The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-07-19
IMPROVING CATTLE IN N. D.
Great Advantage Of the Co. artnership
Plan is Set Forth by N. s. French.


Plan is Set Forth by N. s. French.
y N. s. French, Berlin, in the Dakota
Farmer: In all our years Of talking
and writing in favor Of pure-bred
stock of all kinds and breeds, we have
never yet seen a farmer or cattle rails
err who denied the benefit Of using
purebred bull. The only question
with the most of them is. "Will tie
admitted benefit equal the cost and
.rouble?" First, good bulls are high
in price; second, if shipped far, as is
often the case, the freight Is another
big expense; and last, Tut not least,
to avoid inbreeding, the first bull must
go at /; big loss and another one be
bought at the end Of two or three
years.
Now all these items Of expense can
be greatly reduced, and the last one
practically eliminated, NJ cooperation,
something after this plan:
Though it is scarcely reasonable to
suppose that any large number of
stock raisers or dairymen' should agree
to all use the saEle breed of bulls. still
IL is barely possible that few, posi-
bly, ten in COUNTY might do SO if the
matter was talked UP. To talk this
matter up among neignhors should
then be the first or pre-. im:nary work
Of those most interested. and suppos-
ing number. frcn1 iTe 10 ten, do 50
agree, taen let them form a stoci,
company.
Suppose five bulls are needed, a cap.
ltal of $1,000 would probably be
enough, which might we'll be in shares
/ CT s25 each, Or ten shares for each man
or each animal to be bought, for in
case two or three Near neighbors
choose TO buy and use a bull together
they could we'll do SO.
The money being pledged, an Or
ganization should be effected by elect.
ing a president, treasurer and secre-
tory, all of whom should, of course, be
competent men Then proceed to lock
up the advertisers, looking in the
dairy papers for dairy stock, and in
the other farm papers for other breeds
and at once start q correspondence
with those nearest and most avail
able, for in the freight rates we have
an item that demands consideration,
| and one which a company arrange
ment of this kind vii! reduca to min
imum, which is one great advantage OF
this co-partnershlp plan.
| Now, unless some member Of the
company, or some available person, is
an expert Judge Of the class of stock
that is proposed to purchase, this
business can all be done by CORE
| spondence just as well and often bet
ter than by g personal visit, and thus
save all travelling expenses.
insight unseen may seem to many
farmers to be a queer way of buying
valuable animal. but really there is
very little risk about it. The safe
guarding of absent buyers against
fraud or Misrepresentation Of any
kind is one Of the main objects of all
registry associations of pure.bred
stock, and no dealer could do business
very long if all his deals were not
strictly on the square. This virtually
is true of all kinds of pure-bred stock,
from chickens up to horses. Indiyidu-
ais may be dishonest. but the compa-
MES or associations. as a whole, are
very careful as to all deals of this
kind, and one crooked move would
damage u breeder of pure-bred animals
beyond all calculation.
But whatever way they are bought,
they should be shipped together at car
rates with one man in charge of them
all. When delivered, instead of d.
viding them all among the stockhold-
ers, let the whole bunch still remain
the property Of the company, and be
temporarily apportioned or loaned out
to the members Of the company for
one year or season only.
The apportioning of these animals
could be made by lot. or in any other
! fair manner that could be agreed upon,
and by changing the allotment every
year each member of the company
should be able to get an equal show in
case on animal proved to be more val
ulble as stock getter than others. 1t
might do in some cases where dairy
| olOCh 10 W OS UOuSAI W Ouy AuAAUCAo
of two or more different dairy breeds,
though as whole we believe that
lire breeding will be found by far the
most profitable. But in no case would
we recommend or allow the mixing of
| the beef breeds with the dairy breeds,
| nor the draft horses With the trotter.
You might just as well cross high
lived, runaway roadster with wood
en- saw-horse. thinking to get colt
that would stand without hitching.
There are already too many of these
experiments in conglomerate breeding,
and tie man of mature age who has
not already tried some such abortive
scheme for the production of a novelty
is indeed rare.
Now this plan is not altogether the
oretical. Its practical and successful
working, has been proven in many
places ard on numerous occasions.
! The idea can easily be modified to
suit any and all occasions.
! The advantages are saving on
| freight and often on the price, and the
chance to keep and use the pure-bred
stock as long as they are fit for serv-