Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-12-08


the future be given much more con-
sideration than we have given it in
the past. LOSS of soil fertility for
each $1,000 worth Of products sold:-
OF hay about ..............$750
OF wheat about ............ $50
OF beef about .............. 80
OF pork about ............. Sc
OF cream about ........... IL
OF butter about ............ 1
You no doubt recognize the greater
capacity to retain moisture that soil
has which contains an abundance of
/ humus as compared to one that has
but little-so that in that too does
the dairy COW figure largely.
Farmers Insurance Company.
During 1911 a farmers mutual in.
surance company was organized
among the patrons of the New Sal
EN- creameries. The company has
since been enlarged so as to admit
Oliver county farmers as we'll as
those of Morton. They paid a prem
ium of fifty cents per hundred. In
1905 all insurance policies in force
were reissued for period of five
years at a renewal of ten cents per
hundred. In 1910 the insurance was
renewed at some rates. Their
1910 reports show 745 risks aggregat-
ing $1,314,20S. Cash on hand $8,247,-
81 with 81 323.84 in losses paid. Their
insurance for ten years has cost them
$500 membership fees plus seventy
cents premium on a hundred dollars
protection. Is this not a factor for
thrift and economy? They also have
their rural telephone lines that save
miles of travel, protection in case of
sickness and are Of great benefit in
social way.
Breeding Of Better Stock.
The breeding of better stock has
not been neglected and through the
aid Of breeding circuit which they
have organized, rapid improvement
is being made In the development Of
the pure bred as well as the grade an.
finals because of better feeding and
record keeping.
While they have only been keeping
pure bred dairy stock for the past
five years they already have sold near
ly enough surplus pure bred or grade
stock to equal their original outlay
for their foundation of bure bred
herds which they sent one represen.
tative to purchase and had shipped
In one consignment.
/ 9iios Are Erected.
Last spring five farmers there de-
cided to erect silos for the better
handling Of the corn raised for feed.
They purchased their silos and
shipped them in one car, purchased
silage cutters in company and in this
way saved considerable over what
they would otherwise have had to
pay had each purchased Independent
Of the other.
These are a few of the things that
the organization of farmers about
local creameries have helped to &C.
complish. Others will follow in rap
i'd succession. Diversity and assur-
ance of crops grown on their farms
have kept pace with the other things.
Farm homes and bank deposits have
constantly been growing more attrac-
tive. They are working on correct,
permanent lines Of agriculture and it
came about through the introduction
Of live stock on the farm, of giving
to them the first consideration in
planning their work.
Great Results For All.
This can come, will come. to all
people on the Slope, but If I under
stand things correctly it will not come
until we do give live stock the con-
oil Ia nj i'm h4v i,n
agricultural operations.
The evening session was given over
to President F.. L. McVey of the UNI
versity of North Dakota. who deliv-
cred an interesting address on Gap
italism and Cooperation with Agri-
culture"
Capitalism and Cooperation
In Agriculture
President McVey said:
It Is not expected by any one in
this audience. much less by myself,
that 1 shall say anything about dry
farming and the methods to be follow
ed in securing better crop results
in territory where that kind of farm
ing is desirable. This problem is left
for the experts to deal with. But it
is expected that shall say some
thing that touches the problems in
volved in the larger field of what we
call agriculture and something that
relates to the social organization in
connection with agriculture.
Small Beginnings Necessary
1t may be said that am about to
say that it does not involve an i'm
mediate problem, that it does not
touch the conditions of today but
rather involves things that may take
place in the course of twenty-five
years. A quarter of century, how
ever in the history of a nation is
like an hour in the lifetime of an
individual, and from small beginnings
and comparatively small incidents
large things come to pass. It is
needed but to refer to the battle of
Marathon in 4S0 B. c., to find an
illustration of the meaning of what
has Just been said when in a few
brief hours the civilization of the
world for the next thousand years
was determined. So, too, in the battle
of Tours. in 432 A. D. when the VIC
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