The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-19

movement to the farms of the timber
country in the fall Central and north
ern Wisconsin farms have shown remark
able yields. Farmers are profting from
dairy products and creating records in
that line which are advertising the
country to advantage. The fact that the
danger of crop failure in the timber
country is small and that the average
Wisconsin farm can be paid for in mar
ketjng the timber is attracting many land
seekers that way. The land of the big
red clover has a bright future and land
seekers are beginning to find it out.
Advantages In Wisconsin,.
G. w. Bell, land commissioner of the
road, writes of northwestern Wisconsin
roads, writes of northwestern Wisconsin
as follows: zas
In comparing the year 1902 with the corre-
spending period of last year, | believe the
opportunities for settlers are now much bet
ter than they have been at any time during
the pioneer days of Wisconsin, for the fol-
lowing reasons:
Desirable lands for farming and stock rails
ing can be secured at low price; they are
situated in well watered country, along
magnificent lines of transportation and in
counties where new railroad facilities are
opening up, affordng the new settler the
best markets of the world for the sale OF
his stock and farm products. People are
quite apt to say that there are no such OPP
portunities now for obtaining homes and
farms and developing them into valuable
properties as there were in the early days IN
the settlement of Minnesota and the Dakotas.
The early pioneers settled on lands long dis
tances from railway facilities and waited
many years for the railways to build to them
before they had any markets for their prod
ucts The truth is the lands in northwestern
Wisconsin were for many years considered
only valuable for timber and the agricultural
prospects were entirely overlooked Coco
farmers who, have been living for years on
rented farms are just beginning to reallze
that lands can be secured for about the same
price per acre they have been paying an
nually for rent These lands have proved to
be more desirable for stock, and will often
produce as good crops of small grain ana
vegetables as do the high priced lands. Ths
practical farmer who has spent many years
of labor to enrich the man from whom he
rented his lands, is now seeking for gooo
farm lands in Wisconsin. The advantages o.
the splendid markets enjoyed by settlers on
these lands is the feature which offers thss
most encouragement to settlers. They can,
| in few years, not only pay for their FARMS
t5but will become independent.
I If the present price of meat continues, tne
| farmer who gets a stock farm established
will get a splendid income from small in
! vestment and with the rapid increase IN pop
l:uation. the extending OF railway systems, the
| opening 5up of new industries and the ever
WIDENING mark 1t is safe to say no one can
buy these cheap lands now without being
sure of a large increase in value when they
are improved and the country is settled up 6
The social surroundings in these counties
are those of an orderly, prosperous and
| progressive community; the settlers are made
up from the best class of farmers, English,
4 Americans, Scandinavians and Germans, most
of them from the older settled portions OF
| Illinois, Iowa. Minnesota and Nebraska. !
would advise homeseekers who desire to in
/ vestigate for themselves, to visit this country
! and interview some of the settlers who have
been there for a year two, find out what
| crops they can grow; kind of climate and the
1 advantages of churches and schools to be
found in northwestern Wisconsin, and | Will
venture to say that they will feel we'll paid
| for their trouble.