The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-10-28
grain, STOCK and DAIRY REGION.
industries Which Are Making North Dakota Rich and Famous
s5s5 Opportunities for Diversified Farming

attention to stock raising, and this
branch of farming is the most impor-
atant in the entire state, next to the
culture of cereals.
In 1900 the number Of dairy cows
was 12S,5O3, other meat cattle $751;
931, horses 1859 sheep 451, 437, and
swine 191,17S.
James ]. Hill gave the stock rails
ing industry something of an impetus
some ten years ago by importing high
bred animals to the number of more
than hundred for breeding purposes
and presenting them for this purpose
to as many representative farmers
who were interested in stock raising.
Costs Of Production contrasted.
An idea of the cost to place on the
market three-year-old steer in this
section as compared with that in the
states of Iowa, Illinois, Michigan or
Indiana can be had by noting the diff
ferent methods Of raising the steer.
In all of the above states cattle are
fed in the winter in sheds or stables
and before they are taken to market
are stall fed with grain or mash.
In North Dakota they can do the
same; but those who make business
of raising stock do not. Cattle run
out winter and summer. The fall
after the steer is two or three years
old he is fat and ready for market. A
well-known stockman of Iowa is cred.
tied by an agricultural paper as say.
ing that it cost him on an average Of
$3.50 for each three-year-old he
placed on the market, and it is safe
to say that the same steer could be
made ready for market for $40, and
perhaps less, on North Dakota native
bunch grass.
Eastern readers may have heard
through newspapers of the loss Of
(; stock and great suffering by being ex.
, posed to sudden storms in North Da-
kota, but no farmer who provides
shelter beforehand for stock to get in
in case of bad weather ever fears loss,
and these shelters can be made with
little cost A few posts and boards
| for, a frame will make fine stock
shelter when covered with straw.
Stock does we'll on clean straw, which
can be had for the hauling from every
farm, as millions of tons are annually
burned to get rid of it.
Tops the Market.
The farmer who has been wise
enough to devote some of his energy,
his capital, his farm and his good com.
mon sense to stock raising, always
| ho OF d
North Dakota cattle are always in de-
mand at the top notch prices in the
markets, and he can generally get the
cash for a single head or an entire
herd at any time he wants little
pocket money.
Many farmers who few years ago
were content to raise grain only are
now raising stock profitably; and at
the same time are steadily enriching
their lands instead of depicting them,
as in the case with grain alone.
Dairy Interests Growing.
The dairy interests of North Dako.
ia are assuming large proportions, and
it may be taken for granted that they
will steadily increase in the years to
come, and that the state will become
famous for its dairy products.
Dairying is a large feature of the
live stock industry o fthe state, and
nearly all that has been said in this
article about the advantages of this
state as stock raising district ap.
plies to the dairy interests.
The cows of North Dakota PRODUCED
in the. past year nearly one hundred
million gallons Of milk.
North Dakota butter won third place
at the Pan-American exposition, with
an average score OF 1858.