The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-03-14
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sugar EeetS Interest WISCONSIN,
The sugar beet has some good friends
in Wisconsin, though there is but one
factory in the state Menomonee Falls,
near Milwaukee,; and Professor Hen
ry, the official head Of our agriculture
al interests. puts up an argument in
favor Of tariff against Cuban sugar
that has much force, if one comedies
the protective argument. 1t is just
question if the people who use sugar
are willing to pay a bigger price for
q time while Wisconsin farmers raise
beetS and get the factories under way.
There was a meeting OF farmers in
Clear Lake, near New Richmond, the
other day, when a Minnesota man
talked to the farmers, who packed
the hall with their wives and
children. Germany has 495 beet sugar
factories, while the United States, the
principal sugar consuming country Of
the world, has but thirty-eight. He
stated that SO per cent. of the sugar
consumed in the world is made from
beets, which surprised his listeners.
There is a prospect that many farm
ers in that territory will try the expert
ment, and put in an acre or two of SUI
gar beets this season. One Of the good
things about the crop is that everyone,
even the old and feeble can work at it.
Beets can be planted in all sorts Of
places about the farm and worked in
odd hours.
Many Settlers for the North.
There are indications of rush Of
settlers into the northern counties this
spring. This is due not more to the
dissatisfaction with conditions abroad
than the energy of land companies and
other investors in lands who are work
ing them off by promoting immigra-
ton. One company in which we'll
known men of the state are interested,
recently purchased $4,000 acres in Tay-
1or county for S. an acre. Already g
mile square has been sold for twice
that, and as there is considerable tim
Der On the land, the investment COW
ering a period of years should be
choice A large number of Scandina-
VANS and immigrants from Bulgaria
have arrived in Gates county this
week over the 500 line The business
conditions of Norway and Sweden are
very poor, and thousands of labOrers
are out Of work. Naturally they will
flock to America. Denmark, Poland,
and Northern Germany will also send
large numbers of people into the
states.
Transplanting Big Trees.
Spring is at hand and every man
and woman, too-Who has right stuff
is impatient to set a hen, put seeds
in the ground or plant a tree. On
the comfortable Of every properly or
dered home may be seen seed cata-
logues, or the latest list from the
nurseryman.
A Marshfield man makes q speciality
carries picture of a wagon with a tree
fourteen inches in diameter success
fully transplanted four years ago, now
standing in Effinger park at BarabOO
He has had thirty years experience
and is prepared to plant and trans
plant trees of any size up to twelve
iucbac TThCSo who x-ici+od tho x,,o,.I,9,c
fair remember some very large trees
which had been moved to the park.
The fact is, if one is willing to pay the
bill. trees of almost any size can be
transplanted and rich men of the cit
les who wish beauty regardless OF cost
are proving it. Of course, frequent
transplanting of young trees, with at
tendant cutting off of the branching
rootlets makes for a compact body Of
roots, which sooner establish cOnnec-
ton with the fruitful soil.
Religious Works in the Back Woods
One can find all kinds of life in Wis
consin. One of the societies establish
ing churches and Sunday schools in
the northern counties reports a scene
twelve miles from the railroad in a
log cabin:
Here is a mother, who, some time
i'll her life had seen better days. She
now has eight children, oldest Is years,
and the youngest Is months When l
heard from her last she had no -four,
no clothing for the children to attend
school. They were all at home. When
the children do attend they are obliged
to walk four miles each way to the dis
trict schOolhOuse. The husband and
father is poor, miserable wretch of
a drunkard. But here is the wife and
mother of the ght children facing the
shame and poverty all alone. She said: /,
oh, 1 am so thankful to God for some
thing that will help me to bring up
my children right, for 1 cannot do it !