The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1911-03-11
News Snapshots
OF the Week
v. p. WAKING UP
Agricultural Possibilities Of This Section Are
Coming Into Prominence.

| coming into prominence.
The people OF the Middle West are
beginning to awaken to the agIicultur-
al possibilities OF the upper peninsula.
The Chicago Record Herald. in half
page article. accompanied by cuts OF
farms and stock scenes. proclaims the
district as land OF opportunity. The
article says, In part,
Explorers of the soil are constantly
discovering new territory. Until re-
Gently the upper peninsula of Michigan
was .discredited AS field for farming.
1t was thought no man could make n
living out OF the soil, and the few
who attempted IL were ridiculed. At
Chatham, where a state experimental
farm 10 located. interesting tests have
been made recently in the raising OF
sugar beets, or which product. in re-
hned form. the United States annual
ly imports 800. 900. 600 worth. The
superintendent OF the farm reports
that sugar beets grown in that sec
tion contain to 3 per cent moro &C
charine matter than do boets from any
other section of the country. On
farms OF from seventy five to one hun
dred acres farmers realize net profit
OF So, 600, on sugar beets.
Near Menominee q. l. Cook has a
farm of $500 acres on which he has
raised crops OF Spanish onions ranging
from 10. 0O0 to IS. 900 bushels to the
acre. He also plans on from 700 TO 500
acres OF peas for canning factory.
cutting the vines at the ground and
running them through thresher and
later feeding them to an enormous herd
OF Jerseys and Holsteins. In the up
to-date stable each COW Is registered
and a record is kept OF it's daily milk
promotion. III she fails to furnish n
certain amount of milk. analyEing up
to the standard OF butter fats she is
promptly discharged.
The fruits produced in the upper
peninsula were awarded prizes at the
st. Louis worlds fair. IL has been
discovered that. with the possible OF.
ception of peaches. all fruits and vege-
tables that can be grown farther south
can also be produced in this district
not so long ago thought barren and
Improbable. Its reputation was es-
tablished when IL was discovered that
the chemical and biological character.
istics OF the soil may be changed by
scientific cutting or the forests. IL
was found that when the immense
area OF forests had Teen cut and the
ground plowed the direct rays Of the
sun caused transmutation that In
turn produced soil which has given
it's tillers some OF the finest fruits In
the world.
People who knew the upper peninsu.
la-and they were tew Ia number until
recently-knew also that here was
splendid chance for the young man
growing weary OF Office work in crowd.
ed cities and for the unemployed who
have been crowded out OF Job. The
problem was how 10 make the oppor-
tunity known 10 tnose who could de-
rive the greatest profit IRON IL. This
problem was solved by the organization
OF league composed OF representatives
from the hfteen counties In the penin-
sula. IL was formed for the purpose
OF ADVERTISING the resources Of this re-
gion and to secure adequate proper
tion OF state appropriations for agri-
cultural purposes The intention is
TO put particular stress on the coloniE.
ing OF the vast areas OF rich cut-over
lands. Esnh lsndholder will be taxed
in order TO carry on the educational
work OF the league.
The young man who is turning his
back upon the city TO engage In farm
ing. but lacking The capital necessary