Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-05-29

rent season. 1nere are at present 81
creameries operating in North Dakota
and $50 cream purchasing stations.
The cream purchased by these latter
establishments for the most part goes
out of the state for manufacture into
butter but Notwithstanding this COM
petition, the creameries are holding
their own, and making most satisfac-
tory returns to their thousands OF pat
rons. The combined purchases OF the
cream stations and creameries repre-
sent the cream output of the selling
public and together constitute splen-
did endorsement of the progress made
in this industry during the past few
years.
Coincident with the healthy interest
displayed in the dairy business has
come the study of ways and means
for furthering its continued growth.
Prominent among these may be men,
toned the silo. of which there are
now lis in the state These are fairly
we'll distributed throughout the eastern
counties, but are rather scare in the
Slope counties and west of the Mis-
souri, river Farmers in these latter
regions, however, are wide awake and
it is only question of time when ties :
most valuable adjuncts to the dairy
farm will be in general use all over
North Dakota. With the silo of course
comes the regular cultivation Of corn
for ensilage purposes, and the fact that
farmers all over the state are going to
the expense of erecting permanent, sub
stantiaI and comparatively costly silos,
furnishes another significant proof of
the satisfactory growth attained by the
corn plant wherever tried.
Other indications of the steady trend
of farming activity in the direction of
dairying are the large number of pure
bred sires being generally bought all
over the state and the quite general
organization Of community breeding or
CARNATIONS; the purchase Of pure bred
and high grade dairy cows, over 200
having recently been purchased for
Dunn and Stark counties; the increased
acreage sown to fodder plants such as
clover, timothy, alfalfa and field peas ;
the increased use and cultivation of
root crops for their dairy value; the
building of hygienic barns for housing
of dairy stock, and, back of and dom
mating all these encouraging signs,
the generally favorable attitude of our
whole farming population toward the
industry, bespeaking as it does for the
immediate future practical apprecia-
ton of the remarkable suitability and
adaptability Of our soils and climate
for its enlarged growth.
Assured1y bright future is in store
for dairying in North Dakota. Every
reasonable requirement for its success
full development exists on our broad
prairies; soil, climate, opportunity and
the people to take advantage of it are
all present; hundreds of farmers in all
parts of the state attest by their sleek
herds and comfortable bank accounts
>the entire practicabilty of attaining
success by way of the cow and. her out
put; profitable markets eagerly await
Our surplus production with an avid
ity which precludes the possibility of
deprecated prices in the future; sure
ly with all these favorable conditions
existent it is no presumption to proph-
esq doubled output each year over
the preceding one for many years to
come.