The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-05-04
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labor OH the farm to give them
employment during the winter.
Short time positions attract only
the lowest grade of help. BY max
ing dairying the important branch
OF farming, winters dairying will
he carried on, cows will be fresh
in the fall and mlked all through
the winter. They will return at
This time of the year greater pro-
fits because a higher market price
for buttcrfat and a greater per-
.ccntaye of cheap foods like en-
sllage and hay will be consumed.
Winter dairying will help distrib-
ute the farm labor throughout the
year and men and their families
will he employed by the year and
will be able to save money and
better themselves. as we'll as re-
turn a profit to- their employers.
Dairying will improve cduca-
tional, social and moral condi-
ti"ns of the country. The ten
ants will be able to pay the rent
and will not be forced to move
from one farm to another, as is
the condition today. The on,:-
year tenant means destruction to
the farm. He does not keep the
buildings in repair or return the
fertility to the soil. He tries to
skim all the profits from the farm
and the landlord tries to make
him. pay a large cash rent in rs-
turn. II dairying is carried on,
silos and better farm buildings
will he built to take care of the
crops raised, more live stock will
b" kept per acre. and there will
he more intensified farming.
There will he that interdepen-
dence between the tenant and land
owner from which both are bene-
fitted. There will be better rural
schools. better churches and the
cducat i0nal. social and moral con-
ditinns of the community will be
improved.
Prosperous Farmers
II you but compare the dairy
sections of this country with the
n"n-dairy sections, you will see at
once that the dairy farmer has
we'll kept farm, fences in good
condition, lawn moved about the
house, flowers and shrubs dccorat
ing the lawn, barns economically
and substantially built. Inside the
home you will find everything com
Portable, homeIike, library, ag-
ricultural papers, magazines, and
you are impressed with the though.
that the farmer and his family are
contentcd and happy. The pict-
ure is somewhat different than
that of most of the nOn-dairy
farmers. They have fences that
need repair, lawns unmowcd and
upkrpt, barns that are not desir-
able to- house stock because of
poor ventilation or sometimes too
much. Inside the home you Ln
not find a library agricultural pap
' ers or magazines. Some of these
homes appear like camping places
and gives one the impression that
the owners do not intend staying
here very long. The children
are generally attracted by the
white lights of the city and be
cause of theS" existing condi-
tinns leave the farm. The de-
partment of Agricultural at Wash
ington, the State Experiment Sta
tioms and the Agricultural Col
leg"s are giving to the people Of
this nation information relating
to the economical production of
food stuffs. You are supporting
these institutions through your
taxes, directly and Indirectly.
Tines" institutions are doing noble
work, but you can assist them in
ACCOMPLISHING their purpose by be-
coming more Interested in the
business of the farmer i'm your
community.
According to the last census
report Illinois has over .OOO.OOO
dairy COWS. An increase OF 80
pounds of bul'crfaI per year per
cow, will give the state over
$40, 10000 per county. This
Iarg" sum of money. which re-
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crease the farmers purchasing
power ami thus develop bu>incs,
in the entire community.
Since the average farmer cannot
pay the high price for good pure
bred dairy cows, II" must use his
grade cows and improve their OIL
spring by The use of good pure
bred sires. High class pure bred
sir"s are not cheap in price, but
you can help your m"ighbors To
co-"prraie and buy several pure
bred dairy hi"rs for their joint
use. one bull can be used to
fifty cows. The district can be
numbered and HE bulls can like
wise be numbered. /, =. 3. aud
). as tn" case may be-. After bull
No. is used two years in one sec
iiun. he can be trans f"rred to sec
ton No. 2 to section No. 3; bull
No. ) To section No. I and so forth.
Il"S" bulls must NOT be- closely
related to each other because wa