Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-31
Beef Man Makes as Much
Money as the Dairy Man
in Opinion Of Aaron Legg
Whose Land is Located
Near Forest River.

Ten years ago q Walsh county
farmer. who had a tendency for extra
fine beef cattle purchased from Frank
Dickerson of Fordville two purebred
Shorthorn cows and a calf at foot. He
bought q purebred sire Of the same
About sunset of an evening last week
the Herald visitor. looking for Aaron
Legg's well known pigs, stumbled onto
enc Of the finest herds of ~Shorthorns
n the state of North Dakota, all Of
hem bred right there on Aaron
.-egg's farm and grown from that
small beginning of ten years ago to
a magnificent, herd Of about thirty
head. Z
It was a sight worth driving farther
to see. Mr.. Legg's farm is two or
three miles out Of the town Of Forest
River, and its 294 acres lying along
The river of the same name are de-
signed by Nature for a stock farm.
Mr.. Legg has been known a. a breed
or Of the finest type Of Berkshire
hoge. His s~horthorns are remarkable
enough to claim a large measure OF
Httenuon also. -.
A Picture of Contentment.
Across the. narrow little river on a
little foot bridge the Herald visitor
went from the farmyard with Mr..
Legg owe into the pastures where the
cattle were lying in the cool deep
shade of the trees on that warm July
Legs's first herd sire, Sharon Sultan
45l8S1 (who has since gone the way
of all flesh) stretched their fat, snow
white lengths beneath the trees con-
tentedly chewing their cuds after the
days browsing, and turning tolerant,
unafraid eyes on their master as he
approached each one in turn and
stroked their glossy hides. Here. and
there a pretty road showed the intro
duction OF another strain, but all
showed the breeding Of the straight
Scotch sires for many generations
past. Old Sultan was a noble old fell
low. in his day, grand champion OF
North Dakota classes in the state fair
n year. e
Kodaking at Twilight.
One Of Sharon sultan's sons, Happy
Sultan I'd 10S6422, put of White Lily
L. 623999, September LIST, 1921, is one
Of the typiest young bulls one might
find in a days search. Mr.. Legg
plans to keep him as a h3rd sire. just
TO I4Ao QUIZ way .@llIAln6 OCllAAlu IAC
trees, Mr.. Legg and his sons led young
Sultan and two other nine months old
calves out to have, their pictures ia
ken. It was their first picture, but
these youngsters behaved like movie
stars, acting all the. time and "regis-
tering'' Joy over the whole proceed
ing. The two other Of the trio. are
Cornerstone 9Th. 10s6421, a roam year
ling sired by Cornerstone 9Th. owned
by Gibbons Brothers of Forest River,
and out Of Snow White, one lof Mr.,
Legg's finest cows; and the little
white heifer is White Rose I'd 10S642S,
sired by Sharon Sultan and out OF
White Ro e. a young COW Of we'll
nigh perfect measurements. This
young heifer, dropped September %,
1921. is M Of the most perfect speci-
mems the visitor has seen, clean OF
limb, splendidly, balanced, beef from
the bone out, a back like a spirit leve'
and-a-hide, the gloss and elasticity Of
which told it's " story of prone,
care and good feeding. w..
How do you feed'your calves tc
make them grow like this?" the visit:
OF asked Mr.. Legs.
Everything Depends ON Feeding.
Everything. depends on how you
feed, your stock" MI. Legg replied
1--WE have never yet had to use a grade
COW to nurse calves The purebreds
have been able>to& take care of their
own. We let the COWS, feed the calves
the calves get two quarts of grair
twice each day along with their other
feed. We don't give the other COW
any grain. as they would get too fat
AS soon as the calves are weaned they
get all the good, millet hay they will
eat. some ensilage and about all the
grain they will clean up. They won't
all need the amount and it Is here
that the feeder must use his bes'
judgment after a careful study of the
needs of each individual.
But this is the most important
thing Of all to remember if'you wan
to raise shapely calve@never keer
feed before them after meal time
Give. them only as much as they. viii
clean up at each feeding time.
Keep Troushs Clean.
'"The same principle holds good IL
the feeding of pigs. l meyer let my
pigs have feed standing before them
after their feeding time is over. No
body but Daddy" Legg ever feed
thtse pigs, and 1 carry a little shove
about with me and clean out any NOR
sells Of feed that may be left in tn,
troughs after the pigsthave eaten. L
they should get this feed with theil
: next. feeding the chances are that i
would be .soured and might throw
their digestion off q bit. There uset
to be an idea that hogs could stant
almost any kind of treatment, ant
that they thrived or dirt. That is al
wrong. I have been raising purebret
hogs for the past ten years. and 1 fine
them the most paying things on tn
farm. They have taken all the prize
in their classes at the fairs wher'
they have been exhibited. But the.
would not, have been worth anythini
to me IL they had not been fed right.
Prize Winning Berkshires.
Mr.. Legg raises Berkshires. tn
foundation stock for which he secur
ington, MINI. So we'll has he estab
high quality swine that he has ship
ped pigs to Montana. South Dakot'
and Minnesota, and few to Mantle
ba. One inquiry came to him from
Tennessee. These pigs have. given sat
isfaction and have won honors to
their new owners by the prizes the,
have carried OFF in the fairs In othe
states. Mr.. Legg has about 80 Berk
ehires in his pleasant, tree-shaded hol
yard. They were not up in "shov
shape" as MI. Less had had t
change his plans for showing eithe
cattle or hogs at the fair this yea
because OF, the early harvest. But eve
SO, they were a splendid lookinl
bunch Of pigs, not n runt In the lo1
an admirable example Of what goo