Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-11-11
GOODRICH.
a. 3. r. Neher.

Here you will find the people IN !
vocation that the whole state VII
have to accept, as ono Of their great
est industries, in avery short time
Dairying has in this vicinity glvel
the results that the practical cattlt
and dairy 1hRnhfh6W would be theirs
with the proper amount of energy
and taking care of the herd. .TAt
Hon. j. Ellsworth Davis, senator fro1
the thirty.ffth legislative district
has a herd of pure bred Herefords
that will number close to two hun
bred, and this spring will greatly ado
to the worth of this large drove. The
claves will number about n hun
bred. dropped. 1t. SURE is a, fine sigh
to see them all on foot, their little
white faces almost seem to say vel
c%ontented. This strain of cattle has
been proven to be the most hearty
of any raised in this state, bearing 6
larger per cent of healthy calves, that
will develop into beef or to maturi
ty sooner for the dairy purpose which
they are so we'll suited for. MH Dav
is profits from this herd will equal
any farmers profit from the same
amount Of ground put in wheat OF
similar grain. Figure for yourself
the cost Of putting in az, sectlsn OF
grain, wheat we will take as an sexam'
pie. You will use in seeding = sec:
tion of land, grain, feed, repairs
and labdrs in; dollars and cents, it
amountingilto a little. over $500, and
then take into consideration the
amount that It WIFI cost you to har.
vest your vrop, that will come to at
least $1,000, taking into %considera-
ton labor, feed, threshtng bill and re-
pairs. We will go back to the first
mentioned facts, the cost of seeding
and the amount of harvest will buy
at least seventy five Of the pure bred
Heref0rds, those seventy-fve head
will net you close to $4,000 per year.
Now don't misunderstood us to say
that all the land in North Dakota
should be turned into a large pasture
field. We don't claim that, but we
do claim that there should be enough
land set aside each year for pastur
and dairy purposes, to insure this
industry a fair chance, and in that
way the rotation of your land will
show the results in a short tine.
There has been enough examples OF
this kind of farming paying a larger
per cent of profit. Through this
channel will come the salavtion OF
the broad fields of North Dakota. We
can not continue to seed the land in
wheat for years and vars and expect
the same results IS We could get
from new land. Why try the impos
siblc? 1t won't work, and you know
1t. Goodrich has found that out and
Is making the greatest effort to bring
about the desired results through
their dairying and rotation Of the
land. You will find the best Of build
i1gs on these farms, and what has
helped to build the greater amount
of them? Nothing but the COW. and
her offspring.
We may take the horse sand substi-
itute q gas or steam. tractor in his
stead and get our work done in a
way, but when 1t comes t07laving an
article of machinery as a substitute
for u dear old Boss you will find all
the experts having brain fever, and
a few other ailments that the family
doctor will hove some time getting
his patient on the road to recovery.
Those of the farm do not want to
consider the COW a mere thing that
will give so much milk twice a day,
and then her usefulness is done, but
have several things to consider when
it comes to the COW question. First,
show us the woman that can't keep
her family supplied with butter and
milk. and then have enough butter to
keep the average family in groceries.
Country produce is becoming higher
every year and butter, and eggs are
the two principal articles that the
grocer wants above all else. .
Again. that same COW will furnish
Armour and Swifts with the meat
that is shipped by the car load, to
every city on the American CONT
nent, and what has the price been
for the cracass OF boss for the last
few years? 1t has made a good59malny
heretofore poor farmers wealthy,
and the hide has gone SO high when
price is considered. And last but not
least, the profit that bessie leaves on
the field that you give her to pasture
on, and better sti litthrough the win
ter months that she Stands around
the straw stack What She makes
there YOU can count as $500 per load
for every load Of fertilizer you haul
out. Now, Mr.. Farmer, is she TO be
considered? The workings ofa the
best farms, farms that are paying
their owners the largest amount OF
profit, are farms that have. all the
stock they can handle and are rOtat.
ing their crop lands. Get on, don't
do a thing just because your father
did it. This is another time you are
living in and, conditions have chang.
ed since he was a prosperous farmer.
This is the way the farmers of Good
rich territory have the farm question
worked out, and If they are not right,
we'll, you will have to show us.
The farmer is not the whole reason
for the great advance in this district,
and we will endeavor to tell you what
the merchant and public spirited
men are doing, to make Goodrich one
of the richest territories in this graz
old state of ours. They have built
the best Of sidewalks, good concrete
ones that will stand the usage for
years to come. Their buildings are
Of the best and have the, appearance
of thrift and in the build
ing a3ine; they oNeredn0t built for to-