Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1916-04-05
DEMONSTRATE METHOD

Land Clearing Limited" will
Spend Two Days at Eagle
River Demonstrating Vari.
Gus Methods of Clearing
Land.
10 demonstrate easy, quick
and cheap ways of clearing
logged-off or cut-over land, the
Land Clearing Limited" will
tour eleven ofthe prlncipalcount
les OF Wlsconsin's timber belt be-
ginning some time in April ac-
cordlng to advice received from
Madison yesterday.
The "stumping special" will be
distinctly a working proposition
OF the most practical nature, in
tended as a demonstration to
help men who have settled or
will settle in the undeveloped;
cut over regions of the state.
The train, consisting of one fat
car, two box cars for equipment,
two boarding" cars and one
bunk" car, will be operated
through the cooperation of the
Chicago & Northwestern and
the Chicago, Minneapolis, St.
Paul & Omaha railroads with
the College of Agriculture, Uni
versity of Wisconsin and num-
Der of the leading manufacturers
OF land clearing apparatus and
explosives.
County agricultural represen-
tatives in a number of the count
les to be visited will make all
necessary arrangements to Sc
cure the cooperation of farmers
and land companies in furnishing
men and teams to aid in the var
lous demonstrations.
A crew of men, thoroughly ia
miliar with the methods of land
clearing to be shown, will ac-
company the train. Machines
for pulling and piling the stumps
will be carried by the demon
strators, including the gasoline,
horse and hand stumpers. Mod
ern safety first" systems for the
use of explosives in land clearing
will also be shown.
Two or three stops will be
made during each week of the
trip, which will cover about two
months time. Each demon
stration will be as near the
tracks as possible under actual
working conditions. The old
plan of making a few spectacular
stump removals and then leav-
ing for new fields will not be fol-
lowed. On each tract a clean
sweep will be taken of all stumps
in sight.
AT each of the places the de-
monstration field will be divided
into plots requiring equal a
mount of energy to clear them
for the pillow. Demonstrations
for the various types of pullers
will select their plots by lot, Wis
iting farmers thus being given a
chance to decide for themselves
what process or processes are
best suited for their own land.
In case of unfavorable weather
the demonstrations will consist
of illustrated talks in the town
halls or other meeting places,
where charts, lantern slides and
models will he displayed and ex-
planned and questions answered.
The route of the Land Clear
ing Limited" will be definitely
announced next week, when all
details will be complete. The
counties however, to be included
in the itinerary are: Oconto, For
est, Langlade, Oneida, Villas,
Bayfield,, Douglas, Washburn,
Sawyer, Barron and Chippewa.
The clearing of the large acre
age of cut over land in northern
Wisconsin is a big problem watch
not only requires the expendl-
ture of much energy but a large
amount of money and the Land
Clearing Limited" will serve as
means of starting statewide
movement toward placing more
of this promising region under
the pillow.
Trout Must Be Seven Inches.