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VOL. XXI NO. 45
Silos Great Bcne
fit
Mr. Miller said:
"In describing the possibilities
of the silo in feeding the dairy
.stock, it will be neoessary for me
"to refer to conditions as I find them
'in the country surrounding my
home town, Morris, Minnesota, as
I have not the advantage of much
travel over the state to study the
^feeding facilities of* other places.
yThe first silos were built in the
•fall of 1909, and I wish to give you
the figures of one of my patrons
•sSHli for five months before he had a si-
Jo and the same period the follow
ing year, after having built and
filled a silo. The first figures are
irom November 1,1908 to April I,
1909. In these five months he re
ceived from 14 cows $379.60. The
next
year he received in the same
months $740.38 the part that
should receive your best attention
is this, that the amount he receiv
«d the last year, did not cost him
as much to produce as,the year be
fore. So it is safe to say that he
more than doubled his net income
by the use of the silo the first year.
"I
now give you the figures
from another farmer who built a
«ilo last summer. He milked 13
•cows during the month of January
1911. He produced 11,500 pounds
of milk, average test 3.8 amount
•of butterfat 436 pounds average
price was 29 cents. The total val
ue of butterfat was $126.44 the
-boat of production was as follows:
Thirty-three pounds of ensilage
per oowper day.l3,3C0 pounds at
ton, $13.30 .•
Teif.pounds of'hay per cow pier
day, 4,030 pounds at $5.00, $10.07.
Ten pounds of bran per oow per
day—805 pounds at $21.00, $8.46.
Two pounds of oats per oow per
•day—806 pounds at $20, $8.06
'Two and one half pound screen
ings per cow per day—1.007
pounds at $12, $6.04.
One pound of oat meal per oow
per day—403 pounds at $34, $6.85.
Whiob makes a total of$52.78.
Or in other words he prodnoed
the butterfat for 12 bents jier pound
leaving a net profit of $73.66 fig
uring that the skim milk and the
manurewill more that jrty for the
labor.,..As a oontraat to this I will
give you the figures from afarmer
whom it was impossible to induce
to-build a silo. He milked 17 oows
in Jtuiuary, 1911 he produced 254
pounds of butterfat at 29 oents per
pound amountreoeived, $73.80.
Hisoostofprodnotknwasas fol
lows:
Eight tons of hay at '15 per ton
$40.00
One ton of bran at til pap
*81.00.
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the months
Jt'Mu -fry
|\OneJintt ton of OQr^,sat $1? per
ton« 97.50.
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I is all together to blaim. I can on
ly add to this that the cows we
1* 1* have inour territory are only the
TO farmCrS
comrnon
soon See the Profits
in Dairy Cows in the County
if Silos are Tried
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At the State Dairymen's Con
tention last month, Peter Miller,
president of the Central Minneso
ta Butter Makers' Association,
•made the following address on silos.
The paper is reprinted, owing to
the information therein, and on ac
count of the interest manifested in
the silo at the convention. The
silo solves to a large extent, the
problem of feed for a dairy herd,
•on the North Dakota farm. It
means the growing of some corn
•each year and the doing away with
•dependence on prairie hay.
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We have, as yet,
no speoiai dairy breed, but the
fact remains that with proper care
and better feed, we can almost
double our production from the
cows we have and also that by
ereoting a silo and providing ensil
age enough, any farmer will at
least double
MB
net income. We
have about two hundred patrons at
our creamery and it is only those
who have silos who have been able
to produce the butterfat at a cost
below 15 cents per pound. The
average cost for all our patrons I
am sure is over 20 cents per pound.
'•I should not advise a farmer to
build a silo unless he could get one
or two of his neighbors to go in
company and buy the machinery
for filling one. Here is where the
help of the buttermaker comes in.
He* should be interested in getting
those silo companies organized and
I will say to the brother buttermak
ers who are present here, that you
oan and must do that work. While
farmers' institutes and dairy meet
ings might do some good, it is for
the man in the weigh room to fol
low these up. You must get hold
of your friend's coat collar and
don't let him get away from you
until you have him started on the
way to order his silo and then I
feel more on the safe side to go
along with him, to make sure that
he really does order the. material.
If you can get two or three silos
in your territory the first year, you
should be satisfied, but be snre
there is no failure the first year.
