The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1906-06-21
Timber Lands Of Wisconsin.
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
One of the causes that has con
tributed to the boom in the prairie
lands of the west and the neglect of
advantage offered by the timbered
lands of northern Wisconsin is the
prejudice against trees and stumps
entertained by a majority OF the
homeseekers. The cleared and cul-
tivate0 farms of the timbered section
OF this state are attractive, but
when the prospective farmer turns
his eyes to the forest land and en-
tiers into a mental calculation of the
amount of labor required to make an
attractive farm of it he hesitates.
Hence the rush OF settlers, the
crowded trains, hotels, and depots,
in the prairie states, and the almost
entire absence of landseekers in
Wisconsin.
Yet there are thousands of sue
cnssful farmers in northern Wiscon.
sin who can testify TO the fact that
The timber on their lands has been
a source of profit, rather than an ex-
pense. It requires labor to clear
land, to cut trees. remove the
stumps, and dig out the roots, but
the timber crop is prof table one.
Here are some of the uses to which
the timber can be put by the settler
whose me8 rs are limited:
He can build good, warm log
house at small cost for doors, Win
dows, and flooring. The prairie
homebuilder must buy lumber at
the prevailing high prices or live in
a sod hut.
He can build log barns and stab
les that will for years shelter his
stock IN comfort and preserve his
stored products. The prairie
farmer has no logs.
He can cut wood on his land for
fuel and the fuel bill in every family
amounts to more than the cost of
-four. The prairie settler must buy
coal, haul it from the nearest rail
way station, and take his chances
on not being able to secure it at
any price when a coal famine occurs
a not infrequent happening. Some
prairie farmers burn corn when it
is cheap and sun flowers have been
raised in many instances.
CAN PROFITABLY EMPLOY HIS TIME.
The settler on tlmbered land can
find a market for every tree that
grows on his place. Those that will
make merchantab lumber can be
sold TO the sawmilis; others can be
made into cord wood, railroad ties.
pulp wood, fierce posts, telegraph
and telephone poles. In this work
the settler can proftably employ his
'ime while the prairie farmer is idle,
waiting for the planting or harvest
1g season.
When the nor thern Wisconsin far
ner has cut the trees from an acre
land and marketed the product be
an. without removing the stumps.
ultivate the land at a profit for
everal years. He can raise the
est grass in the world Or stump
md and there is more profit in an
ere of potatoes raised on new land
hen but oDe-half of the surface can
cultivated than there is in an
ere of the best No. | hard wheat
1er grown in the Dakotas or west
n Canada.
Wisconsin, already has won high
ank as a dairy state and experts
hat have made careful examina-
ION Of the soil and grass products
the northern section are unanim.
is in the opinion that the great
airy counties of central and south
IN Wisconsin will be forced to
'ield. thes palm to the northern coun-
les in few years. Prof. Johns,
uperintendent of the Marathon
;ounty Agricultural school, said ia
Deafness Cannot be Cured
by local applications, as they can
-nt reach the diseased portion OF the