Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-12-29

With more than 10, 900, 900 of acres of
land awaiting development, the state
of Wisconsin can well afford to reflect
the volume and the Importance of her
latent resources, and see if any may
not deserve some of the public atten-
that up to the present time has been
centeredupon the undeveloped resources
of other states, most of which are so
remote from the centers of population
that their development means little to
the masses of the people. 1t Is sur
prising that nearly all the forces of the
various bureaus of the government at
Washington seem to value the resources
of the country in the ratio of their in
accessibility, the hazards of develop
ment and the problems involved in
their use. If an area of undeveloped
land is remote enough and environed
with all possible elements of inaccssi-
bility, enthusiasm in the bureaus is GER
tain to develop, but home-seeking OPP
portunities in state like Wisconsin,
with great markets right at it's doors,
have little of interest to the boys in the
bureaus in the national capital. That
they know little of the conditions in
Wisconsin is evident from the follow
ing statement IN the advance bull
letin of the 18th census on Wisconsin
agriculture: ''In the northern portion
it is rough and in large measure has not
thus far been found available for such
(agriculturaD use."
John p Hume, Manager of the Wis
consin Advancement Association, made
trip to Washington last week, taking
with him an overwhelming supply of
facts and figures to show that, instead
of being unavailable, these areas in the
northern part of Wisconsin are peculi-
arly and specially suited to general
farming, dairying and the successful
production of many special crops. Mr..
Hume's supply of evidence so fully es-
ing opportunities in the upper Wiscon-
sin counties that the Director of the
Census gave assurances that the final
edition of the census will do full justice
to Wisconsin. Without attempting to
account for such blnnders upon the part
of the census bureau as above referred
to, it is sufficient that a full correction
will follow.
But there are other bureaus down at
Washington thatlneed to be awakened
to the facts that it is not yet necessary
to wander off over deserts, or to remote
corners of the country to find oppo1-
tunities for agricultural extension-one
of which is the reclamation department,
another is the photographic bureau
but to this we will give attention in
future article.
Many Wisconsin farmers who have
heard so much about the productiveness
of the irrigated states will be surprised
that an acre each of corn, wheat, oats,
barley, rye and flax is of greater value
in Wisconsin than in the irrigated states,
and the Wisconsin farmer does not have
to buy water nor lead it around in little
creeklets over his farm with hoe and
rubber boots and bad temper. Com
pairing Wisconsin's 1911 crop with that
of Colorado and taking the November
farm value of each as shown by the u.
S. Crop Reporter, the aggregate value
of an acre each of the above mentioned
crops is more than $40 greater in Wis
consin than in Colorado. The statisti-
cal department of the Wisconsin AID
vancement Association will soon have
the figures worked out as applying to
the other irrigated states and this COM
parison will be the best of reasons why
the Wisconsin farmer should be satisfied
that he located in the right state.
The fact that the recent irrigation
congress in Chicago was a fiat failure
and that ''dry farming" has been too
dry several years in succession, Indicate
that Wisconsin is about 20 come in for
her proper share of development. We
have the best resources anyhow.