The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-03-22

much rs will the number of successful
farmers who are already engaged in
the work of development.
No county in the Upper Peninsula
has as large a percentage of excellent
agricultural land. as Iron County has.
4 and the tremendous industrial develop
ment which has recently started must
convince tne most skeptical than no
other county mas before it future as
bright as Iron county has. | need not
insist that in order to derive the great
est benefit from both. agricultural de-
velopment must keep pace with INDUS
trial development.
The land used tor farming purpose at
the present time represents less than
one and half acres out of every hun
dred Hundreds of thousands of dol
lars are sent out of the county eacn
year for farm produce. nearly all OF
which could be raised at home and
give greater satisfaction because OF its
better quality. Not only can this
drain upon the community be stopped.
| but hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth CT farm produce could be ship
ped out and the proceeds hereof be
made TO assist in the development of
the whole county, for Iron county not
only could sustain a farming popula-
ton of nearly 40. 900 people instead OF
less than 2, 600 as at present, but even
then there would be enough land left
for other purposes to equal in area
either Emmett or Leleeman county.
IL is proposed that one or more of
the following lines of work be carried
on upon County demonstration farms,
these lines to be determined according
to the needs of the community and the
nature of the various types OF soil.
lst Seed tests TO emphasize the i'm
portance of proper curing, storage and
planting OF seed and the value of using
high yielding varieties.
End. Field demonstrations to en-
phasize the need of farming mills by
showing how the yields are seriously
reduced by failure TO SOW only clean,
plump seed.
3rd. Making the county farm a CEN
ter for the growth REPRESENTATION Of
high grains which are bred and devel.
oped at the Michigan Experiment Sta.
tion.
4ih Field tests TO show the differ.
ence in value between fresh manure
and an equal amount of manure sub.
iected tn teaching and weather IN the
exposed pile which IL far too common
} sight on most farms.
5th. FIELD demonstrations to EN-
phasize the value OF correct methods OF
blowing and preparing a proper seed
bed
9th. A rotation of crops to deter
mine the value OF farm yard manure
} green manuring. lime and lowpriceC
fertilizers in the maintenance OF sol
! fertility.
4 18th. Field TO demonstrate the value
D | OF alfalfa, sand vetoh and other legium
Z inous farage crops.
D Sth. Field tests TO demonstrate thu
y value Of practical methods in the Grad
g ication of quack grass, wild mustard,
@ canada thistles and other variou
q weeds.
J 9th. Starting and maintaining
model orchard Of varieties OF fruit suit
II ed to the soil conditions of the count
d farms and adapted TO the climatic con
l. ditions OF Iron county.
n 10th. Breeding pure bred live stoc
n, and distributing it to farmers at rea
10 sonable prices
s. Promoting agricultural educa'io
al and domestic science in the ruri
10 schools and the organization OF boy
r. and girls potato. corn and other clui
,r In one OF several other lines Of wori
10 which will suggest themselves, frol
=. time Ia time and will be submitted
A. your Honorable Board whenever IL ca
"A be shown that they are calculated
At assist in the promoting of agrichlturI
IN development and the betterment
10 rural conditions.
of Through the cooperation OF the loo
pt farmers and business men. annual Fa
mers Demonstration meetings are II
r tended 20 be held at the County Far
4. in August or September when the urol
ar are at their best. These meetings ms
e thus be made to serve as social Gel