The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-03-11
KjIIdeer Will Receive Shipment
Tuesday for Disposal to
Dairy Farmers
WASHINGTON HERD is IN
Breeders in Northwestern Part
of State Ask That Lots
Be Sent There

way in the southwestern part OF the
state, will be brought to a close IN
that area during the latter part OF
March, according to B. E. Groom.
chairman of the agricultural commit
! tee OF the Greater North Dakota as
ISOLATION, sponsor Of these sales Three
sales have been scheduled for this
week: Killdeer, March IL: Halliday.
March IA; and HAGEN. March Is. 1t
Is expected that two more similar Of
fcrings will be slated at points on the
main line OF the Northern Pacific this
month.
The sale put on at Mandan. Satur-
day. started off with purchase OF six
head OF purebred sires. Five Of these
were out Of the Holstein lot shipped
In from Hazel. Minnesota. by John
HUSKY, former North Dakota dairy
commissioner. who now is on the staff
Of the Greater association as dairy
cattle buyer. Carver and son, dairy
men ut Burleigh, bought two of the
sires; Martin Underdahl, Hebron,
bought another: Henry Petri, Man.
dan. bought red polled bull: and
Martin Apland sold shorthorn out
OF q lot he brought In from Page. A
carload Of beef sires arrived from
washington in the afternoon and one
bull was sold out of these shorthorns.
The Mandan sale was continuing
today. while HUSKY left for Killdeer
to prepare for the sale there tomor-
row. He is selling lot Of Holsteins.
For this final series of meetings
and sales something over 60 head Of
cattle are assembled at Mandan. Mar
tin Apland recently selected one car
load In eastern North Dakota from
the herds at the Hartley stock farm at
Page, the w. G. Byram herd at Cas-
SETON, the D. c. Black herd at Gran
din, and from other smaller breeders
In the territory.
John HUSKY has just selected car
Of young dairy bulls from herds in the
Crookston and Thief River Falls,
Mimi, territory. for sale by the asso-
Citations during the March campaign.
A. j. Dexter. development agent for
the Northern Pacific. attended the F..
NJ. Rothrock d Co. sale at Spokane.
early this month, and selected II head
for .4htpment to this. state. Through
special shipping arrangements made
prior to this sale, the expense Of OBJ
tanning this lot of cattle Is no greater
than that Of shipping stock from some
points Of North Dakota or Minnesota,
according to Groom. Dexter declares
That for real quality this lot Of cat
lax 111o equal Of anything he has
err helped bring into North Dakota
Paul C.. G. Wagner, development
agent for the Great Northern, has re-
Quested that the association next con-
fine its sire activities to the north
western part Of the state, where many
breeders are anxious to secure good
animals to head their herds. Similar
requests from that part Of the state
are coming also from county agents,
businessmen and stockmen them
selves.
Animals ON Sale Ut Mandan
Five Holsteins all from one year to
u months Of age are on sale at Man.
dan 1t prices ranging from Sis to
$40.
Two Guernseys selected at Austin,
Minnesota, II months old. are offered
1T $40 and $50.
Two Red Polls, II months old, very
nice smooth animals ready to use,
dams good milk producers, are held
It $40 and $3.50.
Three Angus-two especially high
class animals from the Hartley farms,
. much the same breeding as the grand
champion ct the International at
Chicago in 1923, ready to use, are list
"a at 3275. $500 and $l25.
There are nine beef shorthorns,
reds, roans and whites. These range
In ages from II to II months and are
sG3co4 ct from $l25 to $3.50. Most of
these animals come from the w. W.
4toNn herd ct Armenia. from the
= 3yram herd at Casselton and the
Black herd at Grandin.
z8sa The association also has on hand
nine milking shorthorns from eight to
sn1S months Of age and which are
priced ct from Sis to SITS. All OF
these were purchased from well
! known herds In Minnesota. In some
! cases the dams were not tested. but
! the sires are MI from tested dams and
cur buyer selected these calves from