North Dakota farmer proves hogs beat bumper wheat
Grand Forks November reports show A Schollander, a North Dakota farmer and Agricultural college graduate, raised 220 hogs last year. He sold 89 head at 8.15 per cwt, netting over 1700 dollars for one carload, with a probable net profit over 500 dollars from the first hog car. The operation used 40 acres for grain pasture and corn, with cost and labor estimates noted and land rental valued at 2 dollars per acre.
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Better Farming Special Service Bureau
A. Schollander
The
Agricultural College
Various North Dakota items including banks farms and institutes
Local notes report the Farmers State Bank of Schafer opening, Regent’s new telephone building, rapid progress on a Caalier courthouse, and a busy Ramsey county teachers institute in its five day session. Other items mention pig sales, a Hebron girl’s injury, a Page Devils Lake printing shop opening, potato warehousing, and political and social happenings across towns like Minot Segarn and Adams.
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Devils Lake
Page Printerie
Rea River Valley
Page
North Dakota
Hogs and steers marketed with corn harvested on farm
The article notes hogs and steers sold alongside a farmer named Schollander who marketed steers averaging 6.50 per cwt. The cattle grazed on pasture, finished on corn, and harvested their own corn as hogs did. Livestock provides a strong market for early corn varieties and helps avoid labor issues.
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