The Bismarck tribune., 1924-05-12
PURCHASING0F
DAIRY COWS TO
BE CARRIED ON
J. NJ. Hackney Outlines Plan
2 He Believes Will Aid
Northwest Farmers
WILL STOCK UP RANCH

North Dakota will be brought into
the plan of the Northwest Grade
Cow Market Incorporated, organized
by Senator j. NJ. Hackney Of st. Paul
for the purpose of providing a pur.
chasing agency for farmers desiring
to enter the dairy business, Mr.
Hackney said here Sunday. One
thousand heifers will be shipped in
to North Dakota for feeding thi.
spring and summer, and will be offer
cd to farmers next fall, he said. The
purpose Of the organization sponsor
cd by Mr.. Hackney is, he said, to en-
courage dairying in the Northwcs
ment and unfair prices in the rattle
they purchase from dairy Ienter'
farther east, in Wisconsin and othel
| states. The plan was inaugurated
he said, as a part of the diversified
| farming movement in the Northwest
The 1000 acre Hackney ranch, nea
Mckenzie, Burleigh county. has beef
leased to the company, and w. L
Hackney has assumed charge Of it
Mr.. Hackney declared that within
two weeks shipments of high grade
Holstein and Guernsey cows to thi:
| ranch will be started, with the ex
| recitation that 1000 will be fed dur
ing the summer, bred to purebIet
sires shipped from his Arden farm!
near st. Paul, and offered to farmer.
next fall. Shipments will increase
as necessary, he said. Most of thu
grade hcifers will come from Wis
cOnsin.
To Increase Dairying
Mr.. Hackney, who was a@pionec,
in the land business in North Dakot;
|. and also pioneer in the dairy bus
mess in the Northwest, has been ac
tive with other leading men in th'
| Northwest in the movement to in
crease dairying both in Minnesot;
and North Dakota. One of the chic
| difficulties faced By farmers, he said
was in the purchase Of cattle, quoting
one Minnesota farmer as sayin,
there were as many tricks in cattl
trading as in the old days of hOrs
trading.
| 1t was almost quarter of cen
tury ago that Mr.. Hackney begal
| breeding cows on his Arden farm
near St. Paul. His experience there
he said. showed that dairying is
longtime proposition and ought t
He cited his experience. He put 2
scrub cows on his Arden farms
which were tested from the start, am
averaged 160 pounds of butter an
1000 pounds of milk per year. Mex
he sired scrub cows with purebre
Holstein bulls and the resultant pro
duction averaged 300 pounds Of but
ter per year and 5000 pounds o
milk. Then he bought 20 registere
Holsteins, which averaged 500 pound
of butter and 5000 pounds Of mil
year. He went another STEP, b
said, and bought one of the creates
Hnlstein sires in the country. Twer
ty-five daughters average over loo
pounds of butter per year and $500
pounds of milk All cows. he as
serted were given substantially tn
same feed but blood told in produe
tion.
His organization now has lease
the Minnesota State Fair Grounds, h
said, and has 5000 orders for cow
The difficulty, he said, is not to sc
the COWS. hut to find the right kin
to sell. He proposes to build higl
" trained orraniZation with tf
primary duty of purchasing cows f'
farmers desiring to enter the dai,
business, which may be guarantee
and sold at proper price. I'll
farmer who goes alone on a buyir
trip may be badly fooled, he sal
and instances of this kind would di
courage the movement for an II
crease in dairying.
Mcintosh County
Mr.. Hackney cited that 25 yea
/ ago. when he sold railroad knd
Mcintosh county. John Wishek, AS
ley banker, proposed creamery
established. 1t was. and Mclnto!
county, he said, is ranked as Il
: best-off county in North Dakota b
r. cause of dairying. Mr.. Hackney q
!. so said he sold the first pure-br'
: sire to John Christensen, phone
8 New Salem dairy man.
The dairy business is one
growth, and it requires years to {
!. tahlish it, Mr.. Hackney said.