Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1910-07-14
A SPECIAL TRAIN
OF HOLSTE|NS
JOHNSON STOCK AND FARMING
co. ADD MANY COWS TO
DAIRY HERD

The Johnson Land Co. of st. Paul,
is becoming one of the foremost pro-
moters of improved farming and
stock raising in North Dakota. The
company takes an active practical in
terest in farm work and is spending
much money to demonstrate by ac-
tual experiences what can be done
to create new and better farm con-
ditions in this state. At Marion, the
company has large land interests and
several up-to-date farms. The latest
stroke of enterprise on the part of
the company is the purchase Of a
large number of Holstein cattle from
some of the best known eastern
herds. These cows have been ship
ped to the Marion farms to increase
an already large herd of dairy cows.
The Marion Sentinel has the follow
ing of interest to every farmer who
expects to build UP the strain of his
dairy cows and to get herd Of mon
ey makers instead of scrubs.
The. largest shipment of choice
dairy cows ever received from eastern
points into the state of North Dako-
ia, reached Marion early Tuesday
morning when a special train of
twelve car loads of Holsteins COM
pleted the last stage of their journey
and were transferred at the local
yards to the large dairy farm north
of town belonging to the Johnston
Stock and Farming company of St.
Paul., MINI. The animals were in
charge of L. A. Edwards, the superin-
tendent of the dairy interests of the
Johnston company, having been pur-
chased by him at various eastern
points a couple of months ago.
Some idea of the difficulty of
up and getting the cows out
to Marion, North Dakota, in one ship
ment may be imagined from the fact
that practically all of these COWS are
small groups of choice animals Sc
lected from large herds in six diff
erent states. Mr.. Edwards started
his first car from Warpole, New
Hampshire, loaded with animals pur-
chased from w. J. Prentiss & Son.
The next six cars were assembled and
loaded at Edmeston, Otsego county,
New York and included a number of
Pennsylvania consignments, and
from there on west, animals were
picked up in Ohio, Illinois and Wis
consin. A number came from the
vicinity of Elgin, Illinois, where is
located the greatest butter market of
the world.
A special train brought the cows
from Chicago to Marion in the re-
markable short time of two days.
Four carloads of the cattle were left
at New York Mills, Minnesota, to
go on to Bear Lake Stock Farm be-
longing to Johnston company, and
the remaining twelve carloads go to
augment the company's herds on
their farms near Marion, bringing
the total number of Holsteins on
these farms here up to more than
three hundred.
There are some fine animals in
this last consignment, and among
them might be mentioned Pietertje
Princess Leo III, a COW which was
purchased from John Arffman at Mid
dletown, New York, and which has
. record Of over 100 lbs of milk per
day under an official test conducted
by the New York Experimental Sta
tion at Cornell University. There
is also among the lot an eight
months old bull calf, the grandson
of the worlds champion COW. Prac-
tically all Of the cows will freshen
this fall, but nevertheless it kept
their fourteen attendants busy milk
ing them on the road.
The Johnston Stock & Farming
company, corporation composed Of
the members Of the D. s. B. john
ston Land company. Of st. Paul.
Minn., expect to increase their herds
near Marion to about seven hundred
and fifty Holstein cows and will con-
duct the first dairy experiment on .
large scale In the state Of North Da-
kota, each COW being expected to
average 10000 pounds Of milk per
year or better. The largest herds
will be kept on farms Nos. 1 and Is.
each Of these farms having dairy
barn 1876 feet n length and 140 feet
in width. with capacity Of about
200 animals each, and the balance Of
the herd divided intp smaller groups
on other farms.