The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-14
FLINT POINTS OUT
BIG GAINS IN
DA|RY|NG
Declares That Much Success
Has Already Been Attain
ed-The Sure Way

In an address before the North
Dakota DRY Farming congress II,
Dickinson. Il. T.. Flint. state dairy
commissioner. pointed out a number
of Very important features in connrc-
ton with the stat duiryins movement
He showed gains that had been made
IN the last few years. speaking par
ticu!arlN with reference Ia conditions
OF the Missouri slope. In part, MIR.
Flint said:
After twelve Wears of observation OF
men, methods and conditions on the
slope, through What VIZ termed good
Years and some termed BAD ones. am
thoroughly convinced that When it
comes TO a condition Of n feast or Il
famine or supplying orr daily wants
daily. we can not put too much en-
plia$i' IN live stock as y productive
factor and especially on the dairy COW
and swine. You will agree with me. |
believe. that il is better TO encourage
q conservative citizen than Il gamh-
ler--a sure, though possibly slower
method than Il ;llat promises large
things f'r Il term Of years. but one
that daeS not always perform and i'll
the end must give way to the better
method. i" my mind it is unfortunate
that Practically every influence not
uAiN within The state, hut those that
have son" ." during the past ten
Wears nave been favorable 10 grain
raising almost Ia the exclusion ui the
Instability and practicahility OF rails
lng live stock.
The statement SO often made. and
Frequently verified. that 'unp crop
pays for the land has led many to
IN, IL" impractical Investments and To
follow exclusively risky methods. The
policy was ROY wrong not only Tor
l.lc slope. but far the whole state.
W hiic Il few mu:" have y~.oiited iinan-
icallN through the plan. the accounts
must he settled and many must lose.
and the financial loss will not be the
only one. Before w can have a re-
liable agricultural state Nc must have
ii grrat"r number Of live stock: before
We can have financially reliable citi-
zens they must Keep 4 relatively great
CT nunlioer ot liN" Gt"cN: before v"
can claim a permanently settled state
our farmers must have more live stock
and these things have an important
bearing on the development Of Il citi-
Zen as 4 citizen.
Long Range Comparison.
The effect of the difference between
a continuous one crop system and
of diversified farming could be sum-
med up on a long range comparison as
the difference between ill agricultural
Ups and an established resident.
But many persons anne To our state
%laboring under entirely differen; inn
pressions than those l have expressed
and they We're honest in their belief.
In some sections Il realization of a
mistaken conception in regard IN this
comes more quickly than in others. 1
think many on the slope realized it hc-
fore they lived here ten Years. The
Red river valley people have only
come to a condition where they are
willing to admit it after some thirty
odd years. 1t is one of The advantages
of the slope. to my mind that the real
ization ONE before people became
sc fixed in their habits. and in their
environment to make the change. We
ton. not only under ranch conditions
but those of diversified farming.