Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-21
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breds. We are milking about rs cows
and thirty OF these are on semi-official
yearly test. We have So head of pure
breds. began raising Hoisteins
about six years ago.
II enjoy the farm very much and
am out there every day, winter and
summer. | am very fond OF horse
thoroughbred, overseeing the work o
the fie DIS in summer and riding about
in the woods n tho winter. This is
my recreation. We have our own
threshing machine and during the
harvest a employ about 35 men.
During the rest OF the year Is men
do the work.
1--WE use a large tractor for plow-
ing and a Tordson for all, sorts OF
work. We keep about SIS head Of
horses. mules and colts.
"Of course with a dairy, we find It
profitable to raise hogs. We have
about twenty-five Po'and China brood
sows. We have about $50 young hogs
for sale this year We usually dis
winter.
Sheep Clean Up Land
81 keep regularly about 1000 head
Of Shropshire sheep. I put them In
originally for scavangers, n at that
time it paid to raise them for the
wool they produced. Now that wool
has gone to nothing, I find 1t still pays
to keep them for cleaning up the
land.
Poultry is a side Tissue IN the
farm. We have about 200 hens. The
poultry is looked after by the fore
mans wife. and IS her part OF the
farming project. G. F. Peterson il
my foreman, and he is a capable
Il am fortunate in having a good
~herdsman, j. H. Berg. He is a grad
uate Of the Agricultural college OF
the University Of Minnesota and
knows his business thoroughly. He
has been with me two years"
Everyone about the Spaulding farm
seems to know his business. The Farm
yard was a busy place on that early
winter morning. In the stables the
mixers were at work, and though the
visitor dropped in Unexpectedly. ev-
erything was in fine order, clean and
tidy.
Mr.. Berg gave a brief running his
tory of the herd as he showed the
visitor about. h
Some Famous Strains
There are some famous old fam
flies represented here. There are
fifteen grand daughters Of King Segfs
Pontiac Count We have a son Of Old
Sir Pietertje and a double grandson
of old Sir Pete as senior her sire.
King Piebe Ormsby Mercedes out Of
Queen Piebe Ormsby Mercedes. We
have six or seven COWS OF the Rocka-
sene strain. One is a great grand
daughter Of Sir Johanna Canary De-
Kid. This is Rockasene Lady Byena
and she h a 26-ppund butter record
for seven days.
Rockasene Lady shabora topped
the National show sales in st. Paul
fhfC foil Cha H1yar Gxyn - -, l. - 81
brought 1915, a good price in these
days of low prices. Only one other
COW brought as much.
There are six or sever daughters
of the famous "41st". Here is
Rockasene Johanna Jarie, who won
first prize at the North Dakota state
fair for aged COW last year. She has
butter and $4,000 pounds of milk.
Shit is six years old, and has two
promising daughters. Her son, Chief
Jarie Ormsby, was first prize senior
u calf and junior champion at the
North Dakota state fair.
Here is a pair of wins They won
/ as senior calves third and fourth,
Forks fairs last year. They are so
much alike that 1 can't tell them
apart. They are bred by a son of old
Sir Pete n out Of a daughter OF
Count.
This is Edenvale Jewel Mercedes
bred on the Enright farm near Grand
Forks. She is abou: three years old
and is making around 500 pounds on
her year test to be finished the last of
November.
1--WE have lost only two calves in
Az time I have been taking care of
them and that was from infectious
pneumonia
Il feed a bass ration Of oats 3, bar
ley 2, hominy 2, oil mea' /. and gluten
/. Then l add to individual COWS
a little oil meal and cotton seed or
gluten. as they seem to require. I
hand feed them all. These cows who
arc on test have special attention.
The best of the lows get mangles.
Alfalfa n clover a up the hay
ration"