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COWS TO RULE00 THE FARMJ. T. NELSON OF MORTON COUNTY SAYS DAIRIES ARE PAYING FINELY.That the cow will soon be queen of the average North Dakota farm is the opinion of J. T. Nelson, of Glen Ullin, successful merchant, active official of the North Dakota Retail Merchants' I association and progressive booster for Morton county in particular and the west slope in general.“Seventy thousand pounds of butter --1DO gallous of ice cream, and $14,-000 paid to farmer# withiu a 20.mile radius of Glen Ullin is the July record of the Glen Ullin creamery, said Mr. Nelson when iu the city today. “That makes it look as though our North Dakota farmers could profitably sandwich in dairy farming with their graingrowing.“Morton county has been making great strides in all lines of farming in the past few years but the averageMorton county farmer is just begin- ! ning to realize that he can collect 'good dividends once a month by dairy farming, minimizing the probability of loss which comes to the man who ties up his whole year’s work on the chance of a good grain crop. Ho gets his money from his dairy produce once 1 a month; he feels thankful if he gets through the season without drouth, hail or other calamity and harvests a profit- [ able crop if he is exclusively a grain j farmer.“The Glen Ullin caeamery draws on ! a territory extending for about 50 1 miles in all directions. The farmers 1 in our section have paid off their bills much more rapidly simce the dairy farm became a more important part of our operations and the profits that have been made out of this present 1 season’s milk supply are very great.“For the paet three years we have 1 been getting better and better results. 1 The fodder question is one which is easily settled; 6ome farmers feed tn-j wild prairie hay, some tame hay. j while others raise alfalfa a crop that ! is very prolific in our section. Re- I cently on a trip south of Glen Ullin I i was told by farmers who had seen the crop harvested that.Frank Mott raised fourteen and one'half loads onfour and one half acres of alfalfa for 1 j the first cutting and seven and one half loads for the second.i lt;We are going in largely for Hoi. steins though some dairies are spe- j cializing on Jerseys; both do well and produce largely but when the matter |of turning the cattle into beef comes 1 up the Holstein has the better of theargument in size.“Keep your eyes on Morton county and see our farmers grow rich from their dairy farming operations. 1 hope to sec tho good work spread and become general.'*
Newspaper Details
Devils Lake Weekly World
Devils Lake, North Dakota, US
Fri, Sep 19, 1913
Page 5
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