The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1914-07-02
WITH THE FARMERS
IN WISCONSIN
c. B. DAVIS CONTINUES AC-
COUNT OF INTERESTING TRIP
TO THE LAND OF THE DAIRY
CATTLE.

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dale, visiting on the way the J. L.
Williams farm of 300 acres, on which
he keeps 145 head of Holstein cattle,
all either pure bred or high grades.
The next farm was the James Burns
farm of Guernseys, practically all of
his herd being imported cattle. He
owns $50 acres, and keeps 100 head Of
cattle, raising all their feed, and SELL
ing besides some six or seven thousand
bushels of grain. His cream goes to
the cooperative creamery at Oakfeld.
We then visited the farm of Gillett
& Son, Holstein raisers, who raised
the famous Colantha Fourth Johanna,
the cow that held the worlds record
for five years over all breeds. The
little cemetery at Rosendale holds a
monument to this world-famous COW,
erected by her former owners. I'VE
have tried to keep large herd" said
Mr.. Gillett. "This herd has been rails
ed under ordinary farm conditions,
and I believe is no more than is with
in the reach of the average North Da-
kota farmer, although I am not &C.
quainted with your conditions" AS a
proof of his belief that good cattle
can be raised in the northwest, Mr..
Gillet purchased this spring a young
bull from Schroeder, of Moorehead,
Mimi, and in showing him, Mr.. Gillett
stated that he considered him a very
fine type of Holstein.
From the Gillett farm we ran into
Rosendale, a pretty little village of
about 600 people, where we were serv-
ed with fine home-cooked dinner.
On tn trip from Fon du Lac to Ros-
endale Mr.. Peck and Mr.. Porter
counted the concrete silos passed, and
counted sc of the kind known as the
homemade concrete silo. These seem
to be the favorite silo in southern Wis
consin, although we saw a few stave
silos and some stone and brick silos.
The owners of the concrete silo stated
that they would freeze some, but with
proper care in taking the sileage of
evenly, and keeping it clean from the
walls there was no trouble, and there
was none of the trouble Of watching
the hoops that there is with wooden
stave silo.
While at Rosendale we visited the
farm of M. N. Wells, F. H. Scribner &
Son and Chas. L. Hill.
The Brentwood Farm, of M. N.
Wells, contains 1853 acres, and sup
ports Is head of Guernsey cattle,
nearly all pure bloods. They ship
their cream to Kenosha, Wis. He owns
two fine bulls, Dairy Maids King and
Imperial spotswood Washer Sequel.
F. H. Scribner & Son are among
the oldest breeders of Jersey cattle in
Wisconsin. They have never farmed
but 80 acres and keep sixty head Of
cattle, besides hogs and chickens.
Their Jerseys are of the American
type, of large sized cattle, and have
practically no Island blood in them.
They ship their cream to Milwaukee,
and receive eight cents above the av
erage market for it. On this eighty
acres they raise all their rough feed,
and all their grain but the bran, and
they sell their surplus oats. All their
cattle are in the advanced registry ex-
cept few, which are now being test
ed. The rotation of crops used on this
farm is oats-meadow- pasture-corn.
The income from this farm given by
Mr.. Scribner, and which is about cor
rect is from $4,000 to $4,000, about half
being from stock and half from cream
sold. One of their heifers made rec
ord of 1868 pounds of butter fat as a
two-year-
Mr.. Charles l.. Hill is an importer
of Guernsey cattle, and is president of
the American Guernsey Cow associa-
ton, and travels extensively, lectur-
ing on Guernsey cattle. His stock is
largely imported from the island of
Sarnia, and he has some of the best
stock from the Island. He keeps about
80 head on his farm Of 120 acres. His
herd is headed by Imported Prince Of
Sarnia.
On the entire trip through Wiscon-
sin we were impressed with the fact
that the farmers visited kept large
number Of cattle in proportion to their
acreage. No farmer who pretends to
be a successful farmer or stockman
is without from one to three or four
silos, a good field Of alfalfa or red
clover, and Babcock tester, and any
COW that can't make good under the
conditions is quickly turned of. One
secret Of their success is that they put
their farming on a business basis, and
cut out the improbable features.
From Rosendale we went back to
Fon du Lac, where our cars were at
tached to the 500 Line train for Min