The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-07-13

Several hundred men and women of
Ward and adjoining counties partici-
pated in the first annual tour of the
Ward County Guernsey Breeders AS
ISOLATION today, visiting six Guernsey
dairy herds, and travelling As miles.
A number Of Minot business and
professional men showed their inter-
est in dairying by going along and
more should have done so for those
finest opportunities of their life to ac-
quaint themselves. with what has been
done in dairying in Ward county dur
ing the past decade. ...
The farms Of l.. S. Click, E. E.
Burdick, Major Person, Chef Amy,
w. "A. Almy and o. K. Spires were
visited during the day.
= Among the prominent men who
made the tour were Prof. j. H. Shep-
perd of the N. D. Agricultural Col
.lege, president Lee Coulter of the N.
D. Agricultural College, Max Morgan,
State Dairy Specialist, H. E. Rill-
ing, state Boys and Girls Club lead
er, D. D. Tenney of Minneapolis,
breeder of the grand champion Guern-
sey bull and COW in the National Dairy
Show in st. Paul, and j. A. Kitchen,
secretary of Agriculture and Labor.
John Huseby, Ward County Farm
Bureau agent, John A. Sorensen, sup
erintendent Of the Ward County DEM
onstration Farm and Edwin Olsen,
Ward county club leader were also
along and assisted in making the tour
a success. s'
The line Of automobiles left the
~F at
$3.50 this morning and proceeded at
miles east of Minot. Mr.. Click has
20 Guernsey females, mostly grades,
in his herd and is making a big
success. He had his cattle all in fine
condition and they were in readiness
to be shown when the crowd arrived.
Mr.. Click bought one registered
Guernsey cow in 1916, Norwood Net
tie, shipping her here from Missouri.
He showed this COW with three of
her calves and he has built up his en-
tire herd without buying any addition
al cows except one. He showed a
half breed y-Shorthorn COW
which had been bred to his pure bred
Guernsey bull, Rex, purchased from
the Person farm. Three of her daugh-
tiers stood at her side and it would
take an expert to detect them from
pure bred Guernseys, which shows
what can; be accomplished with good
registered Guernsey bull. A grand
daughter of Betsy, the Jersey-Short-
horn cow, has a record Of II pounds
of butterfat in 30 days. Mr.. Click
has been engaged in dairying for. IL
years and during that time he has
sold nearly $1,000 worth of heifers,
besides adding to his herd.
He sells nearly $4,000 worth of milk
and cream yearly from and 10 cows
and will increase his herd of milk
cows to 90. He sold $134 worth of
milk and cream in June. Mr.. Click
farms three quarters of land, and half
of it is in grass, bromus, sweet clover
much grain, merely raising feed for
his cattle. He has 40 acres of corn
and two silos. He raises registered
sheep and has the farm fenced sheep
tight. 81 would not cars to take
less than SIS an acre for my land"
Mr.. Click told an Independent repre-
sentative. He has an especially fine
garden, comprising nearly an acre of
onions and many other vegetables be-
sides.
The roads were found to be ex-
cellent on the trip practically all the
way and the weather was ideal.
Max Morgan made a short talk at
the Click farm, giving instructions on
parking the cars and on driving. He
said he was much pleased with the
showing made for the first tour and
says that $50 to 200 cars will I'M
doubtedly participate in the next one.
A bull on tread power pumping
water at the Click farm proved in
teresting.
The next stop was made at the E.
E. Rurdick farm near Surrey. Mr..
Burdick started breeding Guernseys
in 1913 in the hills north Of Douglas.
He bot two grade cows, Lille and Sal,
from Major Person, and he has had
four registered bulls since that time.
7 He has sold off two Guernsey herds,
disposing Of IA head to O. X. Spires
in 1919. He decided to go into the
pure bred game and in 1919 bot three
heifers and bull from Major Person.
He now has 10 head Of pure breds
and z grades, and is making a fine
showing. His cattle have been run
ming in pasture. His present herd
brings him $50 week from 8 cows.
He sells milk to Minot milk dealer.
In one year in the hills, he made a
profit Of SIT year on each grade
COW. He had just sheds on his barn
and gave the cows no special atten-
ton. He is getting into the business
right and will soon have one of the
best herds in northwestern North Da-
kota. In one year while milking
seven cows, he sold $105O worth Of
butterfat, besides increasing his herd.
Enroute to the Person farm, the
autos passed thru Riverside park.
Arriving at the Person farm at 1880,
preparations were made for serving
lunch. Each auto carried lunch for
its occupants and the picnic dinners
were spread under the beautiful trees
on the Person farm. The Association
of Commerce was instrumental in See
ing that free cigars, ice cream and
buttermilk were provided, in addition
to coffee. The Minot jobbers fur
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