Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-13
VITAL QUESTIONS OF animal HUSBANDRY DISCUSSED BY AN EXPERT

There Is a large barn on this place,
but 1t needs flooring, stalls, etc.
There is In connection with this farm
leased land for grazing and hay pur.
poses--from one to two sections more,
which probably can be controlled for
several years. Nearby is some of the
richest farming land In the state.
This farm now has on It some forty
or fifty head of cattle over year old.
or these twenty-five are cows which
this year are raising twenty.six calves.
Eleven Of these cows are being milk.
ed. but cannot be considered good
dairy cows, as they are all mixed
stock, possibly ShorthOrn grades pre-
dominating, but you will find every
color and indications of The blood Of
every breed common to this country,
! in this herd. The tenant on the farm
is an excellent man, 4 good manager,
and a hard worker. He advises the
owner to build a silo, get good beef
sire, either Shorthorn or Red Poll pre-
ferred, and allow him to Gull out the
poor cows and unpromising hefers,
ana to replace with the best heifers
and cows that he could buy in the
neighborhood; milk the COWS feed up
all the roughness and hay produced
on the place. market the cream and
turn attention to raising good calves,
keeping those that promised to be
l:nilkers and raising the steers for beef
and improving the herd by the Bah.
cock test and the selection of individ-
uals. But, If the owner preferred, to
sell out the entire lot of cattle on the
place and replace them with Hol.
stems.
This second inquiry presents quite
different conditions is readily to be
seen In the first place. the farm is
considerably larger. with additional
grazing land accessible, and the char
lacter of the land some different. The
|plan OF both the tenant and the OWE
Ter nigh prove successful in the maj
agement of the farm, but think the
plan of the owner to make an eXcluS-
i've dairy farm of it would be the most
liable to succeed. The tenan. is evil
IDENTIFY of the belief that he can make
more money by combining the produc-
ton OF beef and dairy products on the
farm. The conditions are we'll adapt
ed for this kind of farming if it were
as easy as it apparently appears, A
success might be made in producing
beef and milk in combination on such
a farm by the use of good milking
strain of Shorthorns or Red Polls,
providing good judgment was used in
selecting the breeding stock and in
the general management of the prop
osition, but there are many difficulties
in connection with it.
| In preference to either of these
Iplans would recommend that the
farm be devoted to the production OF
special purpose beef cattle to be mar
|keted as feeders. The conditions on
this farm are admirably adapted for
that purpose. A good portion OF it
lis evidently adapted for grazing pur-
,poses and more grazing land can be
secured If desirable, with sufficient
!land available that can be used for
igrowing corn and other feeds for win
tier use. The farm is of sufficient size
to make a business of some proper
lions in producing beef, while it is al.
most too large a farm to be devoted
successfully to dairy farm.
Not all farms in this state or the
conditions surrounding the farms
I,nake their owners adapted to
Enanaging them. Many of them would
succeed far better in growing beer.
The opinion seems to prevail that
dairy is the only form of live stock
production that is profitable in this
Estate, but i contend that under the
conditions prevailing in many sections