The diamond drill., 1917-11-03
CL0vERLAND The
PLACE FOR SHEEP
ARTICLES IN DROvERS' JOURNAL
B00MS THIS SECTION
MANY EYES TURNED THIS WAY
Coming Meeting in Milwaukee is
Expected to Evolve Some
Definite Plan

Cloyerland is being boosted as ii
never was before, even when the great
copper and iron finds were agitating
the country This time the boom IS
designed 70 turn the attention TO the
grazing possibilities and George w.
Rowell of the Upper Peninsula De-
yelopment Bureau is the man who Is
directing the work of bringing this
section to the attention OF the world.
Mr.. RoweH is contributing eighteen
articles 10 the Daily Drovers' Journ
al, all of them designed to boom tho
possibilities of this section as a graz
ing section. Mr. Rowell Is succeed
ing beyond expectation and meeting
is TO be held this month az Milwaukee
when IL is expected that something
definite will be done about testing out
this section for grazing purposes.
In his second article Mr.. Rowen
says:
IL has been only within the last
few years that the people Of the ma
tion who had no special business re-
lations here or no friends or relatives
living here actually knew that the
upper peninsula OF Michigan really ex
isted. In fact when the upper PENN.
.sula' was spoken Of most persons
thought of the northern part OF the
lower peninsula of Michigan and
rather hooked up that vast peninsula
TO the east of Wisconsin as being
a part OF the Badger state.
When one spoke Of the famous cop
per mines, like the Calumet and Hec |
la, or one of the iron mines, like
those owned by the Cleveland Cliffs |
few persons realized that they wera
TO be found so close to Chicago and !
other large cities, Just so with the
vast hardwood industry which still
fiourishes In Cloverland.
Eyes Turn 10 Region.
But the inevitable came. Millions
OF dollars could not be dug from the
bowels OF the earth millions could
not be taken of In the shape OF tim
ber; hundreds OF thousands could not
be made IN farming. and yet many
more millions going to waste on the
idle lands because no one had made
the most OF the opportunities, withoul
some day having the eye OF the ma
tlon turn toward t.
Hut this is Just what has happened
For many years agriculture has
been going on along diversified
channel. Now aud then settlers came
In. Possibilities OF dsirying were evil
dent. and as result Cloyerland now
boasts OF two OF the most famous
dairy herds In America. Roycrort
Farm az Sidnaw. owned by Walter S.
Prickett, possesses many Jerseys of
national fame Emblagaard. near
Marquette and owned by a. 4. Rob
erts, has Holstein-Freisan cows with
national records There are others
Of less import. but these two are
proof enough Of the possibilities I'm
ihe country u,
Grazlnz l. Successful.
Small herds Of cattle and sheep 9
were turned loose on the vast food q
lreas The results were remarkable
- will be shown IN some future ar ,
icles These results. coupled with q
he huge amounts OF food going e.
waste and the demand OF western
'razers for new pastures, have now
entered the eyes OF the sheep and
'attle men upon this so-calld AMI u
lightly named "Cloverland" u
The upper peninsula OF Michigan
'nioys the privilege OF having more
nan 1000 miles OF coast line and only
few hundred miles bordering upon a
mother state. Such condition can "
e rivaled only by Florida and Della
gsre For many hundred miles Ciov
rland spreads itself along the south
I'm shores OF Lake Superior. Lake
iuron claims small part Of tho
oast line to the southeast. while
AXE Michigan and Green Bay east
heir waves upon the eastern shore.
Cloverland. 70 the south and west
es Wisconsin II
On i6th ParelIel. y
This vast penins lula lies along tic el
fvOuffruod ON paVa Gaxou