The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-01-02

opportunity imam Jne prebeut I'd seCure
farm, build good home surround
himself with some good breed of cate
at the lowest minimum cost, and be
independent. Michigan lands are
good, we'll watered, near to market,
will produce as much grain and grass
and bring double the money IL fed to
cattle hogs and sheep as the cheap
western lands
"a man last spring. in county ad
joining Bay, bought square mile Of
land at 81. 80 per acre. fenced it with
wire fence. bought 100 head of good
steers in Chicago fed them on grass,
self seeded. or that had been seeded
from drawing hay to lumber camps
when the land was cleared of timber.
and sold them in September at an ad-
vance over the purchase price for near
ly enough to pay the cost of the land,
except fencing. And there was plenty
Of grass, not found by the cattle, still
available. / might add here that these
cattle were chiefly Galloway grades.
have observed that the beef breeds
of cattle of Galloway, Shorthorn or
fdav ID blood seem to do well in every
Ironwoo.,cypty, while the .Ieresy lis
wife and for the dairy.
From a standpo of hardness in
cold climates / would give the Gallo
way the preference for beef breed.
They have shaggy coats Of hair with
a soft uncercoat much like wool, i'm
pervious too water or snow In winter,
and thick enough to protect them from
flies and mosquitoes In summer.
1--WE have thousands of Michigan
young men working in the factories
that will not be worth any more
financially decade later than today
who might have good homes on good
farms in Michigan, at very little cost,
IL they would locate on some of these
lands and take hold of the business end
of agriculture with energy and well
directed effort.
~ believe / would rather stay in
Michigan and get rich raising live
stock than to go to Cuba with Fro.
Lille and raise yellow Jack, even IL
it is so much like the Garden Of
Eden. Two young men from Oakland
county have gone north of Lake Super
Tor with thousand head of young
cattle and are doing well. The cattle
get fat on the range and the mercury
40 below zero on some days. They
have grades of nearly all the beef
breeds, but will produce mostly Gallo.
ways, as they stand the climate well.
There are some men operating on the
same plan in the lower peninsula,
having paid from $500 to $500 for
shaggy coated Galloways or Shorthorn
bulls TO breed from.
Several tracts Of land are now
being prepared by fencing for raising
cattle in the northern counties one man
saying he would produce 100 head Of
shaggy coats for buffalo robes annually,
as the buffalo is thing of the past,
while robes, overcoats and capes can be
made from Galloway hides and the
meat is the best beef produced at the
least cost per pound Northern Mich
igan produces immense crops of oats,
peas, barley, potatoes, turnips and
hay TO feed cattle and faten them In
the winter months. The grass will
do the same in the summer. even on
stump land that has never been plow-
ed. There il plenty of room, plenty
of good land for 30, 900 more young
energetic farmers to engage in the
business of raising beef and mutton,
with the profits from the hides for
robes and coats and the wool for cloth
ing.