The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-05-27
MANY FARMERS ATTEND PROGRAM AT
BALL GROUNDS LAST NlCHT-N. F.
MARVEL OF BRITTIN WINS The BULL
Audience Greatly Interested
in Various Discussions and
Demonstrations Given by
Members of Beef Cattle
Special Train Party-Fine
Animals Exhibited.

One Thousand Bu,aeigh county
Farmers; Tttended the Beef Catdle
Special Train program held at the
baseball park here "Wednesday even
ing and received many valuable point
ers about the beef cattle business.
The program inclnded discu sss..ns and
demonstrations on breeding brec.
cha rlctcristics, livestock colM.ui.
meats. marke. grades and classes and
the economic situation in beef cattle
Rr dat on.
A:ran.enic,tl.s for the meeting were
made by the agricultural committee
of the Bismarck Association Of Conn
merce in cooperation with County
Agent A. r. Miesen. Members of the
committee are j. q. Taylor, chairman,
George Duemeland. Paul Remington,
Jr., h. 0. Ward. q. +. Anderson. Carl
Nelson, j. N. Thompson, Charles
Swanson, Lewis Garske. F. A.. I.ahr,
and the secretary, II. P. Goddard.
Brittin Farmer Wins Bull
The train was met at the depot by
the Bismarck high school band and
several selections were played during
the program. A registered Shorthorn
bull calf~purchased from the Patter-
son Land Co. farm at Wing and do
mated by the Association of Com
merce, was offered to the farmer who
came closest in guessing the weight
of three of the animals that were ex-
hibited. This bull calf was won by
N. +. Marvel of Brittin. The COM
lbined weight of the three animals
was 5,l51 pounds and Mr.. Marvels
guess was 5,l75 pounds.
Five farmers were tied for second
place in the guessing contest and they
drew for the prize, large Swift's
premium ham donated by the Central
Neat Market. Paul Lapelle, living
east of Bismarck, was the winner.
The cards on which the guesses were
registered included the question,
"Are you in the market for pure
that SO Of those entered in the con-
ma rket for such an animal.
An event of the program was the
boys and girls club demonstration
members under the direction of DR..
Don Mac cMahan of the extension di-
vision at the college. The boys who
gave this demQnstration, Melvin Oh
son andVerlin Sta nlbacll, are members
of the Sunshine Baby Beef club at
Edgeley. Using two calves, they
showed how to drench cattle, use of
different type of -halters, dehorning.
and methods of throwing cattle.
N. r. Official Talks
The economic outlook for beef cat
tile production was discussed by John
w. Haw Of St. Paul, agricultural de-
velopment agent for the Northern
Pacific railway. Mr.. Haw presented
some interesting charts showing the
price trends for cattle and hogs over
. long period of years.
"Prices for beetf cattle, calculated
on q purchasing power basis, fluctu-
ate from time to time, but in general
there seems to be regular cycle Of
about Is years duration during which
the prices run The scale from a COM
paratively high point to a low one"
Mr.. H~w declared. 1.-THE same situa-
ti0n applies TO hog prices, except that
the interval between high and low
prices is shOMer. due to the fact that
production can be more easily expand
ed or curtailed.
"There are two ways to make money
producing livestock. and one way to
lose. so far as price-trends are con-
cerned. The livestock producer who
markets about the same amount of
livestock each year will hit the good
prices and Uhe poor prices. but the
average price should be- high enough
to give him good return on his en-
terprise. A more risky method is to
go into livestock production for q few
years, and then jump out Of it again.
A man may make money this way if
he goes in when prices are low and
gets out when rpdces are high. If he
goes in when prices are high and out
when they fall again, he can depend
on losing large amount of money"
characteristics Of the different
breeds Of cattle were discussed by w.
H. Tomhave of Chicago, secretary Of
the American Abe rdeen Angus asso-
citation. Some OF the BEST livestock
in the state, including three bulls and
six females, were displayed while Mr..
Tomhave pointed out the desirab1c
characteristics.
Three Fine Bulls Shown
The three magnificent bulls, total
ing more than three ,t0nS in weight.
attracted considerable attention and
comment. They included Lodestar.
the well known Shorthorn bull from
the Ely Aylor farm near Mayville.
This animal has placed at the top Of
his class at the state fairs in Mime
sofa, South and North Daolsta, and
won fifth at the International at Chi
cago. Worthy representatives Of the
breed to accompany this bull were
the heifer and cow from the w. w.
Brown herd at Armenia.
The I. w. Thomas herd of Lakota
furnished the Hereford bull, q COW
and q heifer. The bull is 4 SON Of
Perfection Fairfax, five years old,
and has won championships at the
North Dakota state fairs for several
years. The Aberdeen Angus bull. En-
sign of Clencarnock ,is from the East
gate Bros. herd at Larimore and is
= four-year-old. The three-year-old
Angus cow is from the E. Franllyn
herd at Emerad0, and the heifer from
the Hartley stock farm at Page.
Market Grades Discussed
Market grades and classes were dis
cussed by George Baker, livestock
specialist Of the extension division at
the college. Animals were shown to
damonstrate both the right and, the
wrong kinds of stock TO raise, and to
illustrate the different market classi-
fications. A bull calf two months old
weighing 1852 pounds was worth only
five cents per pound or $8.1O, Mr..
Baker declared, while q good veal calf
was displayed that was only one
month old, weighed l4O pounds. and
was worth II CENTS per pound or