The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-04-18

the northern part. This is especially
true of the sons and daughters of our
tanners Familiar with our customs
and practices, anG know ing of our in
terests socially and politically, these
people drifting northward, become the
very best of farmers and citizens.
They are proud of Wisconsin and 10y
al to its every interest.
Thousands of readers of this article
need not be told what can be produc-
ed in the northern half of our state.
For the benefit of others let it be not
ed that grasses and clovers flourish
particularly in this region. Timothy
grows everywhere and Kentucky blue
grass seems Indigenous for one finds
it creeping along the roadside and
through the spare spots III the TIM
ber lands. The clovers are particular.
ly at home. Red and alsike clover
usually give two crops a year. These
plants are not 80 easily KILLED out in
winte. as in southern Wisconsin, be-
cause when winter comes on i'll cur
northland cold weather prevails con
tinuously and there is the absence of
freezing and thawing which liz so fatal
to clover life White clover is found
everywhere in the north, and, like the
blue grass, seems Indigenous, We all
know that the potato plant thrives
soil. Central Wisconsin is already
widely advertised for its great crops
of magnificent potatoes. In that re-
gion this tuber has paid off many a
mortgage What is true OF the cen
tral portion of the state holds equally
we'll for large regions further north.
Northern grown potatoes are more
completely filled with starch and pos
sess higher, better flavor than the
soggy, half developed specimens of
The same tuber growing further south
in this country. Rutaoagas, sugar
beets, common peas and garden vege.
tables generally are of the highest
quality when grown in the north, A
plant that should be particularly
dwelt upon is the common field pea
and garden pea We all know that
Canada grows choice brand of field
peas Northern Wisconsin can easily
equal Canada. The same variety of
pea vines which will grow 25 feet
high in southern Wisconsin will stretch
up to 3.5 and even four feet in north
ern Wisconsin. The yield of field peas
is from twenty to thirty five bushels
per acre. They are free from pea
weevil. Peas can be grown for hay
and the grain is an excellent food for
dairy cows and fattening hogs. In
the not distant future there will be
factories established all over noi thern
Wisconsin canning this delicious vege.
table when in the beat stage for pre-
servation.
But am asked: What about In
dian corn; will it grow in northern
WisconsinY BY the proper selection
of varieties and growing ones own
seed, this greatest of all crops in the
Mississippi valley will become a com.
mon one all over the north. II the
farmers can grow corn az far north az
Wunepeg, Manitoba, as they are do
ing, what is the use of questioning the
possibilities of growing corn in north
ern Wisconsin? Oats, barley and
wheat, especially the former, yield
good crops in northern Wisconsin.
TIE finest field of oats the writer ever
saw was in northern Wisconsin. I'm
der favorable conditions as much as
100 bushels Of Oats per acre have been
produced, although the common yield
is from forty to fifty bushels per acre.
With al Of these facts firmly estab-
lished there IL no need of longer dis
cussing what crops can be grown in
our new north The next question is:
"What industries will flourish there
aside from mere crop growing
Firs, Of all let it be known that
uortlern Wisconsin II particularly
adapted to dairying and in diarying,
cheese production should be the lead
ing line The farmers Of IowA and
northern Illinois can produce milk
which will make fine butter. These
farmers, however, cannot send milk
to the factory that will make the high
est grade Of cheese. Milk for cheese
making must he purer and more whole
some than that which will make good
butter Now, because Of it's abund
arce Of luscious grasses, its healthful
climate and its cool, purer waters
every where present the farmers OF
northern Wisconsin have special ad
yantages for the production Of milk Of
upnsal excellence, and from such milk
there can be made a quality Of cheese
that IL equaIed nowhere else in all this
great country We all know the high
aualiCy Of Canada cheese. Wisconsin's
climate Is much the same as that of
Canada, the difference being in our
favor If anyteing Farmers should en-
deayor therefore to secure cheese fac
tories and engage extensively in the