The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-03-14

| Northern M1nnesota's Development.
A Duluth correspondent of the Com
mercial West contributes to that paper
the following article on the future de-
velopment of northern Minnesota.
The article is we'll worth perusal.
The future development of northern
Minnesota lands promises to be along
the lines of dairying and truck farm
ing. Those qualified to Judge recog-
nize that the character of the soil and
climate render these lands especially
adapted to this class of agricultural
industry. Unfortunately this knowl-
edge, through lack of proper adver-
Using, has yet to reach eastern home
seekers versed in the arts of dairying
and raising garden produce.
Had the advantages of this section
ever been exploited as have the no
greater merits of some of the neigh
boring states it is likely that by now
| northern Minnesota lands would be in
big demand for dairy farms while the
tracts in the vicinity of the cities and
towns would be sought at good prices
for truck farms.
Experts agree that the lands of
northern Minnesota afford infinitely
better opportunities for premium
dairy farms than do those of Denmark
and Sweden. It is declared that the
finest, richest, succulent clover of any
in the world can be produced on the
ground that has been "mulched for
centuries and centuries by the forest
trees. Such clover will, beyond all
manner of doubt, produce the: best of
milk and cream and the butter prod
ucts, by experience and care, can be
made to take rank even above the
wOrldrenowned butter of Denmark.
AS for the truck farming industry in
the vicinity of the cities and towns,
northern Minnesota will certainly
produce everything that southern
Canada, northern Vermont and New
Hampshire and central Maine will.
There is almost undisputable evidence
from limited experience, as we'll as
from the nature of the soil, that the
yields of such truck farms will, in the
hands of skilled garden workers, far
surpass even the famous yields of
Maine and Ontario. The steady
growth of the cities of this section and
the present high cost of importing
"garden sass" from other states as
sures ready and steady markets for
all vegetables, at good profits.
Of course, the heavily timbered ma
ture of most of the land will necessi-
tate considerable work in clearing,
but an expert farmer and dairyman
would welcome an encircling belt of
timber as the best of wind and storm
breaks and as affording shelter for
cattle in summer and whenever the in
clemency of the season does not ne
cessitate confinement in barns. The
experiences of those who have so far
made eminent successes of dairy places
in this region prove these claims.
To the objection that there are few
roads through northern Minnesota
and that rail communication is of the
poorest, it may safely be answered
that roads will be constructed and
electric or steam lines will follow
quickly on the demand for service.
That has been the experience every
where else and there is no reason for
thinking that it will fail in this Sec
ton. That all of northern Mime
sofa, except, of course, the forest re-
serve, will be a string of dairy and
truck farms before many years is
safe speculation.