The Devils Lake world., 1922-09-20

of these for the needs of his own
family with a little to sell in the adj
joining towns for spending money. If
could be convinced today, the inside
of the next two years seventy-five
percent of our farmers would have
upon their farm we'll tended to some
poultry, one-half dozen varities at
least of garden truck, and as many
of small fruits and berries, would
feel absolutely assured of the speedy
coming of the day when our state
would be in splendid condition Of
financial and economic prosperity.
We must not, however, overlook the
fact that the most substantial develop
ment in any state is the growth of
the dairy and livestock interest. We
have now in our state sufficient
number of Breeders Associations, of
Holsteins, Guemseys, Jerseys and
other animals so that we have defin-
nitely established the fact that these
can be successfully developed in our
state, and that the future success of
North Dakota largely depends upon
an increased number of these Breed
ers' Associations and Dairy Circuits
in our state. l wish it were possible
inside of the next two years to es-
tablish in every county of our state
from one, two, three or four of these
breeders associations and dairy cir
cults, COW testing associations, and
that every community that would go
into that line of business would have
all the members of the community
select the same breed Of cattle, and
by joining in a breeders association
secure thorough bred sire, grade up
their cattle to the point where finally
they would have splendid butter-fat
/ producing herds in all of these COM
munities.
"While our state has been a one-crop
state, there has nevertheless been a
sufficient development in the dairy
industry in different sections Of our
state so that we may now find num-
erous examples of men who tried
grain farming and failed miserably
therein, and who then tried dairy
farming and hogs and beef cattle, and
who have made success of life since
that time and are gradually increas-
ing their fortune. That this can be
done successfully in our state is no
longer to be doubted We have in
Vulnerable illustrations of individual
success in various parts Of the state
| in the use Of diversification in achiev-
ind Independence. In 1910 a man
named Purfurst located near New
Salem where he rented quarter Sec
tion of land. He was so poor that
he could not even pay the freight on
the cows and heifers he brought with
him from the east, but he struggled
on, not with grain farming, but in the
| raising of cattle, and in other forms
of diversification. In 1914 he had
the misfortune of losing his hand in
the corn shredder. He has labored
! under these conditions all these years,
and lived in part of the state where
they have had six successive crop fail
ures, yet he is now the owner of three
quarter sections of land and reputed
to be worth at least $3O,0OO.O0. These
illustrations could be multiplied with
cut number.
"Along with the dairy cow the nat
ural development 0s the raising of
hogs 50 as TO ust the skim milk and
the cleaning up of the fields of corn
alfalfa and soy beans. Some Of you
may thing that this is not a state for
hogs raising, but if you have had any
such notion you are badly mistaken.
About fifteen years ago man by the
name of Davis moved into the Hazen
country from Kansas with poor health
and absolutely broke financially. A
brother-in-law said to him. "You are
not so crazy as to think you can make
living up here on quarter section
Of land," But Davis replied that he
had confidence, that if he diversified
and stayed away from the elevator
that he would be able to make it go,
and in all of these years he has not
sold any grain. Two years ago his
hroiher-in-law was broke and came to
Davis tc find out what he would do
to get rid of his half section of land
and stock he had upon it as he said
he wanted to go back to Kansas and
rent piece of land. Davis said, II
will give you $10,000.00 in cash for
your half section of land and all of
your Stcck and if you are willing tn
do that, we will go right up to the
bank now and have the papers drawn"
This was done and Davis became the
owner of all of his brother-in-iaw's
property and the brother-in-law vert
back to Kansas. Last winter MIR.