The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-09-14

experience of those in other states
that certain success is sure to follow
the intelligent development in these
lines, we ought not to grow faint
hearted, but be willing to seek the
solution of these problems in the most
satisfactory way. Even with dairy
cattle and hogs there are methods of
achieving success gradually without
too great an initial investment.
Personally, however, am convinced
that a couple of the most important
items in the development of the right
kind of homes and splendid COM
munity life can be provided and rails
ed without much capital, and that is
poultry, garden truck and berries. In
travelling over the state and talking
with a great many farmers who have
raised poultry, garden truck and ber-
ries upon their farms, and neighbors
who have failed to do so, and watch
ing the difference in the development
of the two classes Of farmers, am
thoroughly convinced that every farm
er in our state should have enough
of these for the needs of his own
family with little to sell in the ad-
Joining towns for spending money. If
I could be convinced today, that inside
percent of our farmers would have
upon their farm we'll tended to some
poultry, one-half dozen varieties at
least 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 be in a splendid condition OF
financial and economic prosperity.
We must not, however, overlook the
fact that the most substantial deYelop-
nent in any state is the growth Of
the dairy and livestock interest. We
have now in our state sufficient
number of Breeders Associations, OF
Holsteins, Guernseys, Jerseys and
other animals so that we have def
nitely established the fact that these
can be successfully developed in our
state, and that the future success OF
North Dakota largely depends upon
an increased number OF these Breed
ers' Associations and Dairy Circuits
in our state. I wish it were possible
inside of the next two years to es-
tablish in every county OF our state
from one, two, three or four OF these
breeders associations and dairy cir
cults, COW testing associations, and
that every community that would go
into that line of business would have
all the members of that community
select the same breed of cattle, and
by Joining in a breeders association
secure thorough bred sire, grade up
their cattle to the point where finally
they would have splendid butter-fat
producing herds in all Of these COM
munities.
While our state has been one-crop
state, there has nevertheless been a
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 a 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 Investigation in achiev-
ing independence. In 1910 man
named Purfurst located near New
Salem 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 diversiicationa In 1914 he haG
the misfortune of losing his hand ir
the corn shredder. He has laborec
under these conditions all these years
and lived in a part of the state where
they have had six successive crop fail
ures, yet he is now the owner Of three
quarter sections of land and reputec
to be worth at least 100000. These
illustrations could be multiplied with
out number.
Along with the dairy cow the nat
ural development is the raising o.
hogs so as to use the skim milk ane
the cleaning up of the fields of corn
alfalfa and soy beans. Some of 70,
may think that this is not state fo1
hog raising, but if you have had an,
such notion you are badly mistaken
About fifteen years ago man by tn
name Of Davis moved into the Hazel
country from Kansas with poor healtl
and absolutely broke financially.
brother-in-law said to him, 'You ar
not so crazy as to think you can maxi
a living up here on a quarter section
of land'. But Davis replied that h
had confidence, that if he diversified
! and stayed away from the elevate
! that he would be able to make it &c
; and in all of these years he has no
! sold any grain. Two years ago hi
! brother-in-law was broke and came t.
! Davis to find out what he would d
! to get rid of his half section of Ian
! and stock he had upon it as he sal
( he wanted tn 90 hack to Kansas an
! rent piece of land. Davis said,
; will give you 100000 lin cash TO
! your half section of land and all O
! your stock and if you are willing t
! do that, we will go right up to tn
! bank now and have the papers drawn.
! This was done and Davis became tn
!; owner Of all of his brother-in-law
! property and the brother-in-law wer
! back to Kansas. Last winter M
! Davis shipped IS head of Duroc hog
I to South St. Paul and these hogs. onl