Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-04-28
North Wisconsin Lands.
A Correspondent of TIE Commercial
West" no Visited Oneida and
Villas Counties, Gives His
Impression of This
Country.

Last week the writer spent two days
travelling through portions Of Oneida
and Villas Counties, Wisconsin, on
lands owned by the Blue Grass Land
company of Baldwin, Wis. This land
comprises about 10000 acres of cut
over and timber land. AS a farm
proposition it is typical of much OF the
deforested and semi-deforested lands
Of Wisconsin and Minnesota, and as
such is worthy of description.
The first impression given by the
land to the man from the prairie,
is the ragged look of the cut-over
lands; then this gives place to the
wonder how land could produce such
an increditable great harvest of tim
Der as has grown upon it. Then look
ing at it as a possible crop soil, the
luxuriance of the native grasses and
the cultivated grasses growing wild
along the roads and openings, furni-
shes positive proof that the soil and
climate are right for the raising OF
uncommon crops of at least the for
age crops.
1t seem safe to say that in the
open country between Rhinelander and
the Twin Lakes, northeast Of Eagle
River, the distance covered in the
two days drive, hundred cattle to
the square mile could have been COM
fortably pastured last year, on grass
es that grew up and went to waste,
except for the nibbling of wild deer
and the grazing of a few head OF
settlers stock.
At every point where settlers hav e
opened farms were seen signs OF rich
soil and large crops. Dat stubble and
straw piles suggested the truth Of
assertion of settlers that oats grew
higher than mans head. Glover of
rank second growth and clover hay
stacks of rank stalk everywhere told
the same story of good grass soil.
Timothy and blue grass grew splen-
didly rank in tote roads and in such
open places rs permitted Of the suns
free action on the soil.
The yields of oats and winter wheat
were regular, year by year, and very
heavy. Potatoes had yielded last year,
800 bushels per acre, and OF a quality,
judged by the samples served at the
country hotels, seldom, if ever, i'm
proved upon.
Villas and Oneida counties are the
sections in which the Wisconsin river
rises. They abound in lakes of uncom-
mon beauty. These lakes abound in
fine game fish, and the streams which
are NUMEROUS, are also full OF trout
and other good game fish. Hardly
square mile lacks stream or lake.
1t is a park region by nature.
The opening of farms in this coun-
try will be necessarily slower than
on the Rrairie, but the opening is less
expensive and in the end these farms
will be of the highest value. These
lands are held by the Blue Grass
land Company at from $3.50 to $40
per acre, and they nave one or two
small blocks that they offer at a spec
ial and tempting figures.
/ AS compared with the paying for
a farm in old farming sections ana
the opening of a farm in this country,
a young man has no cause for heSita-
ton. 1t is easier to clear the stumps
from 81 land than to clear, the mort
gage from $40 land. Stumps do not
draw Interest or threaten foreclosure,
and in the end the 81 land has raisen
to the price level of the $40 land and
has raised the holder to wealth along
with it.