We had three silos the first year
last year we got nine and next
year we will have over twenty
Several of our farmers will build
the second one next year, so they
oan have enough to carry them ov
er the tini& when pasture is short
in summer. ''There is only one
thing that is better than a silo on
every farm, and that is two
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pon|^:|pf :p«^ leavingbima tightened on the animal'sneok
jiet profltofhial79ows and before they could loosen it
^-£oui||T^• Beckman believes, -was tb«
m'fy ^st .bjaffalo 'seen in. IftpLean
wbetherthe ailo bountyMeGlusky Giwtte
siloB,
and I hope the time is coming
very soon when we will have
snffic
ient ensilage on every farm to feed
the whole year around. Let us all
unite in working for cheaper feed
and better oows, and that will mean
more cream and better cream, and
more and better creameries. Then
there will be no need of any large
centralized creameries, as our farm
era will all be making money on
their cows and will be satisfied
with the returns from their local
creamery. Is it not a peouliar con
dition that a farmer will try to
ship his cream away in order to
gain a half a cent a pound on his
butterfat, when he could gain ten
oents a pound by having the pro
per feed and care of his oows on
the farm/
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The Last Baffalo
Wm. Beckman was in town the
first of the week and made the
Gazette offioe a pleasant call
Mr. Beokman, or"Billie" as he is
known to bis many friends, is one
of the pioneers of this part of the
country, settling on Paihited
Woods creek 1881. In oompany
with John Oligney, who for many
yean oonduoted a harness shop at
Washburn, "BiUie" killed pro
bably the last buffalo in McLean
ooqnty, in' the spring of 1900 or
thereabouts. The bnfflalo, a two
year old heifer, was ohased from
early in the morning until .2
o'clock in the afternoon, when the
exhausted animal was ran into a
dlaim sbabk. The hunters wished
to take the' buiffalo elite, 'so they
barricaded the door, out a hois in
the roof and threwa rope atoiidd
iteneok. In the .straggle the rope
THE WASHBURN LEADER
Another Trial For,
Senator Lorimer
He Has Been Charged With Bribery
in His Home State-May Have
to Vacate His Seat
WASHBURN, N. D. MAY 5, 1911,
Washington, D. C.. May 3—A
renewal of the Lorimer investiga
tion was provided for today by the
senate on contingent expenses*
which approved a resolution
covering the expenses of such
inquiry. The report will come up
in the senate tomorrow and a fight
is expected.
Malcolm Correspondence
Several of the A. S. of E. mem
bers went to Turtle' Lake Monday
after their potatoes that the .Mal
colm and Darling locals had
ordered.
The W. A. held their meeting
with Mrs. Chas Okerson last Tues
day.
J. A. Johnson made a business
trip to Underwood last Saturday.
Miss Annie Olson left for Gar.
rison last week where she will
work during the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Evaneon spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Forland.
Conkling Correspondence
Mr. Emil Backbardt spent
Saturday night at the F. Danials
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Nicklin were
Sunday guest at Jno. Barlows.
Miss Mattie Thomsen is suffer
ing with a very painful arm, she
went to Washburn Saturday to
have Dr. Sawyer lance it but that
seemed to give no relief. A small
dog bit her a year ago and she haa
been troubled more or less ever
sinoe.
Frank and Lena Furst were
Sunday visitors at the Roe home
Henry and Kate Barlow were
shopping in Washburn last Satur
day.
Herman and Gust Henrioh ant
their friend Henry Dahl of Preeho
S. D. called at the Jones home a
short time last Sunday evening.
Miss Nettie Joy and pupils of
the Conkling school observed
Arbor day by planting trees, sow
ing flowers and vegetable seeds,
and cleaning the school yard, this
puts the yard into a (bore neat and
tidy condition and is appreciated
by all patrons..
The chief conversation now
among the women of the neighbor
hood is, have you made any
garden yet? how -many little
chicks have you are you thru
oleaning house.
T«rtkUtewwe
According to the new law rural
.mail oarriers are to get an in
crease, .of $100 a year after July
1st. That" is ill barriers that
make a trip of twenty-five miles
or more.
E. Lindquist a heavy loser in
the O. O. Fries and Gp. fire, has
had bad iuok «id money losses
befoie. Some few years ago he
was' farming in Minnesota aome
river bottom land, the latter part
of May: hia crops were the best he
ever had when the river overflowed
and destroyed ^he whole 160aore
oropy about $2800 worth. He was
not discouraged but immediately
after the water went down hired
2Q teams to break the farm up for
pirating flint ocnrn for winter feed.
