Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-08-19
OUR HAY MARSHES.

AdSI 4 HuESuttf ~ TCpIeScll UdUIVS VI Ulllo
paper, took trip to Rummels, to look
over the haying business in that vicinity.
AS he stepped fromIthe train he was hailed
by A. A. Denton who was bound for his
hay meadow with supplies for his work
men. During the walk to the marsh,
which is about one mile from the track,
Mr.. Denton dwelt graphically upon the
abundant hay crop, rich soil, and easy
money making propensities Of the land in
this vicinity, which at times brought a
credulous smileto ourlips. But all doubts
as to the stability and non-exageration
OF his talk We're put aside as we emerged
from the woods and looked with bullying
eyes upon the scene before us.
Before US lay 2, 100 acres of land, with
now and then copse Of trees, seemingly
dividing Off each forty and eighty acres.
And as we wended our way towards The
east we walked through timothy grass
up to our shoulders, and so thick as to
make rapid progress difficult. At last we
reached Mr.. Denton's and after partaking
of as excellent a dinner as has ever fallen
to our lot, we began to quiz.
The land which Mr.. Demon is on be-
longs to F. LAWYER, who sold the hay
us it stands, at good figure, to Mr.. d.
He has five men employed, and they now
have cut and stacked some fifty ton OF
wild hay, while they expect to cut sixty
tons Of timothy. All this is off of
and sixty acres which would make All
average of nearly two tons to the acre.
From here we went to Geo Bain's. He
has one hundred and sixty acres. but has
only forty acres seeded and will realize
about fifty ton, for which he has O ready
home market. He took this land as a
homestead III preference to some pine
land near by which showed his confidence
IN the waiting for future Developments
and which we have no doubt will be
amply fulfilled.
Stewart Langill has forty acres adioin-
ing Mr.. Baln'S and expects to finish cut
ting shortly and have forty five tons
ready for the hay press.
We then took our leave and after a
walk OF forty minutes through as nice
hay as you could wish to find, we came
upon Mr.. Jones, who has homestead
here of one hundred and twenty acres and
has raised more or less hay every year.
He showed us forty he had seeded last
spring, which he is now cutting, and says
it will average one and one-half tons to
the acre. He now has forty tons and ex-
poets to cut seventy ton more. He has q
comfortable house and good barn.
/, Off in the distance about one mile we
could see men stacking hay and after
arriving there we found Jack Brady who
informed us that Jno Green owned that
place and could be found at the machin-
cry building. wondering what could be
meant by that we went on until we
came to a log building, 40x6O, and upon
finding Mr.. Green he informed us that
that was for his machinery including a
new hay press recently purchased.
Mr. Green owns $40 acres of this land
and took pardonable price i'll showing us
about. He went up there last October
and seeded two hundred acres to timothy
from which he will realize three hundred
ton. From the balance he will cut about
one hundred ton of wild hay.
To show that hay was not the only
thing that could be raised, he took us to
a small garden that he had put in the
25th OF June. Here we found all kinds
OF vegetables, in good thrifty condition.
He informed us that he had several
fortys there which he wonld not part
with for one thousand dollars per forty.
He has ready market for all his hay
and the greater part OF it is already bar
gained for. He employees thirteen men
and from their appearance we would
Judge that they live on the fat of the best
the grocers can produce.
This land is situated in townforty-
range ten, and has been Travelled over by
Messrs LAWYER and Denton on their land
locating expeditions. Last summer they
had some capitalists from below inter
ested in this locality but did not succeed
in having them invest, SO they spoke to
Mr.. Green, who went up one day and
the next day he was a purchaser OF eigh-
teen forties.
Mr.. Lawler has located many q man
on good pine claims, but lie himself took
for a homestead one hunered and sixty
acres OF this marsh land in preference to
land with pine and is happy, and in his
own opinion, as well as others, is far
better Off in his present possession
The soil is OF a rich black loan to a
depth OF two feet and is adapted to grow
ing any crop you want to plant.
Louis Denton purchased 40 acres
south Of this, which was State land, and
will SOW it this fall, thereby showing
that for young man who has by man.
ual labor saved his mite, has confidence
Tho fir t,7ro nd Tho f.1i,no Of his Mort h.