The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-16
NORTH DAKOTA SHOULD
TRAIN IT'S BOYS TN DAIRYINGI
Minnesota Did This and Now Has the Reputation Of Making
the Best Butter In the WorId--Gets Premium
for Its Butter In the Worlds Markets

Dairying Is perhaps the most prof
liable line of farming, and 1t is proving
so in North Dakota as well as in the
states further east. Profitable when
the farmer grows his own feed. 1t
is also the line of farming that Sec
ton eventually comes to. New York
was at one time grain growing state,
but cows now Craze where the fields
OF waving wheat waited for the har-
vest, the change was not made because
the farmer wanted to, but because the
land refused TO grow profitable crops
OF wheat. Ohio has gone through the
same stages of development, Wisconsin
and Minnesota are now raising cows
where once they raised nothing but
wheat. And they are staying by the
dairy COW, and developing dairying as
fast as they can get the cows, why do
they not return to wheat when they
nave their soil in shape for growing
wheat. They are growing wheat and
evidently grow as much now as they
could If they were growing nothing but
wheat
In dairying they so enrich the soil
that they can grow large crops of
wheat when they put their land to 1t.
SO that they really have the dairy
products thrown in for good measure
Looking at the history of these states
who can fail to see the same thing will
have to take place in this state in fact
1t is really taking place already, many
sections are dairying and with good
profit. They find that they are to a.
large extent Independent of the wealth
er which is such a bugaboo to the grain
grower. Their income is a constant
thing. They are improving their soils
so that when they raise a crop of grain
they get one that is worth while. Of
ten times farmers have started dairy
ing in sections that were so poor that
they could not grow grain profitably.
yet they are today as prosperous as
any section Of the state, If not more SO.
when the N. P. better farming
special train was run across the state,
the farmers took more interest In the
dairy exhibit than any other. That was
true In the sections where dairying has
been carried on for some time as well
as where, the farmers have not as
yet made start In 1t. The North Da-
kota farmer when he goes into any,
thing wants to have the best machin-
cry and appliances. The same is true
Of dairying. He wants to make use OF
as far as possible and the
best. at that That was very noticeable
on the train. Having learned the value
Of labor saving machinery in the grow
ing of grain, he wants to use them in
dairying as well.
What is the state doing to encourage
dairying? Certainly not very much
If a North Dakotan wants to learn to
become a butter maker he will have
to go to one of the states neighboring
North Dakota. Minnesota on our east
when they saw that they would have
to turn to dairying equipped the ag-
ricultural college for giving instruction
to farmers and to butter makers. The
most up-to-date equipment was put in
and courses were offered for butter
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er leaving point in Montana, is run
as sort of local and must of neces-
slty run slowly. Some of the railroad
men are of the opinion that if travel
keeps UP the way 1T is just now it |
won't be long before numbers Is and
l6 are again on the schedule.