The Ward County independent., 1922-11-02
NEW YORK MILLIONAIRE SENDS
$1,000 CHECK FOR WARD CO.COW

0. X. Spires, Of Burlington. who
sold a three-year- full blooded
Guernsey COW to j. c. Penney, the
millionaire merchant, was in the city
Saturday.
when started breeding full
blooded cattle, it was my ambition to
some day be able to say that | sold an
animal for $1,000 have done that
and now | have raised my sites to
50, 800. have Guernsey COW on my
farm that value at that figure and
feel certain that should | care to sell,
! can get the price some day.
"Thrrc is money in dairying in
North Dakota. Why, with our cheap
land and abundance Of feed, it is the
easiest thing in the world fer North
Dakota farmer to make money out Of
COWS. | would suggest to a farmer
who wants to go into dairying on a
small scale to pick up ten heifers of
most any strain which can be bought
for $l3 or $40 each then invest in g
full blooded bull"
Naturally, Mr.. Spires would recon-
mend the Guernsey sire. The sire is
30 per cent Of the herd and the fol-
lowing year the farmer would have
ten high grade calves, probably half
Of them hefers. Mr.. Spires has
number of pure bred young bulls for
sale at from $3.50 to $3.50.
Mr.. Spires showed the editor of this
paper the check he had received for
S1,00O.OO, and the following letter ac-
companying it:
Emnadine Farms,
Hopewell Junction, N. Y.
New York, N. Y.
Oct. "a, 1922.
Mr. o. X. Spires,
Burlington, N. ID.
Dear Sir:
Mr.. J. E. Dodge advises me that he
has bought for me the Guernsey COW,
Sweet Alice of Ferndale, No. 100,675,
for the sum of 100000.
Accordingly, am enclosing my
check, on the Public National Bank Of
New York, for the said sum.
Kindly make out receipted bill to
me for this item and return for my
file.
Very truly yours,
J. c. Penney,
by C. l.. Rood.
Mr.. Spires states that J. c. Penney
bought the cow on recommendation of
a breeder named Hathaway from
Moosejaw, Sask., who stopped in Mi
not cnroute to the National Dairy
Show to look over the Spires and Per-
son Guernsey herds. Hathaway met
]. c. Penney's representative, Mr.
Dodge in Minneapolis, and introduced
him to Mr.. Spires. Dodge asked
Spires how much he would take for
the cow. Spires refused to price the
animal and Dodge made a thousand
dollar offer which was accepted.
Mr.. Spires feels quite elated over
the transaction, considering that he
not only bred the COW, but her dam
and sire as well. The sire is owned
by +. 0. Bacon which heads his herd
on the Granville farm. Mr.. Spires
still owns the dam, a half sister,
full brother and Two Of the cows
daughters. The cow didn't have q
record and she was bought because OF
her almost perfect dairy type. She
is as well developed as a four-year
old This climate is the best in the
world for dairy cattle, Mr.. Spires
says. There's something in our eli
mate and the quality of our feed that
makes d dairy COW ragged. Keep
your eye on northwestern North Da-
l.ota for dairying.
Mr.. Spires has A3 head oL full
Hooded Guernsey cattle ON his farm.
He is milking II COWS and has no use
for a milking machine. He does
much of the milking himself and finds
that it keeps him pretty busy to milk
u cows morning and night and hanl
tl.. ~ ilI- K ,,,ilnS to Mirpt