The Dickinson press., 1899-05-13
H[GH-GRADB CATTLE,
Profit In Double That Reaped From
Inferior BreedstW1sdom Of
Mixed Husbandry.
GET RID OF YOUR SCRUB CATTLR
tical Suggestions Based IN
Experience.

paper read by John Donelly, importer
and breeder of Short Horn Cattle
and Poland China Pigs, before tho
Walsh County Farmers Institute,
held at Park River, March 1914,
1852
1 have been requested to give my
experience in diversified farming in
North Dakota, and to offer some sug-
gestions based upon that experience
In the first place. 1 think it will be adj
mitted that there is no longer any
question about the wisdom of mixed
~husbandry. 1t matters not how small
or how large the farm is, a combina.
tion of stock and grain will prove the
most profitable in the end, and the
O stock the better. To commence
right, you must get rid Of your scrub
cattle and lay your foundation in pure
bred or, at least, high-grade stock.
You may be obliged to begin in a
small way, but, by all means, make
the start. I can safely assert that the
profit from good stock is double that
reaped from the inferior. I prefer the
Short-Horn breed; others, the Aber-
deen-Angus; but I am certain your
choice should be made from these twv
breeds. They are best adapted to our
section Of the country. High grades
grow somewhat larger than thorough
breds, and If your object is beef, they
are, perhaps, as good. l am breeding
nothing but thoroughbreds, the best
strains that I can find, with the idea Of
supplying the demand for the best in
the way of sires and dams. AS an ex-
ample Of how stock pays me-, 1 will
state that I sold to c. L. Prince Of
Grafton a steer twenty-six months old
weighing 1,4OO pounds for Christmas
beef, which netted me $1,000. I SOLD
the same gentleman two two-year-
Odds the other day which weighed Q.
700 pounds, for $4.45 per 100 weight
or $12O.15 for the two. This will give
you an idea of the difference between
good cattle and scrubs.
As To Pasture.
In reference to pasture, I will state
that l seed to timothy. The first crop
l cut for hay. The next year 1 pasture
that field, and have another field seed.
ed for the following year. l cut the
Lay early, so that it a get a good
start before harvest. I then turn the
cattle on that field, and pillow the old
pasture up for wheat the following
year.. I think it would be a frst-class
plan to seed this pasture to oats be-
fore harvest. By so doing you would
have plenty of fall feed and it would
be better for wheat the reXt year. In
this way I keep my land clean and can
raise as much wheat off n acre as I
could off two, wheat after wheat. The
wheat ripens earlier, too, and this is
an advantage.
Winter Feed.
l will now state how l winter-feed.
Millet is not a sure crop, and l have
quit raising it. Instead, raise oats
on fall blowing, seed early and cut
them as they begin to turn and plow
the ground before harvest. l raise
about 1900 bushels Of roots. I think
roots r almost essential to successful
feeding. I make these few sugges-
tons with the hope of hearing from
my brother farmers. If there is any
better way Of proceeding than roughly
outlined above, 1 want to know it. I
believe In an exchange Of ideas, and
I expect to 60 home from this meet.
Ing with some new and improved
ideas farming.