The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-07-13
FIRST ANNUAL WARD COUNTY
GUERNSEY TOUR BIG SUCCESS:
NOTED MEN MAKE ADDRESSES

Creamery the buttermilk and the In
mis- Coffee House, the best of coffee.
While the picnic dinners were being
enjoyed a quartette, VIM. Slaybaugh,
Myron Dunnell, Percy Hancock and
Harry McFall sang several enjoyable
numbers. The Minot Community
band played a fine concert early in
the afternoon.
A very instructive address was
made by Prof. Sheppard immediately
after dinner. He stated that he had
done some scouting in the Minot dis
trict thirty years ago but did not see
tie at that time. He spoke partic-
ularly of the value of cooperative
breeding associations. Three farm
ers can buy herd bull three times
as good for the same money each, if
they can agree He spoke for CO.
operation at home. He advised breed
ers to be careful in going far away
for their stock, saying that usually
they can do better right near home
A man likes another man 200 miles
>away, he loves the fellow 1000 miles
away, but usually he has little use
for the man who lives on the next
section to his home. This is not as
it should be. He referred to the ISL
and of Jersey, the little rocky island
comprising fraction over three
townships where the famous Jersey
cattle were bred. For three hundred
years no cattle other than Jerseys
have been permitted to land on it's
shores. If any other breed is brot
in, it is contiscated and killed for the
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of the vessel is subject to heavy fine.
The man who would go back to US
ing a cradle instead of a binder would
be considered crazy and sent to James
town. The man who would use a
pure bred animal, would be in the
same class, he said. He told of Rob-
ert Blackwell who bred the Shire
horse, making greater progress than
any other breeder who ever lived.
Blackwell died without giving his Sc
cret to the world. There is a Bake
we'll and Major Person in every
state, as far as ability to breed good
stock is concerned, he said. He re-
ferred to a 14-year-old bull which is
owned by Major Person, not his choic-
est sire, but an animal that produces
such wonderful stock that it would be
a shame to kill it. BY modern testing
methods, one is now able to tell the
value of a bull and many valuable
animal that otherwise would be sent
to the block is retained for service.
You don't want a lot of pure breeders
he said. A few good breeders in q
community will serve the needs of
that community and pass on their
good work to other communities. The
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sire always does the community far
more good than he ever gets credit
for doing. Prof. Sheppard praised
the women and said they had some
sort of intuition which enables them
to give their husbands good advice in
breeding and caring for their herds
if they only would take the interest.
IF your wife makes any suggestions
don't argue with her. She may not
know her reason, but usually she is
right. Don't do everything she says,
but pay attention to her." is his adj
vice. ....
DR.. Lee Coulter, of the A. c. was
the next speaker. DR.. Coulter comes
from North Dakota farm. He work.
ed his way thru school and he is max
ing fine record as head of the great
state institution. He spoke of the
great natural resources Of North Da-
kota and the opportunity for each
community to add to its own prosper
ity. BY growing live stock and dairy
cattle, one markets his produce as it
is made. The COW doesn't hold back
her product to be marketed around
Thanksgiving time. That's the 'trou-
produce glut on the market. Some
way ought to be devised whereby the
wheat could be marketed as it is used.
| w. M Smart, president of the city
commission said that what interested
(, the business and professional men in.
dairying is that this industry is maxi
ing of North Dakota an Empire of
| Homes.
D. D. Tenney, famous Guernsey
breeder from Crystal Bay, Mimi, who
won the purple ribbon at the Ma
tional Dairy Show in ST.. Paul, last
year, spoke at some length and was
well received. Mr.. Tenney formerly
was engaged in the grain business
and Fl years ago visited Berthold.
When he asked those settlers why
they did not milk dairy cows, they
replied, Hell, we don't want to milk.
That is why we left Wisconsin. We
are going to be straight wheat farm
Berthold farmers that l would like
to hear Of them going into dairying
more generally" Mr.. Tenney said.
He explained at some length the type
of the ideal dairy COW. He favors
the Guernseys because they produce
butterfat more economically than any
other breed. In Chicago and other
large cities, premium is paid on
Guernsey milk. Guernseys are more
ideal for farms than Jerseys, because
the latter are too nervous. A Guern-
sey bull is easier to handle than a
Holstein. He spoke particularly of
the honesty that has been the watch
word of Guernsey breeders every
where. They have established rep
utation for making their word good.