Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-28

igan. Montana and some OF the Mis-
sissipri Valley states. The Dutch
helted are dual purpose cattle on the
order .of the Ayershires, only heavier
ard Slightly more given to beef
qualities. Their fine glossy coats are
Tor the most part jet black, with a
broad girth band of pure White. The
effect%is ve"y striking, and a herd of
them looks very picturesque on a
green field.
y was attracted to the Dutch-belt-
ed cattle by their pictures in the
magazines l read. and I liked the de-
scription OF them" said Mi. O'Con-
nor when Tho. Herald visitor asked
him where he had gotten his fcun-
dation stock and just what had CIV
en- him the idea of choosing this breed.
II wrote down to Michigan, made
some inquiries. and being satisfied
hat ! would like the cattle.-1 had
"a pure-bred calf shipped me from
there. The COW you took the pic
ture of I shipped in as a calf from
Montana.
never had them tested so ! am not
in 4 position to say just what they
will do in that line. Their milk is
Of very excellent quality. The COWS
are nice. easy animal to work with.
and l am very fond Of them. I have
now three thoroughbreds and two
that are ha1f.ssOne of the pure-breds
is a youngSFsires that we have raised
from one':of uursf1rst calves. 1 tart
ed to raise the Dutch-belted stock
about four 3or FIVE a ago.
Il am not in the stock business,
nor the dairyng. We have a large
acreage and have not the time to
spend on cattle. I am farming 720
acres within two miles of ST. Thomas.
I hire two men to look after the two
farms, with additional men during
the heavy work season. One farm
is a mile east Of town and the other
is two miles south. 1t keeps me
pretty busy looking after them in ad-
dition to my business here at the
lumber yard. This veal I have 400
acres in crop, including wheat. oats,
barley, rye and flax. I had not as
much wheat this year as usual, as the
land was not quite ready for 1t. I
have 100 acres of summer fallow.
Oats for Hay.
Sowing oats and cutting the crop
green for hay, I find to be the cheap
est and easiest. method of handling
likely to put us off the farm-it Is so
expensive to handle. I would like to
use it for pasture, and hen later
pillow it under for fertilizer. as I be-
lieve it to be one OF the greatest fer
tilizers one could get, and the most
easily manipulated. But as a hay
crop I find it much more expensive
than oats. You couldn't find any
thing cheaper than oats-they are &C
cheap that a farmer can't afford tc
raise them to sell IN mor I need
q good deal Of hay, as I use all horses
to operate the farms-no tractors"
Hogs to Match.
Mr.. O'Connor raises some very fin.
Hampshire hogs. which match w
well with his D~utch-belted cattle; il
fact, a good many people refer tt
these really pretty pigs as John M
O'Connor's Dutch-belted pigs" The,
are all black with the exception OF {
broad white belt similar to tina
They are handsomely formed animals
with rather long, perky-lookinl
shouts which give them&an inquisi
tive expression. They are the bacol
type OF hog, and rather quite active
seeming to prefer frisking about tnei
yard to lying in the sheds, as doe
the fat, lardy type. The little pig
& with their white belts, worn some
times over their shoulders; and some
times around their middles, but near
~ always Just a little bit awry. the
act like playful children that didn'
4 + whether they had their dresse
On straight or not.
Stocking North Dakota Farms.
The foundation stock of his Hamp
shire herd, Mr.. O'Connor shipped I
from South Dakota. paying rot
5 415 to $50 for the frst hogs he in
troduced. This breed is proving I
sssbe very popular one, and Nj
OsGopnor has beer asked to suppl
toundation stock for more than on
North Dakota farm since the virtue
sof these hogs have become moi
widely known, He shipped a goo
IN out this spring and most . 9
them to North Dakota points. TIL