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Show II "The Man Who Loves " iff The man who loves the sight ff of a broad-backed steer was in H his element at the recent Inter-IB Inter-IB national Dry-Farming Congress m here, for he found' his natural tendency upheld in opinion voiced IS at practically every session of B - the great convention. W. Frank jj , ' Gardner, a veteran stockman of ISturgis, S. D., was one of the most pronounced advocates of the live-stock plan of dry-land " farming. "I thought that I had been . , put out of business by the new settlers," said Mr. Gardner, "but now I find there is more money in keeping 100 head of "4 better stock, better fed and 'bet- t l4. ,' ter cared for, with a small per 'J 1 cent of loss than there is in keep- H ing the same number on the H open range. Also the more 1 manure I can put into my soil i the more capable it will be of 1 , holding moisture and the less it I will suffer when drouth comes. 1 Dairying k many sections of the Si northwest is rapidly gaining on horticulture and is bringing in I Wt more money than any other in- v dustry. The dairymen are con- sidering the fertility of their B 4 soil, the greatest asset remaining B today to the American people. B Settlers in a new country must B accept a system of farming that B will bring quick returns in actual B , cash. The stock business, especi-B especi-B ally the dairy business, will do fl that |
