The Dickinson press., 1912-10-12
RANCH AND FARM.

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John Campbell. farming on the Fit.
Lincoln fats near Mandan. had three
acres of oats which threshed HAN BUSH
els to the acre.
Cattle carr were ordered at Medora
for the 10th as follows: Leakey & Bur-
CESS 10; ]. Leakey 5;Mrs. J. Leakey S
Tuft Bentley 2; M. W. Marshall I: p.
Keller 2; ]. F. Kelley 3; D. Connell 1
W. j. Pierce / and J. F. Lawler 7.
E. J. Frost shipped to Sioux City
seven cars of the cattle that he bought
of the Young boys from Sioux City he
will ship them to Coleridee, Neb.,
where he will feed them. At the same
loading were four cars of beef for the
Chicago market.
What are the leading points in a
dairy COW? Ans.-G. L. Martin, Prof.
of Dairying, N. D. Ayr. College. In
general appearance. form. quality and
temperament are each given six points
on a scale of one hundred. In body.
the chest and barrel are each allowed
ten points. and for mammary system as
follows udder 20 points. teats S points
and mammary veins S points.
W. S. Parkin recently shipped q
trainload of cattle from Chadwick. Mr..
Parkin will not winter any cattle on the
Shields ranch. and is doubtful if he
will run any stock next summer. There
is some question as to whether OF not
the leases for the Indian lands will be
renewed in the spring. and even though
they are, the cattle men are in q guam.
dry as to where 10 get stock to run. as
practically everything marketable will
be shipped u this fall owing to the
high price prevailing. The only place
where cattle a be bought proftably TO,
rangers is in Mexico, and any plans fol-
next year are contingent upon the
status of the revolution there in the
spring.
A Grand Forks country farmer has
this to say to his fellow tillers of the
soil: Stacking prevents deteriora-
ton. makes grain a better color, with
plumper kernels, and with a smaller
percent spoiled or sprouted. Exact COM
parsons of cost of stacking and thresh-
ing from the stack. against threshing
from the shock are available on prac-
tically every kind of grain common in
North Dakota. These comparisons on
the same field, under similar weather
conditions. and with the same average
value yields show as apparently addi-
tional cost for stacking of IT. cents per
bushel yield. This apparent addition
al cost is offset, however. by the insur-
ance against bleached, sprouted or bin
burnt grain and by the improvement of
grade. Improvement in grade, of stack
ed grain is often sufficient to pay the
entire additional cost for stacking and
give from 1 to 3 cents additional profit
per bushel yield. Only when machines
and labor are quickly available. soon
after harvest. and uniform weather con-
ditions positive, will standing in the
shock be offset. since in standing, loss
of grade is no slight item. Shock thresh-
ing of seed grain is eve then question
able since stacking seed Drain insures
plumper kernels of unlmpaired yifor and
strong vitality. We know North Dakota
farmers who annually stack the grain
from three quarters or more. These
men, even in such falls as 1911 and
1912. have no difficulty in Getting their
fall blowing done. These men. too,
are among the progressive farmers.
since they combine science and BUSH
ness, to the end that their farms i'm
prove and at the same time their bank
account grows"