The Dickinson press., 1911-03-04
Good Farming Meetings Taylor and Gladstone Largely Attended
Addresses Corn and Alfalfa Growing and Winter Wheat Sow
ing Very Interesting. More Cows Wanted the Farm.
Meeting Rchardton 18th Good Speakers be Present

Good Speakers to be Present.
were placed and still large number
could not be seated. This gave rise to
the suggestion that the business men of
Taylor erect al hall that, would take care
of such gatherings. One Of the speakers
said that the people in, town owed it to
the farmers. Mthere had been no farm
ers there. would be. no village. of Taylor,
was the way be put it.
E. H. Pierce. assistant dairy commits
sioner. was the first speaker. He spoke
Of the. importance of the dairy on the
farm, constant revenues derived. added
fertility of the soil, and something that
the farmer could depend upon every
year. However. he said it was neces-
sary to have COWS before the creamery
could be started. He advised getting
good cows. the best that could be picked
up around, purchase good sire, and
above all things take good care of the
herd. He said it was often better 10
start with common cows and in this
way the farmer could learn how to sue
cessfully care for pure bred stock. A
chart of q general purpose COW was
shown and figures produced to show that
the cost of feed for good Jersey COW
for 12O days was $31.99 and the net re-
turns from the animal for the period
was $50. 50. For the same period it cost
$50. Is 10 feed poor Jersey and the net
profit was but $26. TO-, or about one-half
as much as the returns from the better
COW. He went on to show that the net
yearly profit from good COW would buy
a two-year-old steer each year hence
the COW is by far the more profita BILE for
the farm. He advised having cows
come in during the fall and save the best
8heifers from the good cows. The farm
}ers have more time in the winter and
:eaa. raise their calves up and have them
ready to turn out in the spring. The
COW that is milked through the winter
will give a fair flow of milk in the
Mention was made of the great num-
Der of creameries at New Salem and
low the farmers there were able to make
ends meet last year. Notwithstanding
their almost total failure Uf crops. Stark
county farmers were more favored but
some time the grain crop will fail here.
as it does in all localities at some
period, and those having dairies will be
the only people with an assured revenue
j. M. Cort of Minneapolis, who sells
creameries all through the northwest,
was the next speaker. He told his
hearers how he helped to oreanize the
Taylor Creamery Co. in 1900. Things
started of good, but the first shipment
or two of butter went to irresponsible
dealers in Montana and there was no
settlement with the farmers, conse-
quently they became discouraged.
Mr.. Cort went on to show how the
business men of every city and village
depend upon the farmers. When the
farmers have good crops we have pros
porous times; during crop failure sea-
sons, hard times. The one-crop system,
he said. meant adversity sooner or later.
1t was the lazy mans crop. He declared
that it would be good thing if there
was law compelling every farmer to
keep ten cows. 1t would keep the
farmers at home. with their wives. a
part Of the time at least. The one crop
,:couptry, said MI. Cort, will never build
up. The farmers will become mortgaged
and finally many Of them will 60 to
Canada to try the same thing over
again. He referred to John Christensen
81 New Salem, Who was realizing so
per month from his creamery .Cs6 per
COW per month) and he was also raising
IS bushels Of wheat to the acre. Mr..
Coft wanted the farmers to get into
dairying, stop buying all the fine
machinery they saw to house out of
doors, raise more corn and alfalfa and
become independent.
b Supt. Waldron discussed winter wheat
raising. He said that the farmer who
was getting an average Of ten to twelve
bushels per acre Of spring wheat was
Just about paying expenses taken one
year with another, and il he could
increase his yield, say five bushels per
acre. the increase would represent profit.
sExpesience had shown I, that winter
wheat in this country would yield from
fiye 10 seven bushels per acre more than
sprina wheat. The problem seemed
J. to u be to : .set m hardy variety I and he
thought that would be accomplished.
% experiments are being carried on a
] the Dickinson station. Turkey Red Il
the variety mostly used. a few farmers
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