Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-02-03
NORTH DAKOTA
A DAIRY STATE

A DAlkI SlAlE
Park River Republican,: North
Dakota, in my opinion, stands the
best chance of any state in the
union to snatch the creamery su-
premacy of the United States from
Minnesota, which has held it for the
past ten years"
These are the words Of Joel G..
Winkjer, national creamery and
dairy inspector of this district, and
the words carry great weight for Mr..
Winkjer has become one Of the FORE
most authorities on creamery and
dairy matters in the United States.
Mr.. Wlnkjer was IN Fargo this
week. He left for Casselton and Is
now at LaMoure, where he is at
work studying the creamery situation
and doing everything in his power
to assist in building up'the creamery
business of that section of the state.
"The big farms Of North Dakota
have hindered the building up Of the
dairy business in the state" contin-
ued Mr.. Winkjer, "but these are
rapidly being broken up into smaller
farms and this is splendid thing
for the state as a whole. The more
people North Dakota can get on its
farms the better for the state.
Dairy Cow 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 practi-
cal necessity. Using the dairy COW
he can rotate his crops with the
greatest financial returns. He can
divide his land into grain and pas
ture fields, planting clover, which is
natural fertilizer, and corn which
means much cultivation and change
to the land.
"Only a decade ago northern Min.
nesota had less than a dozen cream
cries in the western section. The
farmers there began putting in CO.
operative creameries and today there
are over 200 in the Red river valley
seton of Minnesota alone.
"They find that these creameries
are bringing in splendid financial re-
suits, that they are building up their
farms which were becoming run
down by excessive grain raising and
many of them are becoming wealthy
from their cows.
II believe that this is what will
happen in North Dakota. It is
natural dairy state.
II have spent the greater part Of
the summer working in Cavalier and
Pembina counties. found that the
water in the surface wells there is,
in most instances, below 40 degrees
Fahrenheit. The farmers there can
it is better for keeping purposes
than the best ice box ever invented.
1T has been proved that North Da>
kota is good clover and fodder corn
state and look for just such a
change for the better in the cream.
cry business of this state as has hap.
pened in northern Minnesota"
While Mr.. Winkjer Is an enthusi-
asst and is full of the subject, he is
not so much a talker as q worker.
He believes in doing things. He has
been assigned by Uncle Sam to build
up the creamery business in North
Dakota and he intends to do so.
He will take his time. get right
out among the farmers and the busi-
ness men of the small towns and get
them together. He will assist them
in getting up creamery in their
town, and if necessary he can take
of his coat and help build the
creamery and install the machinery.
He believes in the cooperative
creamery and is an enemy of the
centralizer. The latter institution,
the creamery in the big city which
gets its cream shipped in for hun
dreds of miles, is according to Mr..
Winkjer, the bane Of the creamery
business.
1t may be of interest to those who
are not aware of the fact to know
that Minnesota creamery butter is
the standard of perfection in this
country and in Europe. It brings
from two to four cents per pound
more in the New York markets than
any other creamery butter made.