Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-04-21
BOOMING WISCONSIN.

The Wisconsin Advancement Assoc
iatioa is an organization composed of
tee leading business men and bankers
OF the state, formed for the purpose of
showing to the world the manifold re-
sources of that great commonwealth.
On Wednesday night in the Fairbury
opera house, Hon. John F. Lamont,
mayor of Wsusau, Wis on behalf of
this organization addressed good
sized audience of Fairbusy and vicinity.
His theme was "Wisconsin" and he
handled it well. He began by saying
that the meeting was primarily for ad-
vsrtising purposes and 20 show that
close NJ hand were thousands of acres
Of the most fertile land which can be
purchased from SIS 90 gao per acre.
He could not see why people would go
Q thousand miles from home 10 secure
land, whec better soil, with all the ad-
vantagss of an aid settled section was
to be had right at our doors. He said
that some of tho land about which he
would talk was only about 400 miles
from Fairbury, and it was possible to
leave here in the afternoon and arrive
at the land early the next morning,
look it over and get back the second
morning, ssady for work at home
Tsese lands have been owned by lar6e
lumber companies and have only been
placed on the market recently. There
are two kinds Of soil, sand loan and
clay loan, both equally productive.
The surface is rolling, hence the drain
age 10 excellent. The country 10 well
settled, some of the farmers having
cultivated their farms for 40 years.
The towns and Aillages are numer-
Gus, giving all the advantages that any
section enjoys In the way of schools,
churches, and social privileges The
climate is not much different than this,
only more dry and while it gets lit
sle colder in winter than here it is not
so penetrating as the lower lake coun-
try. Crops are planted about ten days
later than in this section, and mature
about the same time as here. One
thing that Wisconsin prides itself in is
the sparkling pure water, which is
fouad all over the state.
While crops of every kind are raised
successfully in Wisconsin, ID is first of
all dairy state. 1t has one-half of
the creameries in the United States.
It's dairy interests are vast, but are
yet in the infant stage. The excellence
Of che timothy and clover is she main
season for che great dairy interests
No state in the nnion can raise better
or more timothy and slower to the acre.
Corn, oats, potatoes, sugar bsets,
barley. rye, fruits of all kinds adapted
to this latitude are raised in abundance
and pay well. Tobacco is a staple crop
and pays we'll. They have some of the
best live stock TO be found anywhere
and many other things that a farmer
will appreciate.
Then think Of the location ar regards
30 market. Chicago to the southeast
Milwaukee on the east, Duluth north,
and St. Paul and Minneapolis on the
west. Draw a line touching these
cities. the greatest on the continent
and then see Wisconsin within tbe
circle, looked to, largely TO feed all the
people of these great manufacturing
and producing oenters. Better mar
kets could not be provided.
The meeting was eulivsned and made
more interesting by a fine series of
magic lantern slides, showing farms,
highways, orchards, live stock, wheat,
oats and corn fields, churches, school
houses and public buildings, and other
attractions, not forgetting the many
beautiful lakes with which the state
abounds.
The gentlemen composing the party
were pleasant and accommodating and
took great interest in explaining all
points of interest 90 enquiring citizens
They will in the near future supply
some very interesting literature about
central Wisoonsin.-The Blade, Fair
bury, Ill.