The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-10-24
BOOSTS FOR
CLOvERLAND
Col. Mott Gives Interesting Inter-
view in Milwaukee

Cloverland-where is cloverand?
1t is the upper peninsula of Michigan.
! This is the slogan that is being heard
| all over the country and will be heard
all over the world before our cam
paign is finished" said c. w. Mott,
manager of the upper peninsula de-
yelopment bureau or northern Michi-
gan, who is i'm the city attending the
dairy show, says the Milwaukee SEN
tinel
The bureau, Mr.. Mott said. repre-
sented the fifteen counties of upper
Michigan peninsula. 'In my long ex-
perience," said Mr. Mott, IL have new
ei seen fifteen counties which have as
good soil as these i'm northern Michi-
gan which we have denominated
Cloverland.'
The name is quite appropriate, be-
cause clover and timothy grow wild
and prpfusely Go through the woods
anywhere and YOU will find clover UP
to your knees. II has little afiliation
with the lower peninsula It's com
mercial interests are more nearly
Identified with other states.
Snow Protection.
"Cloverland is one of the most ma
tural grass countries in the world"
continued Mr.. Mott. Tho great fall
of snow protects the roots of the
grass ard the ground does not freeze
Gown more than half an inch, SO
that when the snow goes off we do
not have the freezing, thawing and |!
drying which is found i'm the country |
To the south Statistics show that we
have 104 growing days as against "a
in the territory down as low as Fond |
du Lac.
There are. two specialties which
are going to make "Cloverland' fam
Gus. Those are dairying and potato
raising. With abundance of grass.
pure water, as all rivers are fed by
springs. and good cows. dairying be-
comes natural proposition. We have
no August and September droughts
We have six months of reliable pas
lures. The day is not far distant
when Milwaukee and Chicago will re-
GIVE their supply of milk and cream
rom this country Milk can be load
ID on cars there and arrive i'm Mil
Yankee and Chicago i'm the same
ime II takes to get IL from EIgin and
Naukesha. The supply will also he
more reliable.
Raise Good Potatoes.
For potatoes. the climate and SOIL
eem especially ADAPTED. Potatoes
,rown there have fine flavor ana
re without the cavities found In
hose raised in some other places.
,lans are about completed to com
oerciaiize this product of cloverland
y adopting modern methods of care
III picking. boxing and wrapping In ,
amer. so rs to prevent the accumula- :,
ion Of odors often found i'm cars in :,
,hich potatoes are shipped. :,
"The largest sugar beet factory in :.
he United states is located at Me-
ominee. Mich. furnishing market
,r sugar beets. There is also much
i'm the peninsula. rs
ell as mineral resources. which en-
lows many workmen and furnishes
market for farmers right at home.
\ addition thew can reach. i'm twelve
time. 100000 people. ),
water TRANSFORMATION lowers rates. !.
nd Cloverland is surrounded on near
: every side by water. It has over 81
600 miles Of shore line. which makes II
n ideal fruit growing country. Some ~
the finest cherries. apples and y
ums seen anywhere are raised. the
alter protecting fruit Early frosts
e hardly known" o,