The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-09-14


that is poultry, garden truck and
berries. In travelling over the state
and talking with great many farm
ers. who have raised poultry, garden
truck and berries upon their farms,
and neighbors who have failed to do
so, and watching the difference in the
development of the two classes of
farmers, I am thoroughly convinced
that every farmer in our state should
have enough of these for the needs of
his own family with little to sell in
the adjoining. towns for spending
money. If could be convinced to-
day, that inside of the next two years
seventy-five percent of our farmers
would have upon their farms, we'll
cared for, some poultry, half dozen
varities of garden truck, and as many
OF small fruits and berries, l would
feel absolutely assured of the speedy
coming of the day when our state
would enjoy economic independence
and it's citizens greatly Increased
measure of welfare and happiness.
eve must not, however, overlook
the fact that the most substantial de-
velopment in any state is the growth
of the dairy and livestock interest.
We have now in our state sufficient
number Of herds of Holsteins, Guern-
seys, Jerseys, Herefords, Angus:
Shorthorrs, and other animals so that
we have definitely established the fact
that these can be successfully develop
ed in our state, and that the future
success of North Dakota largely de-
pends upon an increased number Of
breeders associations and dairy cir
cults in our state. I wish it were
possible inside of the next two years
to establish in every county Of our
state from one to three or four Of
these breeders associations, dairy
circuits, and cow testing associations,
and that every community that would
90 into that line Of business would
have the progressive farmers of that
community select the same breed of
cattle, and by joining in breeders
association secure a registered sire,
grade up their cattle to the point
where finally they would have splen-
did butter-fat or beef producing herds
in all of these communities.
"While our state has been a one
crop state there has nevertheless been
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 diversi6cation in achiev-
ing independence. In 1910 man, we
will call him GA" located in Morton
County where he rented quarter Sec
ton 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 diversifcation. In 1914 he had the
misfortune of losing his hand in the
corn shredder. He has labored under
these adverse conditions all these
years, and lived in part of the state
where they have had six successive
crop failures, yet he is now the owner
of three quarter sections of land and
reputed to be worth at least $4,000.
Such illustrations could be multiplied
without number.