The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-06-18
ANNUAL PICNIC
AT NEW SALEM
is HELD TODAY
impossible Reads TO West and
South Cut Down the At
tendance at Affair
FEEDING is STRESSED
improvement of Herds Now
on Hand Is Featured by
Speakers at Gathering
Especial to The Tribune)


New Salem, June 18-The annual
tribute to the New Salem pioneers
in dairying in western North Dakota
was paid today.
Unfortunately the caravan which
went to various farms on the Hol-
stein Circuit was smaller than usual
due to heavy rains-but there was
an eager band of five squads which
went out this morning to find out
how the New Salem circuit members
were caring for their dairy cattle,
and to read the record of their sue
cess.
Better feeding and improvement on
the foundation already laid, was
urged upon the circuit members, and
other farmers, at the annual picnic
held this afternoon in the New Salem
park. Prof. j. II. Sheppard, of the
Agricultural College, daddy" Of the
stressed the fact in an inter
view that the New Salem circuit had
some of the best foundation dairy
blood in the country, and that each
farmer can improve his herd and
the production through careful feed
ing and care.
At the picnic this afternoon speak
ers included Prof. Shepperd, Presi-
dent Coulter of the Agricultural Col
lege, Max Morgan and Gordon w.
Randlett. A program will be given
tonight.
Roads are virtually impossible
south and west of New Salem, due to
the storm, but the Mandan and Cen
ter bands, the New Salem orches-
ira, and farmers from many coun-
ties, joined to make the picnic and
tour a lively affair.
Flasher Circuit
Those on the Flasher circuit tour
yesterday learned that good feeding
pays. Herd records we're read off,
and some of them showed an aver
age increase per year of go pounds
of butter per COW in 1923 over 1921
which is considered a very remark
able increase. The increase is at
tributed to careful feeding, super
vision of the methods of handling
the cows by the circuit superintend-
ent, better breeding and general i'm
provement in methods. Good feed
ing is placed as the most important
factor.
The Flasher circuit, younger than
the New Salem circuit, has mem
bership of II and there are over 500
animals owned by the members. They
have 1853 registered Holsteins among
this number, including many val
liable animals. The herd Of w. f..
Reynolds, state dairy commissioner,
numbers 81.
cult trip was cut down by bad
roads, particularly with reference
to South Dakota people, as the big
storm in that state a few days ago
prevented many from coming. Ne
vertheless county agent Eberle of
Perkins county brought five cars
containing 20 South Dakotans, who
were much impressed Farms were
visited and program given at
Flasher.
Speakers at Flasher included Jo-
seph Devine, commissioner of i'm
migration, who gave a ringing ad-
dress of optimism regarding North
Dakota's future; DR.. j. l.. Coulter,
president of the North Dakota Agri-
cultural College, and Max Morgan.
j. T. F. Dinwoodie, editor of the
Dakota Farmer, was visitor.
Several representatives of the
Burleigh County Cow Testing Asso-
ciaiton we're on the trip, as we'll as
official representatives of Bismarck.
At Station Tomorrow
A demonstration in feeding will be
conducted at the U. S. Great Plains
Demonstration Farm south of Man
dan Thursday as part of the three
day Slope dairy tour. Experts will
show to visitors many remarkable
accomplishments at the station.