The corn was kpMng fine about
thiBinuddle of September when the
rer afpiin pyerfloired and des
troyed the whole tMng. Having
no feed for his stock hu sold $680
worth of hogs and put $300 in the
btnl!' This bank went busted
and he lost the f300. This' is
about the worst farming experience
this editor has ever heard of.
John Beck has decided to drop
all political interests and devote
himBelf to farming. He leaves
McLean oounty for his old home
near McClusky where he owns a
farm bordering the city limits
and another a little farther out.
Beck is well pleased with the way
he people of McLean county have
treated him and do not relish leav
ing but having considerable proper
ly at McClusky will make that his
town. The Wave and most others
consider him as the most able
county sheriff North Dakota has
ever voted into office.
Broke Arm In Three Places
Benedict, N. D., May 2.—S.
Erickson and Geo. Stantorf
leached Benediot on their return
from Voltaire, where they went
last week after a gasoline outfit.
C. A. Mahnke secured the assist
ance of Mr. Erickson to move a
house for W. T. Cooper from the
farm into town'
After having crossed the rail
road with the building the gas
engine which was not working just
right was taken off and an attempt
was made to move the house a few
feet farther in order to get the
steam engine on the. level before
eating dinner. Two men on each
side of the building were throw
ing rollers in under the skids. Mr.
fEriokson was helping on one side
When his glove caught under the
skids. In the twinkling of an eye
his arm was down under, and
broken in three places below the
elbow. The engine was stopped
as soon as the throttle could be
shut off and willing hands went to
work to release the man pinioned
by one arm under the skids,
which took about three minutes.
O. Kadoun hurried to
Benedict and phoned Dr. Nichol
son who came down from Max and
set and straightened the broken
arm. Mr. Erickson was taken to
the home of C. A. Mahnke where
he was confined to bed for several
days. All who know of the
aocident sympathize with him, as
he is a farmer and to be in this
condition at this season means a
ereat loss.
Still Have Hopes
Stanton, N. D., May 1.—Relia
ble reports have come from Defi
ance and Golden- Valley that a
crew of surveyors are laying a
route through the western part of
Mercer county, and are working to
wards Krem. They are supposed
to be in the employ of the Chica
go, Milwaukee & Puget Sound
railway, working in conjunction
with the crews in Oliver and Mor
ton counties The Northern Pac
ific has most of its roadbed graded
as far north as Stanton, but the
company has been taking a Rip
Van-Winkle "snobs?", $or.the past
twenty years, and local people are
eager to see the new road built.
There is snffioient lignite in Mer
cer oounty alone to supply the
whole state of North Dakota plen
ty of marl for concrete and briok
clay--and pottery olay sufficient
to maintain an immense industry
for a oentury.
Harrowing Grain,
Prof. Thomas 8haw states that
he thought the four harrowing he
gave grain after it was tip saved
his brop last year. It was so dry
that the grass never got green, yet
the yield Went from twenty to
thirty bushels. The har rowings
were given whei* the- grain was
just ooming up, when it was lour
to five inohes high six to seven
inbhes and eight to nine high.
The Seond Amendment, the new
novel by Senator Hansbrough was
commenced in the Grand Forks
Evening Times last week.
Cowan Case Closes
Arguments Today
Judge George A. Bangs for the Pro
secution is Given a Long Time
and Make Ttrong Plea
The following is quoted as some
of the things George A. Bangs
said in his closing argument in
the Cowan impeachment case:
Sympathy has no place in this
case. It
is
not for the court to
consider friendship, but to con'
6ider that one question is or is
nut Judge Cowan a fit man for
judge of the Second Judicial dist
rict? It
iB
for this court to cleanse
the judiciary, not by acquittal or
not by conviction, but by a verdic
that cannot but be above reproach
or suspicion.
Sentiment against the method
of administering justice in the
Second judicial district, he said,
was not made in a single day, nor
in a single week, nor in a single
month, but has come in years of
action. This sentiment crystalized
in the resolution adopted by the
house of representatives, and in
that resolution, which he read, it
was declared that public rumor
and report concerning the method
of dealing justice in the Second
district was such as to destroy con
fidence in the courts, and such
confidence cannot be restored ex
cept by a thorough cleansing of
the charge. And if guilty, then
the judiciary should be cleansed
by the removal of the offending
judge, and if not guilty, then it
should be cleansed of suspicion by
a verdict that cannot be sus
picioned.
