The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-12
FORESTS OF WISCONSIN
THEY ARE RAPIDLY DISAPPEAR
ING BEFORE THE AXE OF THE
LUMBER JACK
IN THE GLENwooD DISTRICT
Prosperous Farmers Are Now Till
ing Land That Eighteen Years
Ago Was Covered With
Virgin Timber

more or less Sollcltude, what Will become
of Northern Wisconsin when the timber
Is gomez" The event has proved the
question to have been about as unwar-
ranted and generally senseless as that
other frequently raised interrogation,
What shall we do with our ex-oresi-
dents !? Northern Wisconsin has to a
great extent already passed from the
numbering into the farming stage. and
the time is not far distant when as
stock, sheep and dairying region 1t will
surpaSs the Southern part of the state
Eighteen years ago not single foot
OF the vast body Of timber-pine and hard
wood-then covering what is now known
as the GlenwOod region, had been cut.
In that territory, Of more than OeO miles
square, late as the spring Of 1854
the lumber jack wasaapa unknown guam
tity. Today it is also true that the lum-
Der jack is not in evidence, but it is be-
cause his work is finished and he has
hied himself to more promising fields
farther West. But he has left no bar
rem, denuded country, with resources ex-
haOsted and a future of no promise
Wherever he operated may now be found
prosperous farms coy farm houses
smiling fields hills dotted with horses,
cattle and sheep, cheese factories and
creameries every few miles, and a large
and contented farming population. The
change that has taken place in this sec
ton Of Northern Wisconsin during
the last ten years, is something border
ing on the wonderful, and 1t would be
difficult to make a dweller of the South
ern part of the state realize it by the
mere telling. Dairying stock and sheen
raising and vegetable farming OF gar
dening are the industries that will in
time make this one of the richest ag-
ricultural regions in the Northwest.
Within a region five miles square
there are now five creameries and cheese
factories, and as showing how fast the
farmers are .ITning their attention to
this branch of farming, it may be men
toned that the new cheese factory cs-
tablished in Glenwood last year began
operations in August with total daily re-
ceiptS of milk not exceeding 200 pounds,
whereas today the receipts have reached
the satisfactory daily average of $500
pounds, with every indication of their
exceeding $500 pounds by July l. And
what is true OF the factory IN Glenwood
Is largely true of the others. Six differ
ent varieties of cheese are manufactured
in this vicinity at present, namelyA full
cream, young America, Edam, Leyden,
Holland and Gouda and English.
But cheese and butter making are by
no means the most important industries
that are putting wealth in the farmers
pocket hereabout. The raising Of
horses, cattle, sheep and goats is fast
becoming business of ~overshadowing
Importance with many of the farmers
of this section OF the state The set
tiers Of this region came chiefly from
the older farming states of the Un'on,
such as Pennsylvania, Ohio Illinois, Iowa
and Southern Wisconsin and Minnesota,
where farm problems have been discussed
and in measure, worked out there many
years, and hence they are quick as a rlle
to grasp ideas that promise advantage
and adopt lines of work and effort that
produce desirable results. Hence. when
such men as Hon. a. r. Hail. D. II. Syne
and others introduced and advocated the
raising of sheep and goats as an indus
try peculiarly adapted to the billy regions
of Northwestern Wisconsin, their eX-
ample was followed with an alacrity and
enthusiasm that was refreshing, and
stock raising in almost a single year be-
came business OF extensive and far
reaching scope.
What would some of the farmers Of
Southern Wiscon in say to the prsnc ST.
ton Of a l,210-acre stock farm? With
land worth see per acre, this woul rep
resent an inNcstm n far b Y nd . en-
the dreams Of the average rme but
up here where land is cheap thi is MT
only possibility, but Indeed an estaD-
AAoiiSNl anu very IdnSlDlG TACT.
In the spring Of 1880, right aft-r thu
Glenwood Manufacturing cor pany fin
ished its numbering ore,at'ons on the
tract. MIR. d. II. Syme, of this city, be.
gan the work Of turning 1,20t acres in
sections l, and il, Of the town of Glen
wood, into a stock farm. A la1ce TO ca
OF men was put to work, and after Two
years of unrem.tting effort, Mr.. 8 IN,
has one Of the finest farms In Northern
lGHOnG1n A1Nr
any farm in the state. OF the 200 acres
about $50 are meadow land, hr7I gu
which two beautiful streams known a
Sand and Johns Creeks-both alive with
speckled trout ranging Ia We ignt from
Tour ounces to two poundS-f oW sou h.
easterly. affordiug a neve ia rig D.
ply of the purest water fer the stock on
the farm In building equipment tina
Syme farm viii stard conn arison wi n
many of the best. TO- besides h homes
for the farm hands there are shelters 70 :
from 80 to 100 head Of cattle. from so f.
1,OoO sheep and gaaJs, and in tn eish-
borho0d of so head of hors S. TIL V ar
the shelterinG and stabling acarac;ty viii
be doubled, to make roc m for the natural
and other increase of stock The horsag
and colts are mostly of the famou.
Wilks and Nutwocd strains some of
them with low marks. The cal lie gre
Red Tolls, with a small herd CT Hol stein :
Tor dalryinS purposes. The sheep are of
the celebrated Shropshire breed and TIE
goats Angoras. The sheen and goat de
partment is in charge CT Robert Heizh-
way, an expert, who recently came direct
from the Shropshire country in Englan1
Within the next year the herd will be In.
creased to 800 or more head Of regist red
sheep and upwards of ! SOC Ango-a goats.
The horse and cattle department is in
charge OF John Steele, and the trottfng
pred stock makes fin showing. With
II the last six months bloc led lambs and
KOS have been sold b. Mr.. SNme TO
breeders in all parts of Wisconsin soma
OF them going as far south "a 30 cobel
III Grant county, and others as far moth
as Ashland, TIE foundation stock of the
shropshire sheep was mostly drawn from
prominent Canadian breeders. and Mr.
Syme recently star, ed registry &n n :
his sheep and goats. most of his ADeoras
beng also eligible to registry.
A considerable pori-n of the farm is
devoted TO agriculture, of which depart
ment Mill am Spsague has cha q and
within the KIT year it IS Intended to
erect a residence for tire SUI rilftendeot
TO cost in the neighb 9rhcod Of $1,000
This year it is expected that the farm
will raise 5000 bushels of oats. 1000
bushels Of corn and 900 tons of hay.
Within the last fortnight Mr. SWINE has
purchased I5G &C eS immediat, w sou N
and west Of tie city which he win rs
for pasturage, chi fly but will devote a
considerable portion Of it to tie raisinI
or hay and grain for his stock This will
give nm total acrea &c Of nary ,70l
acres, all under management Inc rded
IN the 45l-2cre t. ct is one Cf tn b ST
hall-miie driving parlos In North IN via
CoisIii' WITH ann le Stablin capacity for