Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1913-09-19
Wiseeasin's Peinss Of Vantage.

IQuOscu IkOn the Wisconsin AEraCul-
turist:
1t is the first state in dsirying.
Wisconsin has the largest breeding
ceRters of pure-bred dairy stock.
1t has the greatest number of silos
ON it's farms.
Has the largest number of brown
Swiss dairy cows.
Is second in the number of Holstein
cattle.
Leads in the number of purs-bred
Guernsey cattle.
Has 46 per cent Of the cheese indus
try of the United States.
Has the largest grain elevator in the
world.
Has the largest ore docks.
Has the largest zinc oxide plant.
Has one of the largest steel plants in
the world.
Has the largest manufacturing
creamery in the world.
Has more available water power
near large markets than any other
state.
Has the greatest and most influential
agricultural college in America.
Is the beading pure-brsd sheep breed
ing state in the central west.
Has number of the most prominent
show prize winning beef cattle herds.
Is the leader among the northern
tier states in swine production.
Has the oldest and strongest dairy
mems association in the UnitedIStates.
Was the first state to hold farmers
institutes, and at the present time
holds more than 100 annually.
Has the greatest number OF breeders
associations.
Leads as potato growing state,
with yield of 80, 000, 900 bushels
Has l. 100 creameries, 1880 cheese
factories, 80 skimming stations and 80
oondenseries.
Ranks third in the production of cab
bage.
Has five beet sugar factories.
Il the leading cranberry state.
Wisconsin's small towns are consider
ed to have more good hotels than any
other state.
Has the third lowest rate of mortali-
ty.
Possesses more pure-bred seed grain
than all the other states combined.
The upper counties are peculiarly
adapted to the production of all legumi-
,;ous crops, including peas of fisld and
canning variety. Yields of twenty
five to thirty bushels an acre may be
had under normal conditions. The field
pea, rich in potein, forms an important
ingredient in the live stock ration of
upper Wisconsin farmers. Peas for
canning will ordinarily bring from $40
to $50 an acre. Wisconsin leads all
states in the pea canning industry, the
production in 1912 totaling 2,658, 900
cases, or more than the combined pro-
duct of Minnesota, Ohio, Indiana, and
Michigan.
Clover seed is another important
special crop to be considered by the
upper Wisconsin settler. These in
clude the medium red and alsike varie-
ties on the heavier soils and mammoth
on the lighter types. Alsike clover
will yield from two to six bushels of
seed an acre, and the price is such MS
to make it's marketing profitabl. Or
dinarily it is easy to secure q good
"catch" of clover; in fact it is found
running riot over thousands of acres in
the cut-over region and along the road
sides. The ample snowfall, which re-
mains undisturbed throughout the win
ter, affords degree of protection not
enjoyed in country subject to wind
sweep. So indigenous to this section
is clover that the biennial varieties
have become largely perennial in many
sections.
Tobacco growing has spread north
ward, and much of this crop liz now
harvested in some Of the upper coun-
Ties. us CULTURE HOS tIOs ySb DcCOLlC
general Sugar beets, with more than
the average sugar content, are Guilt
waited.
Upper Wisconsin grows an abundance
of small fruits, including Strawberries,
raspberries, black berribs, currants,
etc. Apples, sufficient for home needs,
may be grown anywhere in the state
on good soil. Such varieties as the
Duchess, Wealthy, Patterns Greening
and similar hardy types are well
adapted to all the upper counties. In
more favored sections limited areas
bordering Lake Superior and Michi-
gan. many excellent varieties of Or
chard fruits, apples, cherries and
plums, are being grown commercially
with good profit.