The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1906-02-22
PURE BRED STOCK
JUST THE THING
Success Of the EnviIIa Stock Farm
at Cogswell
Raises Only Pure Bred Stock and the Proprie.
tor Makes Good Money Strong
Believer in Advertising

is big thing. The writer had often
read about this farm, had heard about
it from others, but not until last Satur-
day did we realize that such farm was
so near to Oakes. It was through the
kindness of Mr.. L. H. White, the pro-
prietor, that we were taken out and
shown through its large barns andpens.
Such varied assortment we never saw
before on any farm, either in America,
Europe or Australia. Mr.. White says
he does not know of another farm just
like it in America, and we doubt if
there are any.
The coops of fancy pure bred chickens
included such excellent breeds as the
white, golden and buff Wyandottes; the
white and barred Plymouth Rocks; the
single and double combed Leghorns of
various colors; the Brahmas; the Irish
Games and the Buff Coachin Bantums.
Then in other pens were kept English
pheasants and pigeons.
In hogs the farm seems to run to the
Improved Yorkshire and Duroc Jersey
breeds. Both are registered. The
Yorkshire is of the deep, fiat sided kind,
while the Duroc is of rotund shape.
There are some of them that will
easily weigh 500 pounds.
The herd of Shetland ponies is large
and we'll selected. A straw house has
been built for them, and they run in
and out and enjoy the freedom Of their
yard at all times. They have a good
coat of hair and look as if they could
stand the rigors of most any cold clim-
ate.
But the backbone of the farm lays in
the nice bunch of Registered Angus
cattle. There are about $50 in the
bunch at present, and the herd shows
an individuality that will compare with
any in the country. The bull at the
head of the herd is fine specimen.
He will tip the scales at about 1000
pounds at present, and is not in the
pink of condition either. This bull took
first prize in Angus cattle at the state
fair last year. In the herd is also the
cow and heifer that took first prizes at
the same fair. Mr.. Whites other pre-
miums at the state fair were numerous,
among them being the first on largest
and best display.
The herd of Angora goats is dandy.
The goats are large and the hair long
and white. It looks as if the number
would be doubled this year by the bunch
of kids already dropped.
Then there is whole raft of turkeys,
geese, ducks, pigeons, Guinea fowls,
Guinea pigs, dogs, etc., etc. If there
is anything you don't see just ask for it.
One of the interesting sights in the
fowl yard is the "Cuban Scoopers. {"
These are very intelligent birds, and it
is said, with the right kind of training,
can be taught to hoe corn, dig bitches,
pick potatoes and even attend the
babies. They are natives of Cuba,
from which they derive their name.
Mr.. White has an interesting farm
and we'll may he be proud of it. He
aims to keep the finer strains of an
imals, and always keeps them in such
shape, that it is one of his greatest
pleasures to show them to strangers.
The barns and coops are kept clean and
well Uttered with straw, and the place
shows that it has system of manage
ment that is not of the ordinary. The
care of the place is entrusted to Fred
Barton, the foreman, who with two
assistants, keeps everything in tip-top
shape.
The Envilla Stock Farm lies two
miles south of Cogswell and consists of
five hundred acres. It is mostly under
hog wire fence. just beyond the rail-
road track to the west can be seen the
buildings on the old homestead, where
Mr.. White settled in 1883. The old
farm he sold some years ago as he did
not want his place cut by the railroad.
He gradually increased his acreage,
and kept improving his stock, until
today he has one of the best paying
farms in| the two Dakotas. His late
successes are mainly due to advertising.
81 am doing a business" he says,
from 500 to $3.50 per day at the
present time. There is no mail that
comes in but l get from forty to fifty
letters, and the writer's all want some
thing. I do nearly all of my business
through the Dakota Farmer, an adver-
tising medium that can not be beaten
with the, farmers Of the Northwest. -
Besides a farm that will invoice
between $50. 900 and $6O, 900, Mr.. White
maintains two barns of good horses in
the rear Of his fine residence in the
city. He formerly was interested in
blooded horses. but only keeps few