The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-12-14

may be a sordid view Of what 10 SUD-
posed by the wealthy to be q mere
pastime. but It has been responsible
for the making of q stock growing
state out of North Dakota. When men
found that they could by improving
their herds Of cattle. improve their
bank accounts at the same time, they
had a pressing desire to keep at the
improvement business.
Happily for the stock growers of tho
country, this state Is we'll adapted to
every kind of cattle which makes the
money for the men who raises them,
II he decides that he can convert his
farm products and his energy into
beef at a profit to himself, he directs
his attention to the beef producing
breeds OF cattle. Instead of having .
frame OF bones upon which it costs q
certain amount to hang a fixed num-
Der of pounds of stringy beef which
would find no market except in the
old-fashioned boarding schools where
the desire was to prevent the eating
OF the food II possible. or to some
manufacturer of sausage, these stock
raisers have selected frames upon
which they can at third of the form
er cost hang the beef which would be.
accepted on the table ofKing Edward
VII. 1t is needless to discuss the 3D.
vantages to the farmer of having 4.
class of cattle which furnishes the
prime beef and commands the prin4
market. for they all know them.
II the aggressive farmer did not de-
sire to engage in the raising Of beef
and his inclination ran to the supply
ing of that other great food commodi-
ty, the companion of North Dakota
bread, he turned his attention to the
dairy. Here again. there was the ever
ready market, and the splendid profit,
North Dakota creamery butter selle
at the top of the price list in New
York. Incidentally with the deyelou-
ment OF the dairy breeds of cattle in
the state came the need for some
means OF handling the products of the
dairy farms in the most economical
manner Creameries were the result
OF this demand. And while this bust
ness is merely in what might be term
ed its infancy, it has proven it's yalue
as money maker to the farmers who
have engaged in the business as an
exclusive business or as a means of
diversif1cation. But this article is not
concerned with the profits of the dairy
business so much as with the develop
ment of the improved dairy herds
which are the result of the agitation
of this subject by the farmers of the
state.
In former years the COW which was
a better food receptacle than a milk
reservoir was as readily found on the
farm as the one which was able to
convert every available particle OF
food into milk The old raw boned,
small uddered COW which gave COUP
lie of quarts of milk and went dry
half the year was the principal in
habitant of the COW barn. But she lie
there no more. In her place have
come the Jerseys, the Guernseys and
the dual purpose breeds. They are to
the dairy business what the electric
cars is to the old time mule tram.
1t is not probable that a single in
dividual could be taken from North
Dakota herd of dairy stock and made
to win the worlds championship as
a milk producer under artificial con-
ditions, but 1t is certain that any herd
in the state will win In competitive
trial with the same number Of animals
taken at random from any herd in the
country.
A word might not be out Of place rs
to the development of the creamery
business In the state. It is the natur-
al result Of the development of the
improved dairy COW. Nearly eighty
of these butter factories are now No.
Gated in the state, and while some Of
them have not been as successful fin
ancially as the patrons had hoped
they would be, in nearly every in
stance the trouble has been found to
be something connected with the bust
ness management. When the concern
is properly handled there can be no
doubt but that they will yield liberal
income to the promoters and give the
farmers in the contributary territory
an extra means Of realizing a small
fortune from a source which has here
tofore been regarded as a profitlese
business.