The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-01-15
GRAIN GROWERS
DISCUSS ISSUES
\ IN BIG MEETING

Fargo, Jan. l5.--Fully $500 farm
ers from North and South Dakota and
Minnesota are in Fargo attending the
twentieth annual Tri-State Grain and
Stock Growers convention, which
opened at the Fargo auditorium yes
terday afternoon at 80 o'clock.
President C. B. Waldron, dean Of
az ..iculture at the North Dakota Ag-
ricultural college, presided and intro
duced Mayor Alex Stern, who, in a few
we'll chosen words, welcomed the mem
bers of the assembly. Prayer was Of
fered by Rev. f. C. Ford Of the Ply
mouth Congregational church.
In the opening address, President
Waldron spoke Of the influence of the
war on the ambitions of the agricul-
.turist. 49, -, ...... ....-,.... ,3.,.,.. =.
,@ Cup to the last year." he said, "the
question was, How can make the
greatest profit from my land?' Since
the war started, however, personal
profit has been put aside, and we have
been asking, How can ] best serve
those who need my products most 2
The agricultural communities have
risen nobly to the occasion and have
furnished their full quota Of manhood,
and with food conservation and more
intensive tillage practices food has
been supplied to- the hungry in Europe
in quantities which surpass even the
widest guesses of the most optimis-
tic.'
A burst of applause greeted his
speech and he then announced that
the method of electing officers for the
organization has been changed. In
the past the president has appointed
a nominating committee, but the new
plan is to have ballot box at the au-
ditorium Thursday noon, at which
time the members will write on a slip
of paper their choices for president,
vice president and secretary and de-
post them in the ballot box.
The Cooperative Creamery
J. J.tOsterhous, state dairy commits
sioner, gave the first address, his sub
ject being, '"The Cooperative Cream
cry. Its present status and future
prospects,
1.-The value of all dairy products in
North Dakota is equal to one-seventh
of the value of the wheat crop of the
state" said Mr.. Osterhous. ''lf all the
butterfat produced in the state were
manufactured into butter and all the
wheat into bread, we would only have
sufficient butter to spread one-tenth
of the bread. .:
"No danger exists of the supply ex-
ceeding the demand, either for dairy
products or dairy cattle, and the pres
ent time is the most suspicious one
in history for launching into the dairy
industry.
what we desire is a steady growth
Of TIE dairy industry in the state. A
forced growth is unnatural and would
be harmful to the industry. Manu-
featuring and marketing must develop
coincidentally with the increase in
production of the raw material if we
are to have we'll balanced industry.
Promoters Retard Industry
Failures of creameries in the state
have been a great encouragement to
the dairy industry. Nearly always
these failures can be attributed to
very evident reasons. An over enthu-
siastic person with little knowledge
OF Cne game Will SIaIC d CicdlNCly
where the supply of butterfat is in
adequate. Several creameries will be
established in a neighborhood which
will only support one. Promoters will
start creameries with the idea of get
ting as much money out of it them
selves as possible and no worry over
the prospects for the future Of the
creamery.
"The cooperative creamery is the
solution for this state. At present
less than one per cent of the butter
fat produced in the state is manufac-
tured into the finished product by CO.
operative creameries of North Dakota.
Over SO per cent Of the butterfat is
shipped an average Of 400 miles for
manufacture"
Mr.. Osterhous introduced figures
showing that dairy farmers of Mime
sofa had netted from GA cents to 1913
cents per pound Of butterfat more
than farmers of North Dakota, the
Minnesota dairymen accomplishing
this through cooperative creameries.
In conclusion, Mr.. Osterhous said,
'sTha dairy industry can not be de-