Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-12-20
FORBES CALLS
. ATTENTION TO
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DAIRY HERDS
Quotes State Agricultural
Specialist On Needs and
Possibilities

The dairy COW, her value and pec;u,4-
Marities, are dealt with in aSletter re.
Gently sent to farmers throughout the
district by Walter I. Forbes of EGilby.'
1armer, banker and chairman OF the
agricultural committee Of the North
: Dakota Bankers association.
Mr.. Forbes quotes in part. from a
statement by Prof. j. Fl. Sheppard of
: h NORTH. Dakota Agricultural col
aege. His. letter follows:
Because I want to see North Da-
kota-.become the greatest AGRICULTURAL
state in theaunion l plead with YOU
to3read this fine Boost, for the Dairy
Cow by Prof. j. IL. Sheppard OF our
AGRICULTURAL college.
fDatrying, in the right way, "a
baen caleds the farmers gold ~certifi-
cate One year Wisconsin produced
: more money through her dairy indus
try han was mined that year out in
the gold fields Of Alaska. +.
Let's all pitch into the dairy game
and put it over. That's a fine bunch
OF men at u agricultural college and
they know their business. Let's work
with them and back them up. Let's
nse our county agents. They are
back Of this edairying game, pastures,
goes to make up a profitable and
therefore a conte,tei life"
Mr.. Sheppard is quoted for the fol
lowing:
"a dairy, COW will stand between a
family and want better than any 9TH
er farm producer. providing the farm
fer understands COWS and has feed and
shelter with which to give them a
rhance.
There are two kinds of cows-good
and bad. There are good common
COWS. good grade cows. and good
purcbred COWS, but there are also bad
cows in each Of these groups. There
Yre moro bad cows than good ones.
There are all %gradations between good
and bad ones. Aycnw which is three
fourths of the way up the scale to-
:, ward the best class is as good as the
I average farmer will give the care
which that class must have.
Every buyer should be careful not
to pay a first class price, for a sec:
ond class COW. A bad COW Is always
a oor buy The time that cows viii
freshen will probably be played up
az a sticking point in making sales
and the fact that they are not Of the
dairy type, DO not csrry the blood OF
any Of the dairy breeds. and are not
built on the lines that a good dairy
cow must have, will be overlooked OF
represented as of no consequence.
Must. BE Naturally inclined.
s.I would not encourage u man tt
buy dairy cows who lis not NATURAL,
inclined toward them, nor n whe
does not ,haHe feed, reasonably gooc
shelter andI sufficient pasture. Their,
are peoples almost every walk o,
life who r good judges Of dair.
cows. but there are many people ii
tmany walks Of life who are mistaken
on That point. Many ONE make ex
cellent judges of dairy cows.
There are good dairyAcow judge
in the AGRICULTURAL college and the.
will help you if5desirei. The colleg,
has a large. extensienaforce, axailahle
equipped with information which
should be exceedingly valuable to TIL
,beginer in the dairy business. The ser
vices Of the college are rendered I,
tgroups of farmers who wish to avail
themselves of the privilege.
aside from the force: OF So coun
yty agricultural agents located at coun