Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1910-01-07
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THE DAIRY IN
NORTHERN WIS.

That Northern Wisconsin will be a
great dairy country, there can be nc
doubt in the minds of thinking men
after careful consideration of the
conditions that prevail there. No ex-
pert in dairying has ever been known
to come to any other conclusion. Prof
fessors of the Wisconsin, Minnesota
Iowa and Kansas Agricultural Colleges
and experimental farms haze carefully
inspected conditions in Northern Wis
consin and the unanimous conclusion
is tffat q ere is there all the advanta-
jges, and rome of the natural disadvan
tages, to hadairy industry 1t is worthy
of note that Scientific men who, ten
years ago, we're somewhat conservative
in their statements of opinion as to the
future dairy interests of Northern Wis
consin, have become more and more
emphatic as time has born out their
early statements.
The dairy demands an abundance of
grass and a good climate. In these
particulars Northern Wisconsin is not
surpassed by any country. All the
tame grasses grow in great abundance
throughout this section. Timothy and
clover have sprung up where hay has
been hauled over logging roads. In
many opening, where they have got
started, they have crowded out all
other growth Once introduced into a
field, they continue year after year to
produce immense crops. No zone seems
to have heard of a case of winter Kill
ern v isconsin. Second crops are
moved in nearly every meadow. Lar
ger crops of hay are raised on the cheap
lands of Northern Wisconsin than on
the high priced lands of the older com
munities. Ten dollars and upwards
per acre is often paid for grass standing
in the meadows.
1t is the oft expressed opinion of ex-
perts that the grasses of Northern
Wisconsin are of much more nutritive
quality, and this opinion would appear
to be supported by the expersence OF
many of the poorer settlers here, who
from necessity at the start, were una
BILE to FEED grain to their cows, in
which cases the animals come out of
their winter period in surprisingly
good condition.
Oats and barley,-two excellent
grains for the dairyInan, do exceed
ingly well in Northern Wisconsin. Corn
is forcing its way into all communities
as it has had to force its way into
many other northern section. half
century ago, corn was in the exper
mental stage in Southern Wisconsin,
later the people of the central portion
became convinced they, too. could raise
corn. And now, after attempting for
years to bar corn from Northern Wis
oonsin, it is becoming common to ad-
NIT that in the future, the finest, if
not the larges.. of corn will be raised
in the high altitude of Wisconsin.
Peas are another crop well calcula-
ted as the companion of corn, or it's
substitute. The soil and climate of
Northern Wisconsin are peculiarly
adapted to pea growth Probably
there is no country in the world that
can produce more peas-or better peas
than Northern Wisconsin. The val
ne OF peas as stock food is very high
per acre where peas thrive. 1t is an
easy crop to produce.
Root crops of all kinds grow to re-
marlSable proportions all over this
large area of new and cheap lands.
They supplement the other crops es-
sential to the dairy and are of mater
ini assistance, especially to the begin
ner