The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-06-27

duction of this milk went to the farm
ers and commission men of other
states, who used the same in the up
lifting and improvement of their own
cities and homes, and Houghton and
Keweenaw counties lost this profit and
the cost of supporting the people en-
gagged i'm the production Of this thirty
one carloads of milk.
Houghton and Keweenaw counties
send about fifteen million dollars n
year to other states ana foreign coun-
tries for groceries, meats and other ar
ticles OF consumption, and five million
dollars of this is used in purchasing
field and garden products of the farm
ers and commission men of other
states.
Just think of this five million dol
lars could have been earned and pro-
duced in your own counties and kept
at home and spent in building homes,
churches, school houses, libraries, good
roads silos, wind mills and farm
homes. and besides, the spending of
this money would be divided among
tors, the lawyers, the miners. the
mechanics and the day laborers, in
fact each and every one who lives in
Houghton and Keweenaw counties
would be benefited by the circulation
OF this five million dollars.
Much could be done in farming, and
would be done. if the stumps were re-
moved and the ground cleared and
placed in proper condition, which
would induce intelligent, up to date
farmers to come and locate among
you, and among them would be a
large proportion Of young men and
women from the congested rural fam
HES of Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, In
diana, ohio, Minnesota and Southern
Michigan, many of whom have had
several years of preparation in coun-
ty and state agricultural schools and
colleges, also years of experience on
their home farms, fitting them to farm
as they have got to do today, with a
liberal amount OF science, great deal
OF commercial knowledge and plenty
of common sense.
You cannot expect a Finn a Norwe-
gian, a Swede or an American who is
employed i'm these mines To leave the
ing and locate upon cut-over land
which has only population of
stumps, and have him undertake to
compete with the intelligent farmers
Of the older states, whore farm ma
chinery of every description is used.
while a farmer who takes up so acres
OF cut-over land which has to be
and cleared has at least twen-
ty-flve years of work ahead Of him, IL
he is equipped with only hand power,
before he can compete with the mod
crn farmers of today who are using
farm machinery and farming on clear
ed land.
If he uses his best ability and ener-
Sy he can not remove more than an
acre to an acre and "a half of these
stumps each year without suitable
machinery, which would largely re-
duce the cost of this labor.
After man has given twenty five |
years of his life TO the stamping and |
Of "A farm with only hand |
power he is bent over and suffers pain
and torture from the hard work he |
has performed, and fguratively speak |
inc. he has served his time, and en-
bellished the same with hard work, for
the comfort and prosperity of his
grandchildren.
Today is the day Of new things.
Today Is "A day of doing things eff
GENTLY.
The cradle. the scythe and the hand J
rake have been hung up, never TO he
taken down, and the mower, the reaper
and the self binder have taken their
place, and the result is. If this country
becomes of value speedily it must come
by being built up by modern methods
and farm machinery in the hands of
The young and intelligent farmers of
today.
How much better your mining labor
would he. how much more contented
hey would work If they were fed from