Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-10-16
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Rev. John. T. Kendall Writes from Lang
lade county
DEERBRooK. WIS. 0ctober

DEERBRooK, Wis, october 4.
EDITOR CENSOR:
1t is year today since | left the old
home and went to the north part of our
state. Quite few have asked many
questions concerning the location,
drainage, climate, soil, and crops of the
section in which | reside.
| Permit me to submit these few notes
ii your more than welcome paper.
/ "Langlade county is, if you will OBJ
serve, quite little to the north and
east of Vernon. Our county is not
nearly as rough as Vernon, though it
contains large percentage of low land.
Land in the northern part of the county
has nearly all been cleared of the heavy
timber. There are many splendid hard
wood cuttings still left. The southern
half is pretty much under cultivation
ard presents many splendid farm views
to the observer. AS a fair example OF
the state of development | might say
that less than ten years ago large pine
stumps stood in Main street near the
bank building, and now the little city
of 5000 represents all the modern i'm
provements aside from the street cars.
AS to drainage. the developments so far
have not called for that only where
highways have been extended into the
marsh districts. The whole county is
crossed from the northeast to the south
west by the Eau Claire river, which
with its smaller tributaries furnish ex-
cellent drainage. The surveys indicate
that the water level is continually low
ering as the timber is removed and in
quite few instances farmers have mad
to deepen their wells.
The soil varies from a sandy loan to
heavy red clay; this is pretty much
the case all over the county. In addi-
ton to this the land in many places is
covered to some extent with large
stones similar to those on Coon Prairie.
The farmers have been paying from
twenty to forty dollars an acre to have
these stones removed. This plus the
cost of extracting the stumps and clear
ing the ground often brings the bill to
sixty-fve dollars an acre.
This year the climate has ranged
from 20 to 81 below zero to 10S in the
shade. The rainfall is but a fraction
below that of Vernon county.
The statistical bureau report for frost
was June q for the last and Sept. %
as the first for 1907.
The productions of the county are
not so many in variety as Vernon.
Our dairys are equal to them and on
the whole / believe we have better
pasturage.
AS a general rule no corn is raised
and but small acreage of oats. Clover
and millet in abundance, and plenty of
timothy
We raise a great many potatoes but
vegetables as a whole are represented
in the minority.
The county exhibits at the fair were
far less numerically than Vernon's but
average well in quality in every line.
| am not prepared to give any infor
nation on the market shipments of any
of the productions or the stock market
quotations for our county.
One statement might be introduced
here by way of explanation. The peo-
pie are never at loss to find employ
ment since the lumber industry furnish
es employment to all. This in a way
retards the progress of agriculture as
the people consider it only secondary
in making a living.
Trusting these few lines of informa-
ton might be of interest to Vernon
farmers.
remain, an interested reader of the
CENSOR. JOHN T. KENDALL.