Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-08-18

Favorable, and nowhere else in thi:
country are they more so than in thi:
county. Here the climate is healthfu
and lnyigorating; the land is cheap and
easily acquired and the market is gooC
for all kinds of produce. 1t is an idea
place for poor man who wishes to ge1
a start and become independent. 1t i:
also just the place for man with some
capital. Many of the cleared farms are
owned by men who until a few years
ago made their living by numbering and
clearing their lands between times
wages being good and work plentiful
but for these farming is too slow. and
they are selling out to practical farmers
who are taking their place. Cleared
farms can be bought at prices that will
pay 10 per cent interest on the invest
ment.
Mr.. Jacob Dix, of Fenwood, Wis,
young man whose parents brought
him to Marathon county twenty-five
years ago, when he was but year
old, started a farm of his own four
years ago where there had not been an
axe on the place before. Last week he
wrote
81 have twenty acres of clearing and
good looking crop of all kinds. The
wheat and rye is all standing in
shocks, and barley and oats turning
ripe. The corn is little later than
usual but otherwise looks well. There
is good wild land yet to be had in
Marathon county, and / advise any
reader of the Agriculturist, who in
tends to buy, to do it as soon as pos
sible, for it will be cheaper that way.
Land has gone up some and it will be
st;ll higher before long. / am not a
land agent, only farmer, but will be
glad to answer any questions of Agri-
culturist readers, We can raise any
kind of crops. Hay was very heavy
crop this year and wheat, rye, barley
and oats are always good. Potatoes
are sure and we can raise the finest
kind of rutabagas and turnips. Peas
do not do quite as well as they did
ten years ago. Corn is always a goo'i
crop if planted in time. We can also
raise apples in this county. / bough
half dozen trees four years ago.
They are looking fine and bearing this
summer. Those who buy lands now
have the advantage of those who came
twenty y-five years ago because then
every stick had to be burned while
now everything can be sold at a good
price Work was not so plenty then
bnt now anyone can earn good wages
the year around. The winters are not
so cold nor long as they were years
ago and we are having much earlier
springs"
Mr. Martin Lueck, of Hamburg, who
has slved in Marathon county foI
some time writes that it is fine
country for farmers and dairymen
His letter is dated August 2nd and he
says;
"The farmers are now at work
among the winter wheat and rye. The
crop of wheat, oats, peas and barley
is very good and late sowed oats is al
right We had good weather here dur
ing haying time. The hay in this
county grows as well as it does any
where. There are also plenty of berries
Tobacco is not raised very much. The
climate is mild, the winters not toe
cold and the summers not too hot
This year we had plenty of rain but
no hard rains or storms. The people
around here haul their milk to the
creameries, cheese facoories and skim
micg stations. We M < twelve co~s
and get $50 pounds of milk nearly every
morning The average test here is 4
I to 4.6 pei cert The country is wei
settled with nice roads and farms and
there is plenty of timber land yet to be
had"
Mr. Matt Knippel, of Bevent, who
lives in the southeastern part of Mara
then county says there is still a good
chance to buy wild ard improved lands
at very low figure but they are get
ting higher every year. Mr.. Knippel
has lived in Marathon county ten years
and speaks from actual experience
when he says:
"This is just as healthful place TO
live in as anywhere in Wisconsin. The
winters are no harder and the summers
are always pleasant. All crops grow
fine that can be raised anywhere in the
state. The country is well watered
with springs, rivers and lakes; good
timber grows in abundance. The mark
ct for timber and farm produce is ex
cellent. Creameries are being estab
lished everywhere and people are com
ing in here more and more every year.
Mr.. NJ. c. Sennott, Granite Heights
thinks visit to the Marathon county
fair W. convince anyone that this is a
farming country and the Agriculturist
hopes that as many of its readers as pos
sible will attend that fair. In his letter
received last week Mr.. Sennott also
says:
This locality is very good one fol
| farming. 1t is ideal for clover and
hard TO beat for grasses. / am salts
fed that other grasses besides timothy
and clover can be grown to advantage
and would not be surprised to SEE
Bronze grass grow well. Also certain
kinds of alfalfa Potatoes and nearly
all kinds of vegetables are abundant
This spring has been backward. but
nearly all grain crops look well and
grow very fast, even those put in late
We are never troubled with cattle ol
swine diseases and the country IS vel
adapted to raising all kinds of stock
| have seen . tons of timothy and
clover cut from one acre alone the frs
crop this year and it will yield just a
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