The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1922-03-09
MAJOR PERSON PRESIDENT OF
NORTH DAD0TA DAIR YMEN

A very large crowd attended the
entertainment at the high school aud
forum Tuesday evening. The en-
| tertainment included several numbers
given by the Town Criers club. A
fve-reel motion picture of dairy
scenes was shown. Music was fur
nished by the high school orchestra.
S. F. Crabbe of Fargo, we'll known
| Jersey breeder, told Of the work of
boys and girls in judging contests.
Addresses at Wednesdays session
were given by Prof. 0. A. Barton Of
the A. C. and j. J. Farrell, affiliated
with the National Dairy Products AS
ISOLATION.
Joe G.. Winkjer of the U. S. Dairy
division, Washington, D. C. was one
of the main speakers Wednesday. Mr..
Winkjer advocates the plan of bring
| ing in pure bred bulls into various
| communities, establishing breeding
circuits in the state, to improve the
herds at minimum expense. A men,
Der of the New Salem breeding cir
cult in seven years with ID cows, in
! creased the average production from
131 pounds to APT pounds. Farmers
bulletin No. 993, published by the u.
S. Department of Agriculture, Wash
ington, D. c., gives the constitution
and bylaws and detailed information
about organizing cooperative bull as
sociations.
"With the guarantee of good
purebred bull at all times it will also
make it possible for the dairymen
with the small herd to get started on
the way to a purebred herd and it will
not be so long before all are regis
tered COWS. The farmers cream
check will grow larger, the income
from stock sold will be more attrac-
tive, interest and enthusiasm will take
the place of Indifference and care
| lessness."
| How to Organize
When you want a bull association,
| plan a block with your neighbors Cor
be a whole block by yourself, if you
have no neighbors), said Mr.. Wink
jer, then go to your county agent and
arrange for two or more other COM
munities to form blocks. When they
have become interested, call general
meeting and organize. Get your
state dairy extension man to be pres
ent at this meeting to assist.
One railroad line in North Dakota
handled 100000 worth of cream dur
ing last July, E. w. Bennett of St.
Paul told members of the North Da-
kota Dairymen's association Wednes-
day. Mr.. Bennett, supervisor Of ex'
press traffic for the Northern Pacific
railroad, appeared before the conven-
/, ton to discuss the shipping problems
of the roads and of the dealers in
dairy products and Of the farmers
supplying the raw materials.
A banquet was held at the Epis-
copal church dining hall Wednesday
evening, Major Person acting as toast
master.
Prof C. H. Eckles of the dairy de-
partment of the University of Mime
sofa, spoke on COW testing associa-
tons this afternoon.
"Cows have to be selected individ-
ually because they ave not all born
alike. Using any cow for dairy pur-
poses, merely because she happens to
be a female of the bovine species, is
| about as sensible as it would be to
select the name of president by
| rawing the name from a box con-
tanning the names Of all the men in
| the country.
"Under present conditions not more
than two out of every three raised
are worth keeping in the herd. With
all the advance that has been made
breeding, no one has yet found out
how to breed all good cows"
| Jos. A. Kitchen, commissioner of
Agriculture and Labor, was distin-
guished visitor in Minot during the
convention and addressed that body.