Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-26

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Ing, I haven't the money to buy the
fancy stock that,is needed to make 1t
go" But here is q man who used
just what he had, and didn't hold back
because he didn't have the fancy stun.
t sounds strangely like the parable
= like the shorthoarns best because
Of the beef qualities Of, the steers"
Mr.. Dahlstrom continued. The
steers average the same amount of
money for me in a year as the g
does. The milking qualities of the
cows are good. + take a ten gallon can
of cream to Pettibone, q town three.
miles distant; every other day IN UNI
mer. I have the cows freshening in
February SO as Ito catch the highest
prices in the cream market. OF course
the milk that is left goes a long way
in developing other valuable products
for market, the calves and the hogs
Care in Feeding.
Il am very particular about the
beginning. I always see to it hat each
calf gets its W mothers milk for the
first three weeks, whole milk, of
course. Then after that, it has fresh
separated milk and ground oats. The
ground oats ration keeps their stom-
achs in good shape"and acts as q tonic.
Sometimes the change sets them back
for q, week or two, but. after, that they
go right ahead. I feed them always
in pals that have been we'll cleaned,
and keep them in the stanchions for
ten minutes after feeding them SO they
won't suck each other.
IA neighbor of mine laughed at me
for the pains 1 was taking in feeding
my calves. He said troughs were good
enough for his to drink out of. Every
II of his calves died, some died Of
starvation, and the rest died from feed
ing. If I loose a calf In a year l think
I've lost more than 1 should" 4.
Many times it is the farmers wife
who has the heavy end of the dairy
work. But on the Dahlstrom form its
not so. Electricity runs everything,
all at one time it is doing the milking,
separating, pumping water to. the tank
and charging the batteries. The calves
are fed the, warm milk, the pigs get
their share, everything in the milk
house is washed up, and steriliZed with
steam in short order, and Mrs Dahl.
strom in the house doesn't have to
bother about a bit Of 1t.
Pigs Did Part.
The pigs didytheir part too, in pay
ing for things, as at the same time I
was raising cattle to pay for the land
l was raising hogs and Jehu flint corn.
l turned the hogs into part Of it, and
cut the rest to feed to the, cattle.
While | find the raising Of hogs more
profitable today than I did fifteen
years ago, still they brought in a lot
Of money then. / used to have about
70 as a regular thing. I have a high
Grade of pO1onl Chimes IT JLnon q hoYt
sixty now. AS / sell them in the early
winter I don't find it expensive. to fat
ten them let them u in the corr
and toward therend Of lifetime before
! sell, I fatten them with ground bar
ley. l sell to a stock buyer so as not
to have the trouble of shipping and
find l do just Is we'll. I generally sell
on an average OF from 800 to $1,000
worth Nof hogs each year..
No Runts.
II w have any runts among my
pigs. I wean the little ones when
they are SIX weeks Did and start fat
tening the sows. / feed the young
ones on warm separated milk and
ground, oats four times a day, fer the
first couple of weeks. | keep it before
them all the time, gradually getting
them down, to twice a day. That way
SAASy ~ Ia SdIltc SlAduCO anu al
grow normally. They average abou'
200 to 240 pounds each when sold. {.
sell the breeding stock off in thu
spring and keep the best from TIL,
younger stock for future production
That way we keep up the size ant
Equality.
Three quarter sections Of the Ian,
is fenced. Our acreage this year in
Guided, Dis wheat:and Kubanka, corr
fodder and sweet clover. We yer.
seldom have too dry q eason w
have good success. with the whit
sweet clover. We started raising 4
seven years ago, and find it real goo
for pasture and almost as good as al
falfa for hay. It takes eight head o
horses and a small tractor. to do TIL,
work as we handle some land in ad
ditton to our own. We use the tract
or in hot weather 80 as not tospdll tn,
horses down too much. WeShav
twenty-seven head of horses now, an,
occasionally sell off q few as we hnv
moresthan we need.
I'VE do our " ~threshing, as on,
of the netghbors has an engine an,
we havega separator.
MY two sons are both ongthe farm
wtthame in partnership. It makes
good combination as we are all in
terested in making things so well.
Banks Best Friend.
came here 20 years ago witt
nothing, and now wouldn't sell m
farm for $50 per acre. The improve
ments cost about $4,000 and are q
|. paid for.. The banks certainly hav
! been good to me. think there /
. something wrong with the man who
: always finding fault with the banks
No farmer ought to throw a stone q
the bankers Tor they are his bel