Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1909-09-24
Within less thantsn hours ride from

Within less thanten hours ride from
Chicago there are many thousands OF
acres of land, desirable for agriculture
and dairying purposes, which are in
need of settlers and which can be OBJ
tanned at low rates. These lands lie in
the northern part of Wisconsin, and
the experiences of those who have gone
into this country in the last ten years
has proved that when once cleared of
stumps and refuse left behind by the
lumber king and his crews, there is no
better land to be found anywhere in
the central west.
Looking over the vast area of the
state, Wisconsin officials began check
ing up some time ago and found that
less than half of the acres in the state
had been settled. This startling fact
aroused them to action and state
board of immigration was organized.
IL is composed of j. A. Frear, secretary
of state; III. l.. Russell, dean, college
of agriculture; George McKerrow, pre-
sident state board of agriculture, and
A. d. Campbell, commissioner of immi-
grafton.
This board of immigration is doing a
great deal 10 influence settlers to come
to Wisconsin. Mr.. Campbell, who has
just spent several days in Chicago, is
an enthusiast on the posi- Utilities of his
state.
Sat this time when conservation of
resources together with It's t w n
thought intensive farming, is foremost
in the popular mind, is our opportune
moment for consideration Of home
making, opportunities in Wisconsin,"
said Mr.. Campo el /. gu mt /
rece ntly the homeseeksrs
thought more of broad acres than of
reward, of size of possessions rather
than value, of seeding rather than har-
ferent now. We, as people, are now
addressing ourselves to the broader as
poets of the situation. The question
is-how may we get the most from
our effcrts--how make lands yield the
most in human necessities, comfort and
happiness-not for year or even a
life period, but for all time.
THE old regime was best exemplified
in the farm renter who hesitated be-
fore driving a nail or planting shrub;
the new idea by the farm conservatist
all al lC
both in producing crops and preserving
the fertility of soil. In developing and
promulgating scientific thought the
college of agriculture of the University
of Wisconsin,, long leader, is now pro-
badly the most effective institution in
the world.
Every farmer in the state may feel
at liberty to call upon the agricultural
college for information and advice or,
by going to the various experiment
stations, observe the most scientific
methods in operation. Farmers boys
are attending the regular agricultural
course in large numbers and many of
the older people attend the short course.
Farmers Institutes are held every year
university bulletins are of great bene-
fit to farmers Seed is bred by the
agricultural college to improve both
quality and quantity with surprising
benefit to the farmers. The spirit of
progress is in the air.
But what of Wisconsin's oppor-
tunitiese 1t probably will surprise the
reading public to be told that only
about one-half of Wisconsin's fertile
acres are occupied. Such, however, is
the fact, and it is Jet sn open question
whether the most valuable acres are oc-
cupied or unoscupied.
why? Because, as stated above, the
idea of homsseekers in the past has
been that of vast areas for grain rails
ing. Wheat was once kirS, and the
prairie was uppermost in the minds Of
the homessekers. The depletion OF the
soil through grain raising had not been