Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-09

haye been paying their threshine bills
with ream checks-and could not
pay them other way.
Men frequently say to me "Wha
do you want to be bothered with cows
orr" They suggest that I could u
in the and with some other grain
crops. But I find that 1 can't keep
h land up without stock. I have
had good crops Ind good heavy yields
from the land that I have been using
In q fodder rotation. This year my
Durum wheat yielded 1 bushels and
Both were badly damaged by the
Indeed. one of the main advan-
yaneaEes Of stock raising is that you
are not selling the fertility. of your
coil when you market your produce.
On every dairy check there is a divi-
dend in improved soil. When n
10 being paid out for dairy products
and the amount paid out for wheat
there IL no comparison. Wheat is an
uncertain quantity, but the dairy is
always good. .
People should eat more butter
than they do. and I believe the
amount consumed is increasing. The
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" improved in the past few years
both dairy and creamery. I used to
bring in as much az 900 pounds Of
butter per week, but I find now that
It pays better to sell the milk n
cream wholesale. and it also saves
labor.
Special Workers for Dairy.
II. keep two men employed in the
dairy the rear round. One mistake
that q GOOD man farmers make is to
try to put a field man to work in the
dairy. The man who works in the
field an day is too tired at night
TO want to turn in and milk cows.
and the chances are that the dairy
Will be neglected during the rush sea
son. II do not ask my field men to
have anything at all to do with the
sscatfle, nor do / ask my dairy men to
{ work in the field. ] keep two extra
men in summer for the field work.
"A the present time we are milk
sinRs twenty cows. and getting on an
average about IS gallons OF milk
da11y. This is the lowest production
~ have ever had. I have in all Sc
head OF cattle. Eleven of these are
s:Ho1steins, two Of them pure bred. and
the rest good grades. I have been
raising Holsteins for the past ten
vears. The remainder of the herd is
sof the roam o. milking Shorthorn
type. / am fattening ten Of these for
beet have always a a great fam
ssrysfor Shorhorns. Fears ago I listen
ID I James J. Hill. who was a great
sdyoeAte Of the dual purpose COW. In
fh0seadayg beef was worth something
jssEoing into dairyinz he does we'll to
put IN the best dairy type of-cow.
" Chaneine to Holsteins.
THAT Is the cas- that I am now
chanxinE my herd over gradually
mot ind the Shorthorns as profitable
III the Holsteins because l have to
board them for nothing too long a
portion OF h year. En- other words
rho shorthorns are dry too long. I
find that the average well bred Hol-
stein gives Just as rich milk as the
SavOFA1e good COW Of n other breed
SunAsr the same conditions. Any COW
hasEto he fed. and we'll fed too, ii she
~ ~ / worth-while results.
ssSpsAkfng Of the beef prices. I re-
eenfIy sold ~ head Of my S~horthorns.
and they brought in about $500. I
mlDd "a rot shout $1,000 for the same
skSENHa zloss Oh raising beef cattle just
Snoyg. think the prices will come
ssba4k Sonne day. i wouldn't keep on
any beet cattle II I Thought
SSYJSeYMNUuidnst. 4 am usually soptimis-
atAs@6nt TIM fill It has been mighty
sS SllSe Accredited Herd.
asaassi I'VE now q State Accredited
fuilx rpasssed BY the Live Stock
G6f11l3n@ teWaTd q pure bred herd OF
Ms3S419lG 81 tho best stock I can get.
WEN rome Of the famous "41st"'
19gLsanA am planning to get d