The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-05-16
FARMERS ARE COMING
And Will Cultivate the Fertile Lands of
Northern Wisconsin.

in these localities; and now we come
to northern Wisconsin.
Our reporter has recently returned
from that locality, ana his report of
the same is we'll worth looking into
by those who are seeking improved
or unimproved lands, from which to
make a home. Nature has indeed
been lavish in the distribution of her
asourses throughout this locality
innate, timber soil, water, cheap
transportation, and convenient mar
ket--all are here, and everything com
bines to make it an ideal place for di-
versifled farming.
To one who has watched the devel-
opments of northern Wisconsin from
a primeval wilderness to country
made up of we'll developed, prosper
Gus and happy farm homes, thriving
village and busy cities, words are in
adequate to properly describe the
transformation that has been wrought
by the hand of sturdy industry, No
where in all that vast expense of
prairie and timber country, known rs
the Great Northwest, is there to be
found a region that offers better in
I ducements OF more golden opportuni-
ties to the nomeseeker than Northern
/ Wisconsin.
1t is a land teemiug with agricultu-
raj resources and industrial possibil-
ities as yet but partially realized II
| is favored with soil that yields
abundantly a crop OF every kind that
| can be planted in this latitude. Ii Is
pre- eminertly the land of clover and
| timothy. Potatoes and all root crops
/ flourish wonderfully, while an exper-
fence extending over thirty years has
demonstrated that corn, as well IA all
other grains, can be successfully
grown here AS 200 miles furtner south.
Northesn Wisconsin has during the
! past five years been the Mecca Ut
/ thousands Of homeseekers OF most
desirable class, and the coming year
promises TO eclipse all previous re
cords.
Fifteen crops have been grown one
after an other on lands in northern
I Wisconsin, without enrichng by ma
nure or other means This shows
what stability the soil possesses, 1t
Shows, too, that the farmers who own
and till those tracts know a good
thing Last season many parts Of
northern Wisconsin were visited by
specula tors who thought they could
get any piece of ground they LAID
their eyes upon for almost nothing.
They got left, Farmers refused to sell
in many cases for any money. They
wanted to keep their homes for refuge
in old age. Their families refused to
consent to change Of location being
perfectly satisfied with climate and
the comfort OF their homes . hers
who owned unimprovedf tr m la uds
sold at at a good figure, making from
two TO three times what they paid for
1t few years ago.
The fact is that northern Wisconsin
is a splendid place TO live The win.
ters are no more severe than the
northern Illinois and the grazing
season is mucn longer. Sheep and
cattle can run out into the neld and
pastures nearly the entire winter.
They do not have TO be housed and
fed Tor the long time that they do in
Illinois and Iowa This means saw
ing of money in feed and also better
stock. If you want choice home,
costing little more than the labor re-
qulred TO build it, buy some OF the
lands in northern Wisconsin.