Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-07-07

excellence Of animal quality, wherein
exists your rue interestsa as individual
producers. In other words, the farm
er must learn the difference between
the profits in scrubs. and an animal
that has been well bred, and also the
difference between the old and waste
full method and the new and improv-
ed method of feeding and caring for
his stock.
The Fair a Big Success.
The Fairs at Grand Forks for the
past number Of years, have been great
successes. Many improvements have
been made in the grounds and build
1ngs, and the organization has been
fortified financially.
The attedance has yearly increased,
n 1t is expected that this veal will
see he. biggest attendance that has
ever gone through the gates of the
Fair Grounds.
The great success of the exhibits
for the past years have removed all
uncertainty as to whether pure bred
live stock was confined only to a few
wealthy fanciers, who held their
herds for show purposes, or whether
1t was a live and vital question among
the farmers and breeders Of live stock,
for h small farmer with a few ami
mails, and the large farmer with his
hundreds Of head, and the range own
ers with his thousands. attend the
fairs and has been convinced that
there are living machines which can
produce more and better on the same
amount of feed than would the het-
erogeneous scrub animal which they
had, been raising, and which they had
been compelled to sell at a heavy dis
count in prices. f
There has perhaps been no feature
of the live stock industry Of this sec
ton that has been of such impetus to
the revolution in the live stock bust
ness, as have the exhibits at the fairs.
1t is a big step in the right direction,
for the farmers Of the Northwest to
tent of exhibiting it al Fairs, and al
so to the extent of visiting the Fairs.
and examining the different exhibits
that are to be seen. ~
1t is hoped that the farmers Of this
region will turn out this fall, as they
have never done before, and study the
live stock, as this project Of the farm
is becoming more essential.
All Kinds of Live Stock.
There will perhaps be no one visit
ing HI Fair that can inquire for a
breed, or kind of live stock, that will
not be found on exhibition. Horses,
IN numbers and value will perhaps
surpass all other classes, but cattle
hold a close second, and there will be
hogs enough to satisfy everyone, and
sheep and other small animals in
abundance.
1t is probable hat the exhibits will
be as large as can be comprehended
by the average person, who is not &C
customed to viewing large entries OF
stock. There is one point thai should
be emphasized, and that is, of all the
herds entered, there will be no cross
bred scrubs, as every breeder Of any
kind of live stock will have pure
breds. This will be a contrast to
many of the herds seen on the farms
OF this region. In many pastures
along the roads, herds are seen
which represent every breed of cat.
tie that was ever brought into the
Northwest. This is a great disadvant-
age because it has been proven many
times h a there is no mongrel breed
that is equal to the pure breds, and
this will be emphasized to the fullest
extent, In every way possible.
There is no farm big enough fol
more thai one breed Of the same
kind of stock. The farmer should
realize that his best interests are
served by a single breed, and he
should try to decide on the breed
which he feels will give him the best
satisfaction, and then keep that breed
pure, and improve it by careful selec.
ton.