The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-11-18
OF Interest to Dairymen

given greater publicity, as well as
for the large amount of excellent
feed that can be raised per acre.
The best methods of growing corn
seem to be that of planting so as
to cultivate both ways and using
checkrower, and the corn harvested
to cut it with. Using the two rows
cultivator at least one way permits
the farmer to use horses to almost
the same extent that he does in han
ding small grain, which Is an i'm
portant consideration.
Alfalfa and clover are being tried
out in small way by many, md the
successful experiments generally re-
! por:ed-especially with alfalfa very
clearly indicates that : the develop
ment along feed production lines
will 20 much farther in the coming
years.
Nor has the development of the
cows stopped with reasonably large
producing herds of mixed breed
stock, for there are now at least one
hundred pure bred registered dairy
animals in the section of which l
write. Better than this, they have
organized a Breeders Circuit" under
the supervision of The United States
and the state bureau of animal hus-
bandry, which has for its purpose
rne breeding up OF fine .ypes and
large producing animals of one Of
the principal dairy breeds. With the
incentive promoted by such organiza-
ton there will no doubt in time de-
velop some excellent breeders and
renowned individual animals.
In providing creameries to manufac-
ture their dairy production and devel-
oping markets for their output, prog
ress has kept pace with that along
other lines. Fortunately for the sue
cess OF the eighteen creameries on
the Slope, none of them were organic
ed or built by professional creamery
promoters, but have been organized
largely through the efforts OF The
Farmers themselves and were not
erected until there was an actual de-
mand for tn plants. The wisdom of
this policy is we'll demons rated in
the fact that no other section of our
state, where promoters have operated,
can show the same propor.ion Of sue
cssfully operated creameries out of
the number erected Out of the num-
Der that were built prior to last Win
ter over fifty per cent have operated
continuously summer and winter since
they first started. This record is
the more remarkable when we con-
slider that seven of the creamerles are
located out in the country, away from
the railroad, ranging in distance from
seven to thirty miles. The advantage
of havingcoal deposits convenient
greatly facilitates the operation OF
creameries at this distance, feature
that prevails over the entire western
portion Of our state.
/ These creameries, in most instanc ices,
are managed by board Of directors,
who are elected annually by the stock
holders. The directors choos a man
ager who hirs a buttermaker, and
together they look after the cream
ery's interests, manufacture the but
ter, sell the output and make monthly
settlements with tn patrons. Because
of the continuous operating during the
winter, as we'll as summer, they have
been able to market the creates: pro-
portion of their output to mrchants In
Montana, Idaho, and Washington and
in this way do away with commits
sion and freight charges-items OF
considerable magnitude when summed
UP for year. The butter for this
trade is put up in pound bricks.
The following ten year record of the
operation of one of these out-in-the
country's farmers creameries indi-
Gates better than descriptive words
can, dts earning capacity for the farm
ers who own and patronize 1t.
Year Lbs. Butter made Rec. for It
1899. ...... $500 Sl1,294. 40
1900 :. 100. 263a 20,646.77
1901. .1p7 .414 24,847. SO