Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-02
nOlSIElN CATTLE MAKE 4 GREAT IMPROVEMENT IN DAIRY STOCK
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by Supt. v. J. 0oWney.
The North Dakota Holstein Breed.
ing Circuit located at New Salem,
North Dakota, was organized tn the
year Of 1909 by the North Dakota Ex-
pertinent station and the Department
of Animal Industry, U. s. Department
of Agriculture, Washington, -. C.
The purpose of this Organization is
to breed a class Of Holstein cattle
suitable. to western conditions. Ito ed
ucate the farmer regarding the value
o. the pure bred dairy COW, and to
establish. a. permanent industry for
the farmers west Of the Missouri
River. Continuous wheat growing had
so exhausted the soil that the land
was becoming less and less productive
and the farmers realized that q change
in farm management was necessary
II they were to make the largest, pro.
fit therefrom. Accordingly, the mem.
uers OF this Association started with
a few head of pure bred cows and a
pure bred sire which they used on
the old native cows as a start In grad
ing up their herds.
r Silos.
In the year 1910 the members saw
that to produce milk mostaecpnotnical.
ly it would be necessary to have sue
culent feed for their COWS. during the
winter months, with this object in
view the field superintendent and
Dairy Commissioners Flint arranged
several "silo meetings" which, bore
fruit, as several silos were erected
that summer. " i -. 5I.: "a
Under North Dakota. conditions. a
crop OF silO corn is a SUR crop for in
the years 191O-19l1 the silOs were all
filled, while all grain crops were fall
ures. The varieties Of 0rn used are
the North Western Dent and Russels
White Dent, the latter being more de-.
sirable as it natures about ten days
earlier than the former. "
Barn improvements. ".
When the farmers say they could
make larger returns from their dairy
cows than they could by growing
wheat, they began to improve their
barns In various ways: such as white.
washing, adding more light and bet
ter ventilation. Several of the barns
have been equipped the past summer
with latest steel barn equipment and
manure carriers to afford greater
comfort and sanitation to the dairy
animals, and to save what was former
ly wasted-the liquid manure. 1t is a
fact beyond dispute that the breeding
circuit has made It possible for the
farmers to make the improvements
they have in the past four years. It
has not only proved to it's members
the value of individual records but It
has proved to them the value of dairy
education as we'll. When the work
started here very few OF the farmers
in this community read any good dairy
papers. but today one can find a dairy
journal in every home and read from
cover to cover. Besides dairy papers
n can find books pertaining to feeds
and feeding, that are being studied
carefully. @5&V& s I'll
Duties Of. superintendent i,
When the breeding circuit was o.
'ganized'sft 'D1ff'66achreds The sErvitiaas;'of"a d
field Superintendent who took charge
of a. the work at New Salem, under
the direction of the North Dakota Ex-
pertinent Station and us, Depart.
ment of Agriculture. His duties are to
visit each farm once a month to- test
til :emilk, weigh the feeds and record
same in a. private herd record. book
furnished each member by the Asso-
citation. and to give other advice nee.
essary TO the Improvement Of the
herds. He has the supervision Of all
the herd bulls and places them where
they will make the greatest herd I'M
provcment. All stock is bought or sold
by him, and nc member can sell a
pdre bred animal without first getting
q written permit with his signature.
The Superintendent also does the
seven day official testing and cemi.
official yearly work. Sixteen cows al
ready have been admitted to the ad.
registry since the work start.
ed and many more will he put on the
est in 1914.
Herd Improvement.
The use Of the pure bred sire has |
made q wonderful Improvement, on
he native cows will give a. few
'ecord Improvements and they will
average we'll with the improvement
made, by all the members of the As.
ISOLATION. We hope it will give the
armers in tho northwest encourage.
nent and prove to them that a pure
'red sire will soon pay for himself
" the increased individual produc.
ions, and that most Of the farmers
n North Dakota will be using a pure
red sire of a dairy breed within the
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