The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-02-10

The Northwestern Mid-winter Fair
opened at the Armory Monday. The
day was spent in arranging the var
ous exhibits. The management fear
ed that owing to the severe weather,
the exhibits would not be as numerous
as in former years, but were surprised
at the great number.
The fair proper was opened Tues
day afternoon with an address of well
come by A. G. Crane, president of the
Minot Normal. Mr.. Crane appeared
in his usual happy mood.
e. A. Wilson, of st. Paul, secretary
Of the American Milking Shorthorn
Breeders Association, delivered an in
teresting address Wednesday. He is
a young man we'll versed in the sub
ject of Milking Shorthorns, breed
that is especially we'll adapted to the
needs of the average farmer of the
Northwest. He did not dispraise the
strictly dairy type of cattle, which
are quite necessary.
H. r. Smith, member of the pedi-
gree committee of the American Milk
ing Shorthorn Breeders association,
spoke Wednesday afternoon before
the fair visitors on olive Stock for
North Dakota Farms" His theme
was, in fact, an advocacy Of the larger
use of milking Shorthorn cattle on
the farm. He said in part:
"No one enterprise will contribute
more to the prosperity of North Da-
kota than the development of the live
stock industry along practical lines
This is a great grain producing state'
second in the union in the production
of wheat. We do not wish to dlscour-
age the production of wheat IN Nortn
Dakota. It has been valuable cash
crop and will continue as SUCH.
What we want is larger production
on less land. If two-thirds of the area
of the average grain farm IN Norm
Dakota were devoted to corn ana ior-
age crops, with these crop s fed TO I'VE
stock and the manure returned to tne
land, it would produce within hve
wears, more small grain on the re-
manning two thirds than though tne
entire farm were to be devoted 10
small grain alone. .1..,
an Some of my experiments have
found that calves can be grown 10 q
weight of 700 pounds at cost OF $4.dU
per hundred, on corn silage at $3.0o
per ton, and alfalfa hay at slo'oo
per ton" ., =,
charge of the Better Farming devel,
onment for the 500, was the principal
sneaker Wednesday night: His subject
was to have been ''the Milking Snort
horn, - but. as two speakers had pre-
coded him on the same subject, ne
stated that the Shorthorns had ABOUT
been MIXED dry He spoke instead on
Co-operation. He referred to his ear
" experiences when he was IN charge
Of the farmers institute work TO io1
North Dakota. Ten years ago the
farmers were just thinking, about
growing corn and alfalfa, while To-Day
those are general crops. He said the
farmers needed more live stock: ne
na;d tribute to the "no protlt" co"
which is better on the farm than none
at all. because she may produce
nroftable calf and besides her manure
viii enrich the soil. He spoke OF the
benefits from cooperation with the
agricultural college, experiment STA
ton, and with the Better Farming
Prof. Waldron of the N: D. EXper:
;r,ort Station spoke on "The Hardy
Var;et;es of Alfalfa" Mr.. Waldror
has done more for the alfalfa grow
err Of North Dakota than any othei
citizen Of the state. The EXPERIMENT
station has furnished cons3deraplt
bsrdv seed. distributed in small guam
titles about the state. -, o,
,o 1p1 LIZA Zach afternoon by Miss Sui
Ivan and Miss Sanford OF the ~ l.
iarpe numbers of Minot people
mingled with the visitors at tne la a.
evenings. where special program:
were Given. The boys quartette any
the iris chorus from the Norma
school, directed by Mrs. simpson ~
1o"s;ca, instructor, added much u
these entertainments: , al
The fair will end Saturday., wren d
y. m. the auction sale OF le11 oVe'
exhibits will be held. - +h<
Will E. Holbein, secretary oi '4'
Association of Commerce, ana +. -
sherman. chairman Of the genera
committee. are as busy as cranoerIs
merchants this week. Much OF tne
amccess of the fair is due to their IN Ia
t;r;n0 efforts, One of the BUSIEST NJ
tie ladies' in the state this week II
Miss Sayde Pinkerton, stenograpnSel
for Mr.. Holbein, to whose efforts the n.
Independent readers must give. credl'
for our being permitted to publish the
list of premium winners this week.
Vird o. Cudd, lecturer, OF the tira,
ham Scientific School of Breeding. o.
Kansas City, Mo-, has added much te
the fair in the way of instructive lee
lures. The Armory has been patti
t:oned off and the lectures are glver
in the rear room, the light being ex'
clud.d SO that slides can be shown;
Mr. Cudd took for his subJec'
Thursday afternoon, "Why SO many
calves. colts and pigs die" He showed
pictures Of barns with great piles OF
manure that had been allowed 70. ac,
cumulate, where germs OF all KINDS
breed. He urged keeping barns ano
premises clean. He explained the var
ious diseases that young stock are
heir to, and gave remedies. He urged
the breeding of thorobred stock, but
said that one could get much, better
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