The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-17

found in every little community Of
farmers as we'll as in the towns.
Fifth-The roads and highways here
were a surprise to me; did not ex-
pect to find very good roads in new
have seen the necessity for such, and
started out on the right plan, and today
all sections of the county are con-
nected by good, substantially built turn
pike roads, passable at all times and
seasons.
Sixth-The. county has three main
lines Of railway within it's border: the
and the Green Bay & Western, with the
Foster & Northeastern, branch line
running from the Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha railway, thru the
center of the county, and Uncle Sam
has arranged a system Of rural free de-
livery in the county by which nearly
every farmer in the county is on line
Of daily mail delivery.
acknowledgements and cheese fac
tories are in easy reach of nearly all
the farmers, and this is essentially a
dairy county, with it's abundant growth
| OF grass and clover, and farmers who
| have gone into stock and sheep are MAX
Ing money.
Eighth-We can raise anything here
in the way of farm products, except
corn, in greater YIELDS and abundance
than can be raised in Ohio. Being an
this, but [ know it to be true. I can
not recommend this country as corn
country at present. AS the country is
opened up and developed it may in time
produce good corn. but for feed and
/ fodder we do not need the corn here.
There are other crops that we raise in
abundance, that we could not raise in
Ohio, that take and supply the place of
corn.
Ninth-The climate here is fine and
invigorating. We have no malaria OF
malarial fevers. Our winters are but
a trifle longer than the winter in Ohio
but are not near as disagreeable. Wher
the cold weather comes on, it is steady
until spring days come, and the air, be
ing dry, we do not feel temperature
of 10 to 20 degrees below zero here az
we did temperature of 20 degrees
above zero in the moist climate Of
/, Ohio. l and my family have enjoyed
the best Of health here.
Tenth-You know generally abou
the averagesyield per acre in crops here
SO [ will mention the average Of few
only on my own farm and the farms O.
my neighbors: Oats, per acre, so bush
acre, 200 bushels; wheat, per acre, 81
bushels.
There has been rapid development
! and settlement Of this country since
came here five years ago and CORE
spending advance in the price of lanG
! [ could sell for nearly 100 per cent &C
vance on the price I paid, but kno,
. that my farm will be worth much NOR
in a few years. The majority of tn
), farms in this county are held by thrift
intelligent Germans, and you know thu
4 where they are settled in numbers til
), land is good and values never reced
I Occasionally an opportunity offers itse
I here for an improved farm or partly in
: proved farm at from $50 to $50 an acr
e Wild unimproved lands can be bougl
8 for from $40 to 500 an acre, that whe
q cleared up and improved are worth mol
L than the farm lands near Ottawa thu
: sell from 500 to 1925 an acre. Sue
t land can be bought for one-fourth |
:, one-half Of the purchase price dow
e take the labor or expense to clear lar
. here that it did in Ohio, as none of tt
g tree growth here sends down a tapro,
: livery far into the ground.
I understand that some Of my O.
r neighbors are talking Of going. to son
t Of the southwestern states, Missou1
t Arkansas or Texas. They surely wi
d make mistake if they do 50 instes
:. of coming to Wisconsin. The advantage
of a change are all in favor of Wisco
d sin and the disadvantages none.
9 any of my old neighbors contemplate
8 change send them here to Clark count
j Let. them come to Greenwood and
e think that can convince them that he
S is the place to locate to live and NAL
e money in farming. If there is anythi1
e i in regard to this locality that ha,