The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-11-05
fine FARM LAND
IS UN0CCUPIED
Splendid Inducements to Settlers
In 0ntonagon County

out of 100000 acres Of land in onto
nagon county. % per cent OF which is
asserted to he as good AGRICULTURAL
land az can be found anywhere in the
northwest, only $4,000 acres are devot-
ed TO farming purposes, writes q. L.
Vandcrcook To the Milwaukee Evening
wisconsin. And still this county is call
ed the "cloNerliclu OF Cloverland" The
producing farms, many of which are
in an advanced state of cultivation.
give testimony not TO be mistaken. OF
the undoubted fertility of the soil and
the successful results of farming ef-
forts
There are reasons why farming has
been neglected i'm Ontonagon county,
Notwithstanding the fact that farms
were established over sixty years ago
and the productivity of the soil proven.
While much OF the pine timber has
been cut, the county still has the larg-
est tracts of hardwood and hemlock
timber To be found anywhere on the
continent The annual timber~cut at
the present time IN Ontonagon county
reaches the enormous total of 100000
zoe feet. The mills located here and
at other points in the county convert
Ing the ma Jor portion of these logs into
lumber, while other cuts are transport
ed u Green BAY, Marinettc, Menomo-
ME ana Washburn over the various
railway lines and 10y lake. The claim
is made that there is enough standing
hardwood ana hemlock timber in on
touacuu county, which at the present
rate of consumption will require from
tw"uty to twenty-five years to manu-
flclure.
As soon as the timber is cut the
lumheling concerns offer the land for
farming purposes. This means that
the available land for agricultural pur-
poses L. added TO each year to the ex-
tent Of about $4,000 acres. As long as
the land is held for its timber values,
il is not available for farm purposes
and as considerable portions of the
county are still virgin forest growth,
the figures given above. covering cult
waited land explain why there is not
grvutor farming activity.
LAUNDERING Aid to Farmers.
ontonaEon county offers induce
mcuts FOR those desiring to convert |
cut-oyCr lands into farms. The lumber
industry demands large laboring pop
ulallon and those desiring to work in
tho mills or in the woods during the
winter season, can make the start to-
wards home ownership with little or no |
trouble. In explaining how this was
done, Thornton \. Green, resident !
manager of the Greenwood Lumber |
company, one of the larger manufac-
turing concerns and timber owners OF !
the county said;
Any thrifty man can secure "A farm |
home in this county. and this, too |
without being bothered for money |
while he is developing his property. |
Practically any Of the land owners here |
will sell a tract of land on long time |
contract drawing SIX per cent interest |
and with small payment down. If the
purchased of land under such Cund- |
TONS desires work i'm the mills OF |
woods, there is no question about i
steady employment at good wages We |
even 20 further than this. In case an |
rnlplUNc who has purchased land de- |
sircs to start the work of building |
lumber is furnished and no interest is |
charged ON the account"
What 10 you do when prospective !
purchaser lands on your depot plat |
torn. Do YOU leave him standing |
There was asked Mr. Green.
We have "A farm bureau In this |
county,, answered he. which is not |
"h'N organized to show what we have !
hrr" but which in every possible way |
seek 10 interest prospective purchasers !
m orr lands and agricultural possibili-