The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-05-16
OPPORTUNITY HAS NO FAVORED HAUNT.
HE WHO SEEKS OFTEN FINDS IT LOCATED NEAREST THE
FAMILIAR PATHWAY


Press-GaEette.
Awarded Third Prixe--s25--an Detroit
Times "Remain I'm Michigan" Edi-
torfal Contest.
No greater delusion exists tnan the
olo saying that Bigger hsh are caught
across the stream" Many young men
row all day under the burning sun. TO
cast their hooka only to return long
distance at night without eaten.
Friends. who have been content TO nsh
nearer home, await them on their re-
turn with an abundance of reward.
Opportunity dwells In no favorite
haunt; he who seeks often finds IL
located nearest the familiar pathways
To the men OF Michigan the siren
today sings the beauties of the Great
Northwest. the land where acreage.
ment at small figures. They are told
OF the wonderful mineral deposits In
Old MEXICO, the imwigration agent Nils
settled acres I'm Manitoba. the Dakotas
and far-off Saskatchewan.
But or hundreds who wander away.
Inspired by alluring words. rev are
prospered and but few remain.
The local newspaper records their
going like this
William Smith was given fare
well by his friends yesterday upon
the eve OF his departure TOT Oklh
homa, where he goes to take up
land and locate.
Within a month, In the personal COL
umn OF the same paper. one READS
William Smith, who went to OK
lahoma some time ago. has re-
turned and will assume the man
agement OF his fathpr's farm. He
reports all the better grades OF
land taken ana that few cnoice
acres await the newcomer.
Michigan presents practically every
opportunity TO be found In this or
other countries. Its mineral deposits
are rich. Its soil fertile and Its forests
abundant. Men have grown prosper
Gus here In large and small ways those
who have worked and persevered nnd-
ing the land abundant In productive
possibility. while the favored aoeasi0 Oa
has given ready sale. both east ana
west. for the products OF Industry.
Local history records the rapid rise
of young men who have acquired small
acreage and applied the skill ana
methods OF the old world.
Intensive farming today solves the
! demand for more soil from which 70
! feed an increasing populationi ana the
fact that Michigan with nve states or
| its size, can, by this method. produce
| nearly enough foodstuffs to supply
country like France, gives guarantee
OF untold incomes
You who claim that opportunity has
slipped away. look about yourself In
! Michigan!
There are 80 millions OF acreage in
this state from which only $500. 100000
IL being realized. Intensive farming
can easily multiply this result i've
times Agriculture occupies the posi-
ton .oday that industry did 10 years
ago, being undeveloped and lacking the
diversified principles OF application
that have pushed Michigan's manufac-
tured products throughout the world.
Young men. here lies your oppor-
tunity and far greater one than has
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Sentimental and high sounding
phrases about beautiful meadows and
the sun-kissed heights never placed
man in possession OF his own. but to
upon which 20 build for the future. let
them take up land in Michigan.
out OF the immense acreage here "a
millions still remain untitled and much
OF II is TO be had I'm the lower PENN
sula at SO and 80 an acre.
only a few far-sighted individuals
have exploited the wealth that lies hid
den In the fertile soil OF this section
swamp and overlooked lands are like
wise devoid OF imPT,r,oo,yement; but the
as waste. Forty acres OF reclaimed
swamp are ample to support family
In Louisiana drained lands are sell
ing as high as $1,000 per acre, which
than the uncultivated and undrained
lands Of Central and Northern MIchI-
0an There IL scarcely an acre In the
state which. under proper methods OF
drainage and care. cannot be made 70
yisId a gross return Of $40
Therefore seek the cheap ACREAGE
anpiy your brains and the return ~
snrey than from any other source
nature yields In proportion 10 tba
Effort that IL applied. Germany. with
iess than the area OF Texas. produces
snnuaIiy 500. 900 900 bushels OF potss
ICES. which is Ave times the annual
cpon Of the United States. This Is ac-
con,plished by intensive cultIvatIon
mat when eventually practiced here
ss IL must he. will assure sufficient
wealth from agriculture 10 make COM
fortabie 20 times the rural population
- thls state. The start has not VET
ben made Take up acreage. no mat
ter how cheap or unpromlsing; every
ounce OF soil has It's use and awaits
me application only OF scientific cui-
ture 10 Neld richly through general
or specialized effort
BY new methods OF spraying. or
chards here are producing apples
peafa. and other fruit that defy the
world for flavor and quality. IL II the
knowing how that IL making men pros
porous In this nswiy-feund culture and