The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-14
BEST OF FARMING LANDS
-FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRES
WITHIN a SHORT DISTANCE
OF ST. PAUL
BEST OF THE oMAHA's GRANT
A Large BLOCK Between the Twin
Cities and Duluth That Is
Available for
Settlers.

Northwestern Wisconsin is having all
unprecedented boom as an agricultural
region. This was fully demonstrated re
Gently by the sale of $4,000 acres of land
in one piece by the Knapp-Stout Lumber
company to the Wisconsin Land com
pany. The land lies in the hardwood tim
Der district along the right-of-way Of the
Omaha road, and is located within few
miles of Rice lake, and embraces the
beautiful chain of lakes, known as Hem
lock, Red Cedar, Balsam, Birch, Chetack,
and Sissebagama.
The states of Minnesota, the Dakotas,
and westward 10 the Pacific ocean, have
all received a large share of the emigra-
ton which has passed on its very thresh-
old, that part of Wisconsin lying north Of
the main line of the North Western line
between Chicago and st. Paul. An ex-
PLANTATION of this is that Wisconsin held
untold millions in valuable white pine
timber, whose great wealth was early
recognized and controlled by large lum-
Der companies, who bought up all the
country and reserved it for their uses in
lumber operations. Agricultural settle
ment in the country was very undesirable
to the lumbermen, as it greatly increased
the liability of losses by fires, AMI
brought with 1t increased taxes and other
public expenses, which, for a gre3 many
years, would fall largely on the lumber
companies.
The complexion of things has entirely
changed within the last five years. Most
of the pine lumber companies have de
nuded their lands of pine and have
ceased opera ting, but they have left as
valueless for their purposes magnificent
forests of hardwood and the soil itself
which in the major portions of the coun-
try is classified in government reports as
clay loan, and in the opinion OF NUM-
Der Of prominent agriculturists in the
country, as the best adapted to stock
raising and dairy farming Of any lands
on the American continent.
The country is excs ptiona ~ Well w1ter-
ed by numerous streams and lakes The
water is perfectly soft and pure All
known grasses indigenous to the north
ern states grow in the widest profusiOn
In fact, it is stated that clover, once
soWn, Will crowd out all other growth.
In the last year the large colonization
companies west of Chicago, recognizing
the 6Hmense value of this country for
farming purposes, have been buying the
| holdings Of the large lumber companies
with a view Of retailing their lands to the
settlers in small farms.
There is probably no section Of country
in the United States so near the best and
largest markets where farms can be Sc
| cured so cheaply, according TO their To-
cation and quality. The bulk of the
country Is located within 100 miles of St
Paul, IS miles of Duluth, 440 miles of
Chicago, and $50 miles of Milwaukee, and
1t is not A,cessary for land seekers to
spend from twenty-four to forty hours
in a railway journey, and corresponding
amount of money for railroad tickets to
look for q future home.
The Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha Railway company has left OF its
1000, O00-acre land grant in Northern Wis
rapidly disposed of for farms.
This country is so situated as to be
considered tributary to the Twin Cities
Of Minnesota, and It's development will
contribute largely to the prosperity OF
these two cities. A great deal OF interest
is therefore being taken in these cities in
the development Of Wisconsin.