The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-07

Il maintain that there is more
Profit in the dairy herd than in the
,eef herd. The proper way to get a
dairy herd Is to bread up from the
native COW that shows good test of
milk production. know the North
Dakota farmer does not like to do
things by halves and is ready to jump
in, but the safest way to proceed is
to start out with good native cows
and good thoroughbred sire of an
approved dairy type. Do not make
the mistake of cross-breeding and
thus produce q scrub" COW, or the
Minnesota Doggy. as 1t is designated
on the South st. Paul stock market.
If you want to change your breed Of
dairy stock you will have to start all
over again and avoid cross breeding.
The three necessary elements in
rations for the dairy COW, proteins,
carbohydrates and fats, are contain
ed in the corn and clover feed.
About IA or is pounds of clover fol-
lowed by bundle corn, or about eight
pounds ground corn, followed by
corn fodder makes perfectly bal
anced ration. Alfalfa should not be
fed in as large quantities as corn
fodder or clover.
eve hear a great deal about the
objections to milking by the hired
men and the boys on the farm. We
are ourselves to blame II such objec-
tions exist. The hired man or the
boys will not object to doing the
milking If it is made a part of the
days work as it should be. But they
rightfully object when milking op-
erations are made side line. to be
taken care of before and after the
routine days work on the farm.
herd who has been with me for three
to all the milking. They objected at
first, but when they discovered that
this was not extra work saddled on
them they took hold. They have now
become thoroughly interested in the
work and watch carefully the milk
record Of every COW on the farm. The
milk from each COW is weighed morn
ing and evening on scale convent
emily placed In the barn and the rec
ord put down on milk card. Thus
! mable to tell at glance just
what each COW has done for any par
ticular period. It takes but a mo-
ment and enable me to determine
which cows are profitable and which
are not paying for their board.
make your home surroundings at
tractive to the boys and girls on the
farm. With nothing but the open
prairie and a straw stack to look at
in the way Of natural beauty 1t is lit
tie wonder that the boys and girls
want to leave the farm. II given
proper consideration the young folks
will have no desire to leave the
farm, and then farming in North Da-
kota will be made Independent and
profitable"
Afternoon Session. i.
The afternoon session opened with
a greatly increased attendance at the
convention. Fully 300 farmers were
in attendance and great interest was
manifested in the addresses.
The session opened with very in.
teresting talk by Prof. w. C. Palmer
Of the agricultural college. J. H
Worst, president of the North Dako
ia agricultural college, who was bill
ed for the opening address, was I'M
able to be present.
Prof. Palmer's Address.
Prof. Palmer in discussing dr..
farming said among other things tina
this system of handling land is on
that puts It in shape for retainin,
moisture and in so doing It also put
the soil in the best possible shape 70
the plant to send It's roots through
the soil after its food. While thi
system of farming started in the ives
It is being adopted by many farmer
In the eastern q ates as in New Yor},
New jersey, Pennsylvania and 80 on
The farmers there say that they nee
to have: some method of handlin
their soil SO as to retain the rain
that come in May and June as Their
10 apt to be little rain In Angus
when the crops are maturing. Thi
10 true Of nearly the whole Unite
States.
If these states with rainfall Q
IS to 40 inches in year need dr.
farming then section that has bu
20 inches Of rain ought certainly t
profit by such system of soil cul
ture. And In some seasons as tn
last one, the rainfall may not
much moro than half of that. TIL
first great principle is deep plowint
a. this lets the rain get into the sol
fast, makes it possible for the raj
to get into the soil while a good des
Of It would run of II the plowin
was shallow. This deep blowing al
30 gives the roots more soil that ha
been acted on by the air. sun. an
frost to feed on. II the blowing ha
been done four inches deep it Wi
not leave the plant very much feed