The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-30
Marig1ette County
Means Prosperity to the Home
seeker, as Much So as It Has
to the Lumberman.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Marinette, Wis, Sept. 29.-For many |
years past this has been a great lumber
center, but where a little while ago
the sound Of the ak and buzz OF the |
saw were music to the ear, today IS
heard the call of the plowboy to his
team.
This nGarden Spot of Wisconsin,
gave much to the lumberman, but. 1t
the pillow.
Marinette county has a population Of
$4,000.
The largest city in the county is
Marinette, the county seat.
Marinette, together with it's sister
s ct 9oo has
cities in every respect.
Located here at the mouth OF the
Menominee river is million dollar beet
sugar factory, one Of the largest in the
United States This factory means
much to the farmers of this county;
The sugar company pays a fiat rate Of
1925 per ton for sugar beets and fur
ciay a ada dss to s sugar beets results
obtained in many instances having ex-
ceeded those Of the Wisconsin state
iversity farm, which shows an aver
age for eleven years of 1877 tons per
acre. One customer Of the sugar fac
tory in 1904 shows return from two
acres Of sugar heets of $236:65.
+ Sugar beets are not like other crops,
supply and demand do not regulate
their price. When the crop is planted in
the spring there is a guaranteed price
for the harvest and one can sell all he
raises. IsS 1901. zirs ~
| Farmers torthey north and south are
shipping beets to this factory and pay
ing the freight. They find livery prof
! liable even at this expense. To man
| looking for farm this expense can be
avoided by purchasing land in Mari
| nette county near the factory.
The soil of Marinette county varies
from clay loan in some localities to
| a sand loan with clay subsoil In 9th
tive. Capital would not invest mil
lion dollars in a factory that depended
upon the soil for it's raw material I'M
less upon investigation by experts it
| had been found to be the best. This in
itself is assurance enough, that those
wishing farms will make no mistake in
locating in Marinette county.
Climate and Water.
are as important as the soil, as they are
conducive to good health, and unless one
has good health he: cannot enjoy prosper.
ity and happiness. In Marinette county
the climate is healthy, as is well known
Here is where the sportsman and the
office man from the large cities and
inland towns come to spend their vaca-
lions and regain health and enjoy the
pastlme of hunting and fishing: The
waters Of the state are famed for theil
purity; especially lis this so along the
eastern border line. the waters from
| the Waukesha and .Allouez springs being
bottled and shipped to the large cities
In Marinette county the small lakes anc
streams are fed by running springs OF
pure water and. they teeem with the
native brook and rainbow trout.
The markets here at all times are the
| best. What one has to sell commands
high prices, while commodities to be
purchased come cheaply from the mar
kets Of the world by several boat lines
and four railroads
! This county has no equal for diversi
fed farming. The average yield PEI
acre for cereals far exceeds that of Thu
igh-priced lands in the older states
| both in quantity and quality. The sam,
can be said Of root crops
Fruits do well, as can be shown by
old orchards.
AS for dairying and stock raising
there is no better county on earth
Grasses never winter kill and pasture.
. remain green Until snow falls. Native
grasses grow in abundance and timo
thy and clover can be found growing
wild in the woods, having seeded itsel
from hay being hauled into the camp
: OF the lumbermen
Throughout the county at centra
points cheese factories and creamerie
are in operation.
II The advantages to anyone locatin,
/, IN Marlnette county are many. 4
3 complete crop failure is unknown. Sc
5 we're storms have never visited thi
3 section. There is no disease peculiar t
this climate. One is not locating in al
!. entirely un9developed country whe1
one brings his family here, as prosper
GUS settlements have been built Ii
every few miles throughout the coun
: ty. The little red schoolhouses dot tn
country roads and churches of differ
ent denominations are to be found Of
! most every prominent corner.
z Good roads network the county an,
. a drive over them is pleasure. Els
! tablished along these roads are tn
8 rural free delivery routes.
!, just fifty miles to the south is Brow
!. county, where improved farm lands ar
| bringing from 500 to 1925 an acre
Here they are selling wild lands tina
t will produce as much as 800 lands a
/ from Sc to SIS an acre and improve
g lands at from $25 to $50 an acre.
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