The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-09-15
N. D. NATURAL
DAIRY STATE
THIS IS OPINION or JOEL G.
wlNkJER NATIONAL DAIRY
COMMISSIONERS, SAYS. IT MAY
YET WIN NATIONAL CREAMERY
SUPREMACY.

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North Dakota, in my opinion. stands
the best chance OF any state In the
union to snatch the creamery supre.
macy Of the United States from Min.
nesota which has held it FOR the past
ten years"
/ These are the words Of Joel q. Wink.
jer, national creamery and dairy in.
spector of this district, and the words
carry great weight for Mr. Winkjel
has become one of the foremost au-
thorities on creamery and dairy mat
tiers In the United States.
Mr.. Winkjer was in Fargo this week
He left for Casselton and is now at La
Moure, where he is at work studying
the creamery situation and doing ev-
erything in his power to assist In
building up the creamery business OF
that section of the state.
1.-THE big farm OF North Dakota have
hindered the building up OF the dairy
business In the state" continued Mr.
Winkjer," but these are rapidly being
broken I'D into smaller farms and this
Is a splendid thing for the state as a
whole. The more people that North
Dakota can get on its farms the better
for the state.
Dairy Cow q Necessity.
'The owners Of these big farms were
content with raising grain, but when
the smaller farmer comes and brings
his more intensive methods he finds
that the dairy COW Is a practical neces-
sity. Using the dairy cow he can ro-
tate his crops with the greatest finan-
ctal returns. He can divide his land
into grain and pasture fields, planting
clover. which is a natural fertilizer,
and corn which means much cultivation
and a change to the land.
|Only a decade ago northern Min
nesota had less than a dozen creamer-
les In the western section. The farm
ers there began putting in cooperative
creameries and then today there are
over 200 in the Red river valley Sec
ton of Minnesota alone
They find that these creameries are
bringing in splendid financial results,
that they are building up their farms
which were becoming run down by ex-
cessiye, grain raising and many Of
them are becoming wealthy from their
cows.
Natural Dairy State.
II believe that this is what will hap
pen in North Dakota. It is a natural
dairy state.
Il have spent the greater part of the
summer working in Cavalier and Penn
bina counties. found that the water
In the surface wells there is, in most
instances, below forty degrees Faren-
hiatt vhA @a
their cans in running water and 1t is
better for keeping purposes than the
best ice box ever invented.
1T has been proved that North Da-
kota is a good clover and fodder corn
state and look for just such change
for the better in the creamery business
Of this state as has happened in north
ern Minnesota"
While Mr.. Winxjer is an enthusiast
and is full of his subject, he is not SO
much q talker as a worker. He be-
ieves In doing things He has been
assigned by Uncle Sam to build UP the
business In North Dakota
IND he intends to do so.
He will take his time, get right out
among the farmers and the business
men Of the small towns and get them
He win assist them In get
ing UP creamery in their town, and
t necessary he can take off his coat
Ind help build the creamery and install
he machinery.
He believes in the cooperative
creamery and is an enemy of the CEN
.ralizer. The latter institution, the
creamery in the. big city which gets
is cream shipped in for hundreds OF
niles, is, according to Mr.. Winkjer,
he bane OF the creamery business.
1t may be of interest to those who are
1ot aware of the fact to know that
creamery butter is the
OF perfection in this country
Ind in Europe. 1t brings from two to
'our cents per pound more in the New
York markets than any other creamery
outter made.
For the past several years Minnesota
has been awarded the banner for the
.en highest scoring creameries Of any
state In the union, and for several years
before that was the best test, Mime
sofa won the banner for the one cream
cry scoring the highest in national