He pointed to the court of the
Second distriot as being a reser
voir of rottenness rather than a
court to expedite justice, over
which presided a man who had so
far forgotten himself as to allow
himself to become the victim of
his own beastly passions even
while on the bench. The verdict
of this court must be above sus
picion, or there will be a day of
reckoning coming.
Claim Contested
The case of the United States
vs. Walter W. Smith and William
P. Bold was up for hearing before
a Special Examiner of United
States Cirouit Judge Amidon last
week at Bismarck. This is an
action by the goverment to can
cel a patent issned to Walter W.
Smith for NW£ 8WJ Sec. 5 and
NEJ SEJ and NEJ of Sec. 6
Township 147, Range 83, five
miles northwest of Coleharbor,
Smith entered this land May 7,
1903, and two years later made
commuted proof on the same,
selling the land shortly after mak
ing proof to William P. Bold. The
government oontends that the
entrymen, Walter W. Smith, was
guilty of fraud in securing his
patent from the government, al
leging that he had not established
proper residence upon the land,
had not complied with the re
quirements oonoerning improve
ments, and had not lived on the
land long enough to obtain patent.
The government further alleged
that he had fraudulently acquired
title to the land in order that he
might oonvey it to somebody else
namely, Mr. Bold. The testimony
of the complaining witness was
impeaohed by the defense, who
olaimedthat it was unworthy of
belief. It further developed that
the complaining witness had at
one time been sued by Mr. Bold
and the defense alleges personal
malice in the charges brought.' A
date will be fixed later when the
case will oome up for argument by
counsel before Judge Amidon at
Fbrgo.
.. During the past year mai
The Leader Has in Goootdioa
the Host Complete lob Office
in the Coonty. Get Oar Prica
$1.50 PER YEAR
representatives of the Interior
Department have been in the field
and as a result much trouble and
expense is in store for settlers in
the western half of the state
many cases having been started
west of the river.
Seed Grain For Farmers
The Burleigh County farmers of
this vicinity who hold contracts
for seed grain from the county
commissioners are receiving their
grain this week. The seed was
shipped from Minneapolis, the
Northwestern Elvator of that city
having been given the contract by
the commissioners to furnish the
seed grain. Reports are to the ef
fect that cosiderable dissatisfaction
has been manifested by those pro
curing the grain, on the ground
that the seed is not up to the
standard.
It is well to note that the Mc
Lean county commissioners have
escaped any such trouble, due to
the fact that each farmer who held
a contract for seed grain was al
lowed money sufficient for the
amount of grain needed, and he
could purchase his grain where he
desired thus relieving the com
missioners of any responsibility in
case any mistakes were made.—
Wilton News.
Sounds Like the "Wooly West"
"Turkey Track Bill" with eight
cowboys and a string of forty
saddle horses camped on the creek
west of town last Monday. They
were on their, way to the Knifa
river country to round up a bunch
of from twelve to fifteen hundred
head of cattle which they will
drive across country to the Stand
ing Rock reservation for W. S.
Parkin of Mandan.— Glen Ullin
News1
Mrs. H. Schmidt, of Oberon
arrived in Washburn last Saturday
to visit her sister Mrs. J. J.
Sohweitzer. She will remain here
until about the middle of the
month when she will return home
accompanied by Margaret and
Walter Schweitzer who will stay
with their aunt during the sum
mer. Mrs. Schweitzer and daught
er Gertrude will leave the
11th of this month for Switzer
land where they will visit relatives
for a few months. It has been
ten years since Mrs. Schweitzer
has been home and her many
friends wish her a safe journey.
Very Good Speaker
Rev. Geo. B. Newcomb, state
secretary for the Sooiety of the
Friendless delivered a very pleas
ing and instructive address at the
Congregational church last Sunday
evening. Afs speaker Rev.
Newcomb is hard to beat,
pleasant in address, easy in
manner and logioal in oonolusions.
His continual acquaintance for
several years at the penitentiary
together with a faithful study of
his subject has fitted him for
this special work and enabled htm
to interest every member of hie
audience in his line of work.
Surely the penitent criminal will
find more true brotherhood in
North Dakota for the work this
energetic secretary is doing.
WiDRotaHHoase
At one time it was rumored that
Speaker Hanley would issue a oall
for a reassembling of the legisla
ture to pass on the bills that the
auditing board refused to pay.
The question has been settled and
the matter dropped. It wonld only
be another big ezpence to the
state if lawful.
Case Being Tried
The Dietsoase which is now'
being tried will be over in a very
few days it is thought. Dietz i»
attorney.
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