Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-26

can start into the dairy business
! cheaply and can learn It and It's knack
on comparatively cheap 'liSc stock.
Meanwhile he ran build IN a proiita,
Bile herd. .SI,1.
II should not advise him 10 Tnur-
| chase any number Of pure bred or
high.gradc H0lStcin rows at this tine,
because unleas he has had cxreri-
ence he Is not competent to handle
them and will be more or less disap.
pointed In them. The personal cQua.
ton has more to 10 with this mater
than any other one feature. | should
advise him not to purchase Red
Polls. Only know Of n Red Poll
lnerd In the country that shows a high
milking performance. That n Is
owned by the Jean Duluth Farming
Co.. Duluth. It is very difficult to
purchase either sires or helfers nom
this company that carry the high ro-
dncing heredity. 1t is safe to advise
any Of Your people TO take up With
some standard lines OF live stock and
not to attempt to breed a strain of
some particular breed into a perform.
ance that they are most desirous Of.
They had better take the experience
and work OF others that have gone DO
fore them. There Is no question in
my mind but what Your half section
farmer should take IN dairying II he Is
Interested in it.
Tho man. however, who owns The
two sections of land has an entir ,ly
different problem. question, from
what yon tell me about his farm,
whether he can we'll afford to 60 into
Tho dairy business as q business. |
think that he would make more moIgey
and that it would 1T IN better with
his method of farming If he would 60
int the production Of beef or Of high
class feeders. In which case | should
advise the purchase OF a. good beef
hull. Shorthorn. Hereford or Angus.
1t Is immaterial which breed no pur.
chases. The only thing he sould do
is purcasc something that Is good.
In this way Q ca make use of all he
loughage that he grows on his farm
to good advantage. .r...
"He can do this with comparatively
little labor-not nearly so much labor
us Is required In the handling of ,hc
dairy business. He may well milk
some of the cows that are heavy pro-
ducers;. but I should not attarrpt to
.llse a Holstein sire in an enterprise
of this kind. Neither should ! sell
out the entire lot of cattle on the
place and replace with llolstcins. !
believe that this Is a farm on which
the rough land, tho size and the grass
land, all combine to make it a splen.
did farm for the production Of high
class feeding cattle There Il every
indication that there will be excellent
money in this form Of farm manage
mcrt and that 1t is ideally suited to
many sections In the western part of
the state. -
IF l were to- start an enterprise
Of this kind on the farm, | should in
sistt on culllng out the cows THAT
were too far from the beef type. l
should purchase a good beef bull,
feed the young stock we'll, plan OF
turning them over at eighteen months
to- two years, OF age to the feeders in
illinois and Iowa. Under the condi-
tons that prevail on this farm, this
stuff could be raised cheaply and IL
always commands an excellent price.
Under ordinary conditions, ! should
be Inclined to think that this would
pay better than for the man TO at
tempt to fatten his own cattle. As a
general rule. cattle that are called fat
tened and sent from the farms Of this
state arc just nicely warmed up and
arc ready for the feeders in the corn
belt. ~
81 do not know whether you consid-
err that this Is answering your letter
well or not. Ii not, ! should be glad
II you would give me 10 specific
questions, so that ! may reply to thcm.
Why don't the farmers. In the neigh
b0Ih0od that you speak OF form a COW
testing association? TIE Better Farm
ing Association is willing to help
them.
Every truly yours,
"TiOMAS COOPER.
Secretary"