The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-26
NORTH DAKOTA
STOCK FARMS
REPRESENTED
Sale Opens at Mandan Fair
Grounds Stock Pavilion at
8 a. m. Tomorrow
so HEAD ARE COLLECTED
Improved Herds and Larger
Cattle Industry Object of
Cooperative Venture
so HEAD ARE COLLECTED

A purebred livestock sale, the first
step in the Greater North Dakota as
sociation's drive to place purebred
sires on all farms in the Slope area,
will be launched at $3.50 q. m. to-
morrow (Mandan time).
The sale, which is being staged
by the association in cooperation
with A. r. Miesen and r. C. New
conner, Burleigh and Morton county
agents respectively, will be con-
Quoted at the sales pavilion of the
Missouri Slope fair grounds at Man.
dan.
Interest throughout the Bismarck
and Mandan districts in the sale is
much greater than hoped for and we
expect q great number Of farmers
to take advantage of the SALE" Mie.
sen said this morning after conduct
ing instructional livestock meetings
in three county points during the
last week.
= More Than so Head
There will be more than 80 head
Of purebred beef and dairy cattle
and purebred hogs offered for sale.
according to officials.
Most of the cattle arrived during
the day and are now on display at
the Mandan fair grounds. Farmers
interested are allowed to inspect the
cattle today, but no sales will be
made until the sale opens tomorrow.
it is said.
Much of the stock offered for sale
comes from North Dakota stock
farms, many in the Bismarck and
Mandan districts. In addition to the
local stock included in the sale, the
Greater North Dakota association,
with the aid of the F. E. Murphy re-
volving fund, has purchased two car
loads Of animals to complete the
quota wanted in this district.
This sale includes Holsteins,
Guernseys, milking Shorthorns, beef
Shorthorns, Herefords. and Angus.
Duroc and Poland China purebred
hogs will also be placed on the sale
block. The lot has been carefully
selected from the best herds in
North Dakota, with some Guernseys
and milking Shorthorns from Min
nesota and Wisconsin.
In. Good Condition
All animals are in good condition.
tested. and will be sold at actual
cost from breeders plus necessary
handling charges, according to the
officials.
An unusual feature of the sale is
the manner in which it will be con-
Quoted. There will be no auction,
but anyone may buy any animal that
attracts his attention for the price
paid by the Greater North Dakota
association plus handling charges.
Animals sold by individual farmers
will be sold at price agreed upon
by seller and purchaser.
B: +. Groom, chairman of the live
stock committee Of the association,
Will be in general charge of the sale.
Miesen and Newcomer have had
charge Of local arrangements. Other
agricultural experts who arrived to-
day to attend the sale are Martin
Apland, livestock buyer for the as
sociation; H. A. McNutt, agricultur-
al agent of the 500 Line; and Al
Dexter, agricultural agent of the
Northern Pacific Railway company.
Apland has spent the last three
weeks in securing cattle for the sale
and in making other arrangements.
According to the plan worked out
for the sale program, it is expected
to supply the needs for purebred
sires on farms in the territory south
and west of Mandan and south Of
Bismarck, particularly in Emmons.
Logan and Mcintosh counties.
Will Supply District
This sale is expected to supply the
needs of the territory within truck.
ing distance of Mandan and Bis
marck. Following the sale more cat
tie will be assembled, if conditions
warrant, and distributed at other
points in the territory where breed
ing stock is wanted, and where the
local supply is insufficient to supply
the demand.
"This project means q great deal
to the section" according to q Joint
statement by Fred L. Conklin. Bis
marck, and H. s. Russell. Mandan.
local district directors for the asso.
citation. 1T will result in improving
many farm herds by providing good
purebred sire; at cost, and It will
also add impetus to the general
trend toward more livestock in this
section"