The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-08-17
OWNERS TO TURN
FARMS INTO DIARIES

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formation and the w. j. Lowe farms
of over 1000 acres, located near Cas-
selton, N. d. will also be broken M.
"The Mayer farms are going into
Guernsey cattle raising. The Mayors
has purchased the entire herd of a
Ward county breeder, a Mr.. Mouck.
The Mayors not only purchased his
entire herd but employed Mr.. Mouck
who has moved from Minot to Devils
Lake and will take charge of the dairy
development plans on the Mayer
farm. O. j. Ouradnik, another pro-
gressive farmer who lived near Minot
has also been employed by the May
ers as general manager of their farm.
1t is the plan to raise a great herd
and to break up the Mayer farms into
small holdings each with its individ-
ual set Of buildings and sell these off
supplying each purchased with suffi-
cient dairy cows to start a herd.
Starting Dairy Herds
"They have already built a large
dairy barn where the foundation herd
will be developed"
Mr.. Morgan explained that on the
Howe farms 35 head of high grade
cows of one dairy breed ard IL head
OF purebred Jerseys has already been
purchased.
The large barns which have been
heretofore used for grain growing
operations are being remodeled into
dairy buildings with first class milk
room equipped with all modern mach
inery.
George Howe, SON of w. J. Howe
is the manager of this enterprise and
he is being assisted by Elmer E.
Darling, both former students of the
Agricultural College," said Mr.. Nor
gan. "They are going to build up a
first class Jersey herd and propose to
supply herds to individual farmers
who will be placed ON this location.
"1t is planned to separate the Howe
holdings into 800 acre farms, put in
separate set of buildings on each
and rent them to farmers who will
agree to run a dairy herd and keep
hogs. "
"IL addition to the pnreblood cattle
recently purchased Mr.. Howe is rails
ing large herd of pureblood Duroc
Jersey hogs to be used as foundation
stock in their new venture"
County agents from many North
Dakota counties are sending inquiries
to the Agricultural College extension
division as to the possibilities of get
ting from Ole to three carloads each
of dairy cows for their respective
sections. Mr.. Morgan predicts that the
campaign for dairy cows which re-
suited in the shipping of over IS car
loads of high grade and purebred
dairy cows into North Dakota last
year will be surpassed this year.
In addition to the county agents
and the dairy department of the col
lege, and the individual boosters for
dairy cows, the North Dakota Devel-
opment association, All organization
which grew out Of the diversified
farming week" last spring II plant
ing a big drive for more dairy COVE
This organization is planning 10
take a larger North Daketa delegation
to the National Dairy Show at the
Minnesota State Fair grounds octo-
Der to Ia than the 1000 or more
North Dakotans who went TO the
dairy show last year. .s
This organization, of which S. r.
Crabbe of Fargo is in active charge
has under way comprehensive plan
of publicity which is designed to COW
er the entire state and arouse farm
ers and business men to the value OF
the dairy industry and its importance
in bringing about q prosperous sys-
tenn of agriculture in North Dakota-
Interest in dairying is growing ev-
erywhere throughout the state, ac-
cording TO Mr.. Morgan and Mr.. Crab
be. Both are keeping in close touch
with development of dairy senti-
ment HI!
Mr.. Morgan reports inquiries have
come in recently from County Agents
Al. 1. Norling of Mclean County, G.
B. Aamodt, Bottineau, e. a. Green
wood, Sergeant, 4. Jensen, RenviIle,
Al. G. Peterson, Eddy, =. w. Vancnra
Wells, II. r. Danielson, Pierce and ~
3. Eastgate of Slope. All are asking
for information about dairy COWS sLd
where 10 get from ono 70 thlee car-
loads.
r. S. Goodhue Of Stutsman county
reoently assisted in shipping : caxioad
Of dairy cattle into that county. This
ii the first of the late sunlner 1hip-
nents, but MI. Morgan reports that
more win follow soon.
d Al. Moline was 4 Jamestown vip-
itor Thursday returning Eriday. 1Gr.
Moline drove from Ja1nsstown a D0t-
tinean after snpper, ! dEanee -
about 40 miles