Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-15
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Miss Anna Barrett OF Lar1mOre, ~.
D., who won first place in the 1914
Pork Production, contest, is given a
write.up in the Country Gentleman,
April 10th number, under the heading
Farmers Of Tomorrow The arti-
Gle, which is as follows, is illustrated
with her picture and a drawing to II.
,lustrate the returns from the hogs as
compared to grain farming: 15
"The awards are being made In the
North Dakota Pork Production con.
test, which closed November 20; Miss
Anna Barrett of Grand Forks county
stands first, with a litter of IA Duroc
Jerseys that at, 209 days weighed 1911
pounds. She used $91.49 worth Of
feed and pasture to produce them,
and sold them for 6 IL cents, which
brought her $247.71, leaving a return
of $156.22 above the feed cost, or "a
cents a day. This entitled her to a
prize Of 800. She stood second in
the 1918 contest.
This contest was started by the
North Dakota Experiment station In
the spring of 1914, and was open to
farm boys and girls from 10 to 10
years of age. The contestants have
demonstrated that spring pigs can be
brought to a marketable age before
cold weather on North Dakota farm
feeds. The. pigs in the "a prize-win.
ming litters averaged 21O pounds at
218 days, 10 to the litter. The feed
cost per pound gain was 2 3-4 cents.
The feeds fed and prices charged
were as follows: Corn, so cents a
bushel; barley, As cents; rye. 60 cents;
bran and shorts, $19 a ton; screen
ings, SO a ton; skim milk, % cents a
hundred pounds pasture, one-third OF
a cent a day; and corn hogged.ff, S.
an acre.
The boys and girls secured more
than twice these prices for the feeds
that they fed the hogs
NJ The results secured by the boys and
girls of North Dakota in the Pork
Production contest are attracting ma.
tional attention. It is calling atten.
ton to the splendid opportunities that
he state offers for livestock produc-
ton. The results are so striking that
the papers all over the United States
and Canada are devoting space to it.
The contest arranged for 1915 Of
fers more premiums than any of the
previous contests and should bring
out a larger number of contestants.
And now is the time to enter. The
time expires May l..
The contestants have found it a
profitable thing to be in the contest.
The average returns per litter of the
"a prize-winning contestants in 1914
was $137.70, while the feel cost was
$685. leaving a return of $3.50. In
addition to this, they received the
prize money.jfIt vas a fine business
experience too,s as it taught the boys
and girls how good returns could he
secured with the use of but a small
capital. Those who were in the con-
test have a new conception Of the
farm and the relation that livestock
bears to profit making.
It should not be overlooked that
now is the time to enter the contest.
Send to the North Dakota Experiment
Station for application blank and full
particulars.
Those who enter will help boost
North Dakota's reputation as a live
stock state and they will at the same
time make some money and gain a
good deal of valuable knowledge and
experience.