Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-08

F, year for my two 200 ton silos. l find
the Minnesota IS to be the best for
the purpose. 1 plan to fill them both
every yea using one for the winter
feeding and the other for the summer.
I wouldn't be without silage. 1t gives
! wonderful results with a dairy herd.
Then / have several smaller lots.
; Six or seven acres are in potatoes. If
we have enough rain that will be a
| pretty fair crop. About twenty acres
are turned owe to hog pasture. I
have this divided off in several small
er plots so that I can have a constant
good pasture for the hogs OF which I
ave fifty Durco Jersey purebreds. I
plant oats. rape, alfalfa and sQuaw
corn in the Division of the hog pasture.
Each is fenced separately and will be
opened to the hogs when the crop is
ready. I usually keep o hogs than
that but b low price has made it un-
profitable to raise a great many. I
sold OF about sixty sows last ear but
now I think hogs are a good invest
ment and I am increasing my heard
again.
Il am experimenting with fifteen
acres of bottom that I had the timber
grubbed from. 1t is too rich for grain.
IN fact when I soved oats on it. it all
went to stalks. Flax did well on it the
1t1S$ SSaH. Uut S1HC0 luGH l uAVS u60
to figure how to get the richness gut of
the sotl-< Muiett is a hard crop on the
soil 81 I soved that and this year an
exceedingly heavy yield
Fruit Trees Too.
The BARNARD and the buildings
take about twenty acres There is a
good sized orchard At the rear of the
house with fsur kinds OF apples and
cVn kinds - .--r- -~- -,
bear ve- well They were on the
place vine. I horEh, it,
There g = great deal Of natural
timber aloa< the Goose River which
flows through the length of my
pzsSEre- This makes Il very pleasant
for : cattle I have SIS head OF
cattle twenty-five OF them registered
Shcrshn-r Of the beef strain The
~ = grade sher1hcrnx that I keep
fer milking II Il : state n Fedora
accredited herd I sell cream regular
!! 30 sse = SerlzI School I find
= czEV hec6 Ts- profitable and not
100 0Ec. -c-s- / use q milking na-
cnane- AID hare an electric moeor to
cFTEe thai and the cream separation.
Ee niEs ton is 1 20 head Of cattle
during the Enn~.
De Eea frrd ira. cattle pay on a
big grain farm sact ss this n,- the
Herald F1Sto- ssked-
ssa II Certainly payx to keep at
lie OF a farm Ersn IL the price
isn't as high As Il nee was for cattle
Us nnch better than rusty wheat
There Is q Eszsr income from the
the sxim milk for raising the calves
and ~fatten5ng the hogs
7 keep about forty head Of. sheep.
rurenre6 Sno.pshirex- in, the wooded
pastures TO keep down the weeds I
can D them in a OF my fields to
eliminate the weeds as ! have the en-
tire farm fenced with melted wire"
The splendid modern barn vas built
By MI Brunsdase in 1915. and ii a
model o. efficiency. Feed carriers and
carriers facilitate the work.
The manurs carrier runs out to an
smbankment z short distance below
the barn and there the manure Is
piled looseuy 20 that the manure
spreaaer can easily get It for hauling
out on tine fields. $50 loads were
nauisn out on the o and potato
Eround for this a crop. The man.
ure pile is fenced off from the rea
OF the yard 20 that the cattle can't get
in and tramp it down. This also fAcdl-
itates the handling of it.
b barn accommodates Is head Of
horses. IN the Cow barn adjoining
accommodates 40 head OF cattle in the
stanchions, and there is room for
about 70 calves in the box stalls
These are connected with a runway
80 that the young cattle max run out
in the sunshine at will. There are
separate running pastures for the
horses and cattle. This makes It easy
TO handle them in winter, when they
are all out on fine days.
Iv.-En 1#R.HH. TE.r.Y
Some Fine Horses.
Mr.. Brunsdale has some fine horses,
some of them registered Percherons.
He likes best TO ure horses rather than
tractors for the farm work, and keeps
about is or II for that purpose. He
uses five horses and some times ok
to the p1ow. He has a threshing ma
chine and threshes only for himseik.
There are two machine sheds on the
place and all the machinery Is kept
under cover. This adds greatly to the
life Of the machinery and also adds
one hundred per cent TO the appear
ance Of the place.
The natural timber along the rive
forms another important crop on thu
farm. Mr.. Brunsda1e takes down 4
couple OF hundred cords Of wood each
year, selling large part OF 1t. Wood
is used for fuel on the farm except
during the more severe winter weather
when q hard coal fire IL needed.
h farm home Is an unusually
handsome one. II IL large and roomy,
and Is finished throughout In oak and
maple. It is completely equipped with
all modern improvements. Altogether
It y a delightful place to live.