The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-13
PROGRESS SEEN
In DISTRIBUTION
OF GOOD STOCK
Bovine Testing Work to Be
Started in Burleigh County
This Week, Miesen Says
so BULLS ARE SOLD
33 of 50 Townships in Morton
County Have Been Tested
for Cattle tuberculosis

Steady progress has been made
during the last year in the work OF
distributing pure bred livestock ir
Burleigh and Morton counties, ac-
cording to County Agents A. r
Miesen and r. T. Newcomer of Bur-
leigh and Morton counties, respec-
lively.
Miesen for the last year has
spread his activities over a number
Of things, including the selling of
good clover and alfalfa seed, potato
seed, grade sheep and pure bred
rams, use of combines, protein test
ing and distribution of pure bred
livestock.
Although the Morton county agent
work has been centered less on the
promotion Of pure bred livestock
than on other items, it has also made
steady progress, Newcomer said.
Approximately SO pure bred sires
have been distributed to raisers Of
Burleigh county during the last year
through the various channels, Miesen
said. In some cases cattle are pur-
chased directly through the county
agent and in other instances the
farmers cooperate with the various
railroad agricultural divisions, the
Greater North Dakota association or
with the extension division
Of the state agricultural college at
Fargo.
OF the so pure bred bulls, Is were
distributed from the special pure
bred cattle train that was sent
through the state last spring.
Sheep Work Progresses
Remarkable progress has been
made in the distribution of grade
sheep and pure bred rams, Miesen
said, with approximately 1000
grade rambouillet ewes and 125 pure
bred Hampshire and Rambcuillet
rams being sold.
The county agents work must be
done in it's season, he said, starting
out with the selling Of clover and
alfalfa seed in the spring, distribu-
ton of good potato seed in the plant
ing season and the distribution of
lambs during the late spring.
In former years, he said, the prac-
tice had been to buy sheep for
breeding purposes in the fall, but in
the last year or two the county
agents have been urging farmers
to buy their breeding stock in the
spring. In that way they get the
choice of better and more stock.
Cow Testing Started
In Morton county. 33 ont If 70
townships have been tested for bo-
vine tuberculosis and the remain
ing townships are expected to be
tested this winter. Two men have
been working continually in the
county under the direction of the
state veterinarian and in cooperation
with the federal government farm
tuberculosis testing work in Bur
leigh county is scheduled to start
this week. For the last few weeks
the county agent has been busy
working with petitions received from
stock raisers in the various town
ships Of the county but practically
every township now has signed for
service Of the cow testers and work
will be started Immediately.
The first testing is scheduled to
be started in Lien township. with
testers planning to move from one
township to another as soon as pos
sible: Testing has been delayed un-
til this time. it is pointed out, be-
cause many Of the farmers in the
county are too busy during harvest
ing season to cooperate with the
cattle testers.