Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-05-14
HENRYS GREAT BOOK
LARGE EDITION READY FOR DIS
TRIBUTION.
RESOURCES OF WISCONSIN
They Are Pointed Out in a Manner
Most Valuable TO Home-Seekers-
Solid Facts Faithfully Set Forth
How the Work May Be OBJ,
tanned.

tanned.
Wisconsin has made no effort to Sc
cure settlers since it abolished the Of
flee of immigration commissioner in
1881. At the north tens of thousands
of acres of land we'll adapted to farm
ing are lying idle, the timber having
been destroyed by the ak, by fire, or
both. For many years past settlers
have crossed Wisconsin literally by
tens of thousands to settle in the semi
arid region of the west, ignorant that
in the state they were crossing were
cheap lands well adapted to farming
where wood and water are in abund-
ance and crops practically assured each
year with the best home markets to be
found any place in America. The last
legislature made provision for the pub
liCation of a hand book containing in
formation of north Wisconsin re
sources and thus inviting worthy inn
migrants TO locate in that section Sec
ton | of the law provides that the dean
of the college of agriculture of the uni
versty lis hereby authorized and di-
rected by and with the aid of his as
siStants, to prepare a bulletin or hand
book describing the agricultural re-
sources of Wisconsin, especially the
newer and more thinly settled dis
tricts, with reference to giving prac-
tical, helpful information to home
seekers. This book shall describe the
climate, soils and agricultural charac-
teristiCs of this region; it shall give
help and counsel in pointing out the
crops best suited to the various sec
tons, and the agricultural industries
in which the people can wisely and
safely embark. 1t shall contain infor-
nation relative to the location and
prices of the cheaper lands, and how
they may be obtained by the settlers
In general it shall set forth the advant
ages of the newer portions of this state
for those seeking homes on lands in
the effort to draw to Wisconsin u de
sirabe class of farmers.
Another section reads: The super
intendent of public property shall dis
tribute from this edition % copies to
each member of the assembly, fifty
copies to each member of the senate,
100 copies to the governor, so copies to
each state officer, and the remainder of
the edition shall go to the college of
agriculture of Jhe university for dis
tribution in such manner as will best
further the effort hereby contemplated.
The plates of this hand book shall be
stere0typed and other editions may be
o1GcreG by the commissioners of pub
lie printing if in their Judgment the
interests of the state can thereby be
advanced, said additional copies to be
dis ributed by the college of agri-
culture. The commissioners of public
printing are further directed ald per
mitted to authorize the publication of
additional copies Of this handbook FOR
sale by the superintendent Of public
property to counties. corporations or
individuals at cost All moneys arts
ing from the sale of said hand books
shall be covered into the treasury by
the superintendent of public property
together with a statement of all sales
made"
Section reads; There is hereby APP
propriated TO the regents of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin a sum not to exceed
s. ,OO0 or so much of said sum as may
be needed for the necessary expenses
Of the several Investigators in visiting
and studying the agricultural features
u the several sections of this state
specially treated in this handbook, for
purchasing material needed in making
Investigations, for collecting and tabu-
lating statistics, for preparing and Sc
curing suitable illustrations, and for
such other purposes as may be needed
in preparing this work provided, how
ever, that there shall be no payment or
increase of salary because of this work
70 any Investigator or assistant reg,
ularly Employed by the university"
Under Prof. w. \. Henry's direction
the book is now ready for distribution
and it is very valuable treatise ON
the resources Of the sparsely settled
portions of the state. 1t is full of in.
what righteousness grain, fruits and
vegetables may be grown in northern
Wisconsin and the splendor and mag
nitude of the forests of that section. The
accompanying text is pregnant with
facts of Importance to the home hun
ter and the whole work is utterly de
void Of the fiction in which town-site
boomers are wont to deal. 1t is
solid, truthful, trustworthy publica-
ton, endorsed by the state and COM
piled under most careful auspices. That
II will prove of profound interest 10
he me-seekers is foregone conclusion.
Persons desiring copies Of the book for
themselves or 70 send 10 their friends
can get them from the superintendent
OF public property a the capitol, or by
addressing George w. Bishop, Secre-
tary of the state board of immigration,
Rhinelander, Wis Every citizen in
te-ested in the legitimate development
of our state should assist in placing