The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-04-15

! ~, alluFlal bottoms, when are confined
almost exclusively to the valleys of the nu.
me rous streams emptying into the lake.
The drift soil prevails through the high
| lands, elevated six hundred to one thousand
feet above the level of the lake; also over
the high grounds west of Chengwomigon
! Bay, at the height of three hundred to six
hundred feet. and the higher points of the
neighboring Apostle Islands.
The trap soil, which support a growth
of sugar maple, oak, and other hard woods.
are next, in richness to the alIuvial lands.
They are found chiefly on high ridges and
| slopes, which, at the east and west ends of
the district, are only short distance from
the lake shore; but on the waters of Bad
River and the Brule, they receede three
fourths Of the distance back towards the
| sources OF their various branches.
The red clay and mari lands, occupying
the high plains skirting Lake Superior, are
characterized particularly By the prppond-
erance Of oxide of iron, from which they
derive their color, and which amounts to
four and half per cent, or nearly one half
| Of the weight of the saline matter; it is al
ways a retentive soil! from the abundance
of argillaceous earth W Itch enters into It's
composition; hence, these red clay and
mari lands are often wet, particularly when
defended from the direct rays of the sun by
the dense growth of CEDAR balsam, spruce,
birch, and hemlock that usually covers
them. Still these lands are not so wet but
that by clearing and a jndicious system of
husbandry they would soon become sufIic-
ieDtly dry 70 most kinds of crops and gard
en- vegetables They may be compared in
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Virginia, which border the Potomac River.
in Montgomery and London counties, which
by deep subsoil ploughing and proper
| system. of drainage, produce wheat crops
that can hardy be excelled. The larger
portion of the Lake Superior basin is occu-
pied by these red clay and mari lands. The
general elevation of the red clay plains
above Lake Superior is about two hundred
feet. They are, for the most part, level
with gentle slope towards the lake, cut,
however, into deep, abrupt gullies in the
immediate vicinity of the streams.
"The bulk Of the land as vet cultivated in
this country, is what is known as the red
clay soil; and it has proved productive in
the highest degree. Vegetables of the lar
gest size and finest quality are grown in ii:
and for the production Of wheat, rye, barley
and oats, it cannot be surpassed; forty
oo"helS ot wheat 10 me acre Is me average
Oh thesh Janus, ana III many instances they
nave yleiued hity pasheis'
IN the immediate vicinity OF superior the
sou IS OF inns req clay variety, ana 10 I'M
derstand us productive QUANTITIES one should
see the crops on the ground at harvest
time, as the writer did last season. But
we have for twenty miles around Superior
three MINUS oi E'hd, NOT dlHeflhg materlaliy
IN producnYeness, IT properly titled. These
are the req clay, when Is so mach impreg
nateu WIN iime' tnat II almost comes un-
der the denomination OF mari. Inc tama-
rack swamp: which IS mixture OF red clay
with large portion OF decaycd vegetable
matter, "h'ch WIN me ac'ioh OF water mas
changed It's color to black, ana viii be our
best meadow land. And what IS usually
termed inc nara WOOD I"hG' generally con
tanning mixture OF sand or graYei, ana
bearing the OAK, ash, elm, sugar maple
yellow birch, DC. This soil, producing as
it does luxu:iant grasses, will make stock
growing a profitable source OF income 10
the farmer,
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and which IN time will prove to be equally
valuable
hree other ranges OF tins character, IN
| the yicinitv of EIaG Cranhorrv and IRON
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| few places, but from the finding of masses
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| clude that they, 100, are valuable 1heSe
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cross iron river, but rise again before they
reach Brule river. and attain, in the
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| from eight hundred to one thousand feet
above the level of the lake with abundant