The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-06-20

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we'll cared fvr. II the cattle lie
still, he knows they are all right.
If they jump up when lie comes
in, he knows the feeder has not
been doing his duty. He advises
the feeding of turnips to the cat
tie, either c,,t up or whole, but
better cut up. Sheep also like
turnips, which should be cut up
very fine.
Prot. Shaw brought up this
question:" How much feed
would you give a 1000 pound
steer in fattening him. Someone
answered 32h pounds of grain q
day. w. r. Richards, who has
charge Of the cattle at the Agri-
cultural college, told of some in
teresting experiments which the
school made last winter. They
experiment with 40 steers. He
never ties them up, but has diff
erent feeding yards and places
those that eat about the same.
in the different yards. 1t is ex-
pensive to tie the cattle all up.
They feed ground barley, bran,
millet hay and slender wheat
grass hay, the last he does not
like.
Barley is figured at $13 a ton
and bran at $14 per ION. They
fed a bunch OF steers six months
at a profit OF So, not charging
anything for the work The ma
nure is supposed to pay for the
work.
Last winter they took two
punches of steers, eleven in each
lot. TO one lot they fed reject.
ed wheat and bran, at the rate
OF 3 to l, and to the other lot
they ground bone and bran.
The rejected wheat lot made
the biggest profit, or rather
neither made u profit, but the
rejected wheat lot did the best
financially. They lost 81 per-
head on the rejected wh. at lot
and SIS on the others. II fed
clover hay and alfalfa, the gain
would have been more. Besides
the state is too poor to provide
the school with warm sheds aud
the cattle were compelled to suf
fer a good deal from the cold.
Too bad that North Dakota
is so poor. Shaw states that a
1000 pound steer should be fed
in North IJrkota IA or Is
pounds OF grain a day to finish
him, together with the rough
feed.
North Dakota is believed to be
a coming stock fattening coun-
try. The farmers should not
rush it too fast; but should aim
to produce the best kinds OF cat
tie. Swift & Co. of St. Paul fin
ished 500 North Dakota cattle
on corn meal last fall and ex.
ported 400 head of them.
Friday evening Gov. Devine de-
livered an excellent address on
possibilities in North Dakota"
The Governor himself a big far
mer, having a fine farm at Tow
ner, is practical and gave the
farmers some valuable ideas.
Gov. Devine believes in North
Dakota, a state in which he has
resided for many years. He is a
typical North Dakotan and his
advice is to be needed.
The sale of thorobred Short
horn cattle, under the direction
OF the North Dakota Live Stock
Association, was held in this
city Saturday afternoon, most
OF the farmers and stockmen who
attended the institute, remain
ing for this event. This was the
first time that such a sale was
held in this part OF the state,
and while the animals, about 30
in number sold rather too low,
vet the owners were we'll pleased
for they have started a good
work which ought to continue.
The North Dakota farmers
have reached a time when they
might just as we'll raise an ami
NAL with character and rpeding.
as to raise a scrub, and il they
do, they will have more money in
their pockets. The sale was held
under the direction of w. D..