Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-07-05
BUY LAND CHEAP
NORTHERN WISCONSIN THE BEST
PLACE TO LOOK
Can Offer Acres at Prices Way Below
Anything in Other States and Ssa-
tistics Show the Soil Has Produced
Fine Crops.

tistics Show the Soil Has Produced
Fine Crops.
The question, whether the lands of
Wisconsin are worth more or less than
the prevailing prices depends upon their
productiveness in comparison with the.
OF other lands that may be obtained.
The supply of cheap lands in the usual
acceptance of the term, namely the
number of dollars required TO buy az
acre, is practically exhausted. In the
west where we have been accustomed
to think of az the region of cheap lands,
there are no more that are dependable.
Irrigated lands are 'out of sight" in
price, as was stated by Director Newell
of the irrigation bureau recently.
Dry Farming Fails.
The so-called "dry farming" has
proven a failure-the faddists say be-
cause the farmers failed to follow the
routine of the formula, brit anyhow it
has proven a failure and that is the
main point. II il true that in limited
and isolated localities fair crops have
been raised in what is termed the "dry
farm territory" but upon the whole it
has not secceeded.
In the south there are are doubtless
areas that are fairly well suited to the
habits of the southern people, but the
practices necessary to success are not
those that the northerner will follow,
and the tick and other hindrances to the
production of high grade of livestock
constitute an impossible barrier to the
northern farmer.
There Iemains in the upper Wiscon-
sin counties, and stretching over into
on the one side and Minnesota
on the other, an area of rich lands that
are obtainable in their cutover sta le at
prices ranging from $40 to $50 per acre.
Must Be Cleared
These lands must be cleared of the
brush and stumps before they can be
conveniently and cheaply placed under
cultivation. The cost of
clearing added to the original cost
means total cost of from $50 to $50
per acre as general rule.
Assumin the cleared land to repre-
sent $50 per acre, the question is: Are
they worth it?
Without going into detailed state
ment, it may be said that the statisti-
can of the Wisconsin Advancement as
sociation has made an exhaustive analy-
sis of the 1910 census and compared the
results obtained by the farmers in the
upper Wisconsin counties with those
achieved by the farmers elsewhere, and
that the result has shown the lands of
the upper Wisconsin produce as much
or more in value or crops per acre az
the highest priced lands of such states
as Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Iowa,
where farms sell at $3.50 to $3.50 per
acre, and much more than the cheaper
lands of those states The comparisons
with the western and southern states
are decisively in favor Wisconsin. 1t
should be remembered that these con-
clusions are from the United States
census which is compilation direct
from the statements of the farmers
and not tanpered with by anyone.
Prices Are Low
1t would seem, then, that the prices
now prevailing in the region of cheap
lands in the upper counties are low,
very low, in comparison with other
lands.
Bearing somewhat upon the above
conclusion it may be noted that 80 acres
of nnimproved land was recently sold
in Walworth county at S145 per acre.