Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-03
Red Late Falls and. Red Lake County
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u1lO SIhOnS these are 1VVI AcCre0tteul
nerds. with sixty moro about to be
Picking Up 10000.
The following incident is4typical Of
the work of MIR. Bond. He saw an
item In the newspaper regarding the
Starving cattle in western North Da-1
kota, He got busy on the long, dis
lance telephone, located w 1000
tons of hay in the county and sold 1t
lor the farmers in less than ten days
time, bringing into the county $10,0OOi
!or surplus hay which was not needed
by the farmers in Red Lake county,
n might not Otherwise nave been
marketed. ass
RED lake Gun Is becoming a
center for purebred cattle OF three
breeds, Holsteinse, Sh%orthdrns. and
Aberdeen Angus. The leading breed
ers are: 4. |
Raising Holstcins.
Derosier Brothers near Terrebonne,
are the outstanding .Holstein men,.
Ineir farm and sock will be dis
cussed at n1oreNlength later. August
Burke who has a half section OF land
near Brooks has w p~urebreds, and
hfteen excellent grades. Will Eukle
with 80 acres near. Red Lake Falls,
mas a grade herd of ~ with a pure
Sire.
a Herd For His Son.
George, Peterson who. has a half
section near Brooks is starting in the
dalry business in order that his sop
who this year finishes at the agri-
cultural school at Crookston is SELL
ing off his good grade shorthorns Of
the milking strain as he does not
eetins. He has five ~purcbreds Of the
mack and white. One OF. these Is Is
fiolstein sire, y grandson OF the FAM
u "41sE'. lie has in addition to
these 16 grade Holsteins. He is grow
Ing into pure bred stock with a
shrewd eye to the future. At present
the Peterson herd gives rs gallons Of
cream All winter long these cows
have been bringing in 500 per month
cream checks. and the farm has
rad all the milk 1t could use besides.
WafdahT Brothers who have a
Quarter section ear Plummer have
now about Is purebred Holsteins and
six grades.
t. r. Cornell Who operate. 1870
acres neal" Red Lake Falls has -
good grade Holsteins with a pure bred
sire: -
J. j. Cuddigan who rents a quarter
section near Red Lake Falls has a
herd of about twenty grade Holsteins
and Is doing very we'll in his dairying.
l.. J. Hesse who farms a quarter
section near Plummer has a herd of
between thirty and forty grade Hot
stems.
The Shortlorn Breeders.
The men who are raising Short
horns of the milking strain are scas-
LETTERS is raising 10 ~purebreds on his
farm near Plummer. He has a Sec
ton OF land in this farm. w. A..
Schroeder who farms three quarter.
sections near BROOKS has thirty pure
bred milking S%hofthorns.
- $500 on s Cows.
Joseph Wagner who has a herd Of
fifteen ~Shorthorns ON his quarter sec
ton near Red Lake Fails made over
$500 off eight oAws last summer. He
didn't have any feed to buy az The had
raised all no needed himself. The
cows had silage up till July and then
h cows: freshened In January and
the others before the first OF April.
MI. Wagner said 7r ~" ...r
-~aaMy tso,hsaaaea ,1ail the,.others work
on the place and Nattcnd to the cattle
myself, and it is. az one-man's job the
year round, I have hogs too. to take.
care: of. 1 have Durco-Jerseys Of the
cNSb HlypS, Liz / u III SNk{il llllh
cheap feed for them. s. t4,
Il take the creams.four miles to
town three times a week IN summer
and twice a week In winter. I'm sure
I don't know how we could get along
without the steady income The cows
give Vi It's a lot OF. work but it's
worth it. l have good water supply
from a deep well, pumping it. with a
wind mill. | always heat the water
for the cows in winter, using u heat
ing tank near the barn.
''ssafc.y First" /.
/, IT have a state accredited herd
now. I have had clean test for two
years 1t cost me $40 last year to
have the test made. The first two
wears the testing is done by the state
free, of charge, Some OF my neigh
bors who are. completing their sec
n years testing will go in with me
on the cost next year and then ii will
cost us all very little. 1t is worth it,
though, TO know for certain that your
herd is a safe me"
Fatnode Brothers who have a half
section meas Red Lake Falls have ten
purebred S%horthorns and a good size
herd. OF grades. j. ~. i.
Thomas Wylalcn and Son who have
y quarter sections have a herd OF
40 Shorthorus. They also make a
4eAtuFc Ot~-SttlnudFQ DreN Snlre horses.
E. tArthur Swanson who has a quartz
section near st. Htlaire has an excel
lent herd OF twenty-five Shorthoras
from. which he is getting good returns.
f.. f.. Hill who has a quarter section
near Brooks has IL head.
Black Beauties.
It was due to the efforts of the
former county agent, Mr.. Lake. that
Albert Paradis. who owns q halt sec
ton lei Brooks, got started in the
: purebred stock. game. He ia raising
some OF the finest cattle in northern
Minnesota-back, glossy Aberdeen
Angus cattle-"As good as gold dol
lars and beef to the Rround'-aa the
old song describes them. The. founda-
ton stock .of tho Pnrm6iss herd are
from the. famous Hartley farm at
Page, North Dakota, individuals that
have carried off the keenly contested
honors in tho International Stock
shows at which they have been ex-
all the Lesser national and state
shove at which they have been az
hfbited. Mr.. sParadis has go head of
tho purHbred Aberdeen Angus. He
showed some of those individuals at
tho mid winter show at Crookston
this year. n brought home twenty
or thirty ribbons In addition to the
Arsk won by the herd sire
Mr.. Pafadis il an enthusiastic, cat
tle man. and the cattle he has are
enough to arouse the enthusiasm Of
almost any one who knows stock. He
paid ~ 500 for his foundation stock,
andA week age he refused an offer
Of $500 for the bunch He plans
IA on9a1e a Scotch hordman and