The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-02-25
Market For
Farm Crops.
Don't Have To Lead creeklet OF Water
Around Lands, For It Comes From
The Heavens.

Former Lieutenant Governor o. w.
Robinson of Chassell was among
the number who attended the Upper
Peninsula development bureau meeting
at Menominee this week. Mr.. Robin
son is at present in the real estate and
land business, owning large acreages
In the upper peninsula. He is enthus-
iastic in the development movement,
and has great confidence in the lands
Of the different counties in the north
ern section of Michigan.
Mr.. Robinson is one of the believers
of small acreage to be devoted to
truck farming. Here in the upper
peninsula, one can buy a small tract
of land that will make him fine home
a fine living, and at the end of the
season, an account in the bank. No
fancy prices prevail in this section of
the country, for plenty of land can be
purchased within two to five miles of a
growing railroad town at a price of
$40 to SIS per acre.
Here it is not necessary to irrigate
the lands as is the case in the much
advertised lands of the west ard the
southwest. He don't have to lead a
creeklet of water around over his land
with hoe, for it comes down from the
heavens as the Almighty intended it
should. Nor does he have to go through
the straight jacket system of dry farm
ing practices with their arduous toll
and doubtful results.
WATER COMES FROM SKIES.
1t will be found by the settlers COM
ing into this country this spring and
summer that the land beside being
ideal for growing the finest of fruit,
will produce all the ordinary crops, and
that handsome returns come as the re-
suit of ordinary farm practices. He
won't have to worry lest the dam go
out-his water comes from the skies
copiously and frequently and season.
ably.
Crops of corn can be grown of the
highest silage value all corn should
be fed that way-and the irrigation
that comes.from the skies has no al
kali in it-but in the old simple way a
magnificent crop is raised.
The question of market is an import
ant one to the farmer, and that has
been solved in the upper peninsula.
The Menominee River Sugar Company
can take care of all the beets grown in
all the adjoining counties, and still put
up cry for more. This cry will be
answered this year, for according to
the general manager of the sugar COM
pany, over three times as many con-
tracts have been let for the coming
season as that just passed.
MAY BUILD DRYING PLANT.
In all probability it may be neces-
sary for the company to build drying
plant, and if this is done, it will fur
nish employment to many men, not
only during its construction, but after
it has been erected. Not only that
but the sugar company will operate its
factory more days out of the year, and
give employment to just as many, il
not more men. ;,
While the sugar factory does not
take care of any other product Of the
farm, the agriculturist need not be
worried, for the Michigan Canning &
Refining Company will accept every
other product grown. Cucumbers, peas,
beans, tomatoes, corn and dozen other
foods grown in Menomipee county and
the upper peninsula are put up in large
quantities by the local concern, thus
furnishing ready market to the farm
products.
FURNISH READY MARKET.
In many of the communities in the
west, where lands are advertised Sc
much, with the statements of the large
crops to be grown, the farmer expends
more than his profits in getting hi.
products to the market. Here thai
expense is maintained, for the reason
that the farmers have Already market
J and the money expended in getting
their products to markets as is necess
airy in other communities, can be placed
J to other and better uses here.
Local investors have frequently
been caught by advertisements of west
ern irrigated land, which investigation
proved to be practically worthless
The same people could profitably inves