The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-08

Eager for Mixed Farming.
The dairy, silo and alfalfa train,
operated by the Milwaukee road and
manned and equipped by the South
Dakota College of Agriculture, which
visited Lennon on April l, found that
the country tributary to Lennon was
eager for the new farming. The peo-
pie wished to learn all they could
about corn, alfalfa, the silo and the
dairy COW.
This is the more remarkable, as it
was but a few years ago when the
whole country was given UP to cattle
grazing. 1t was a pastoral. country,
From Evarts to the southeastward Of
Lennon in very recent years there
used to be shipped in ten weeks in the
late summer and early fall a total of
about 100000 cattle. And Evarts was
only n of the centers from which the
cattle of the region were. shipped. This
great cattle business has vanished.
There arc many cattle raised In the
country still, but the immense herds
OF. old arc to be seen no longer. Per-
klns county. with eighty-si six town
ships, now has about $500 farmers,
and allowing an average of ten head
Of beer cattle for each farmer, the
Wheie country has only $4,000 beeves.
Dairy Cows In Demand. ~
In the place of .pasturing has come a
good deal OF grain growing as a tenn
porary expedient, but coupled with it
Is great interest in dairy cattle. in
hogs n in the forages that make the
feeding OF these profit producers the
safest business for farming.
That dairying is getting a foothold
IN Perkins county is evident from the
fact that the county has four cream
erles-one at Lennon, not now in OPP
Grafton; one at Strooi, one at Notify
Inc n at Seim. There Is also one
thirty-six miles from the railroad. One
would say it is unfortunately situated.
Possibly but it enables the farmers Of
the vicinity to convert bulky crops in
tely, essential with so long a wagon
haul. Last year the Seim creamery
paid its patrons $4,000 for butter fat.
Farmers Buy GOod Stock.
increasing support is promised for
these establishments. Farmers are
ing SO on a rather extensive scale. One
man not long ago imported into the
county fifty yearling grade Holsteins
and a p~ure-bred sire: Another recently
A.. Finch, then in the banking business,
obtained a shipment of 800 mich cows
to be sold TO farmers in order to en-
courage dairying. Only about one hun
ers, but the farmers who took the stock
and followed up the dairying business
are among the most prosperous in the
region.
New as the country is. too, the siIo
has made it's appearance. e. d. Payne.
east OF LENNON, started the movement.
But others are to follow. The pit silo,
on account Of economy, is for the pres
ent however, going to be the favorite.
q Hogs as Helpers.
Hogs in increasing numbers of cases
are supplenenting dairying. These ali
for corn, and corn growing is being
encouraged, emphasis being placed on
homegrown and well-tested seed. Sue
cess is accompanying such efforts.
Beef cattle, dairy cattle, hogs, with
the feeds necessary for a~ll--these are
the things this new country are work.
Ing with. It is moi surprising, then,
what astonished at the confident bear
ing OF the people Of this new north
west: Why, here was a country that
people were telling hard-luck tales
OF its men was taking tristate prizes
national corn show prizes, too. for
siedschlag won two at the Dallas show
n February-while others were boast
ed farming.
Lennon Is Progressive.
Yet 1t is only sever years since Lem
mon came into being, being named after
George =. Lennon, a wealthy man wnp
Is famed all through this country as
has has P led 'h ! ra@antie f iife. Tod Z Le ama
mon as the capital of the region--the
business capital-has a population Of
300, has a commission form Of gov
eminent, waterworks and an electric
light plant. 1t has a school with 500
pupils, n manual training lis one of
its features. Agriculture, however, is
not on the curriculum, which III to be
regretted. However, the talk OF the
community is the consolidated school,
ana this same talk is spreading TO sur
rounding communities The jconsoli-
dated school will give AGRICULTURAL en-
struction, n the fact that 1t is dis.
cussed as a possibility CT teh near fu.
ture in this new country shows the pro.
gressive spirit OF the people.
Team Play the Rule.
With farmers starting their own field
laboratories, working out their prob.
LENS with beet. dairy cows, hogs. corn.
alfalfa n other forages, and progress
sive towns springing into being, IN
which the business men work through
better farming associations with the
people of the country, there is little
reason to doubt the ultimate success
of the regions agriculture, or its per-
maflerlt establishment.
The days#of the beef herds are gone.
but something vastly better has taken
their place.
Not Always.
kansas City journal: Seeing is be-
Not always. / see that girl yor1dar
has q pretty complexion, but [ don't
believe it,