in the state bureau of agricultural education.
The boys who receive the animals are required to return the first female offspring back to the chapter to be given out to another boy, thus perpetuating the scheme. If no female is obtained in a given length of time, the boy returns to the chapter the price of the original animal, and the chapter buys another female.
This practice not only helps some boy to get a start toward a herd of his own, but serves to improve the livestock in the entire community. — Donald E. Simpson, Chapter adviser, Alturas, Calif. FFA Chapter
