Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-09-25

q year. Thus he could put practical
~ all his earnings into stock and inn
provements, to be added to those that
had been supplied to him at the start,
while the farm practically paid for
itself.
The plan was so successful that a
large colony, Liberty Colony. was
startedon 10000 acre tract in South
ern Sawyer County in 1917. This is
rich clay loan district. with abso-
luteIy no sand, and is natural dairy
country. clover actually growing wild
on the raw land. Two good railroads
run through the tract; there are five
good towns, and the markets and
roads are fine. The two principal
towns are Radisson and EXeland.
Many settlers have already located
over 100 having applied for farms in
the tract, although settlement is real
/ ~ just getting under way. These set
tiers get a small house and barn, COW,
pigs, chickens, tools and seed. The
land averages only $25 an acre, the
property being added at cost Dur
/ ing the winter 80 miles of new road
were put in and all these farms are
( located on good roads. Cheese fac
tories and creameries were establish
4 ed and are operating, so the settlers
can locate on q cream route The
schools are fine. being in fact better
/ than the general run in older sections.
The settlers have formed farmers
clubs and have regular social meetings.
Club houses have been built Co
, operative land clearing associations
are formed and when a man has clear
ed 20 acres, he viii be furnished with
material for a large model dairy barn,
or q wing for his house. this material
being added to his contract az cost.
Three large demonstration farms
have been established in Liberty Col
I 0ny, where the settlers are shown the
/ correct methods of farming. Mr. w,
( ~. Clark, former Instructor in Animal
/ iusbaadry, Michigan Agricultural
/ College lis in charge Of the demonstra-
/ ton farms, and also holds free classes
in agriculture for the new farmers
to teach the most profitable and alb
solutely sure way to farm.
4 It is hoped that the success Of the
large colony viii induce the state to
put in q number of them This would
allow many men to secure farms and
would settle all the fertile Upper Wis
eonsin lands at once, which is the end
desired for no land is sold for specu-
lation, every farm being settled by an
actual settler.
These farms offer q man a chance
to get a farm such as will never come
again. There is no favoritism OF
pulls, any responsible man being al
lowed 70 secure a farm. OF cours,
they are going very rapidly.
The success of many of the new
settlers at Liberty Colony is remark
able. Take Mr. Cumpton of Rice Lake
Wisconsin, who secured a farm out Of
Exeland. In the six weeks ending
June LIST, 1918, he cleared 1854 acre,
and his land which was wild is nov
good partially improved farm which
has already increased greatly in value
Then there is Mr. Simon 0psal o
, MtHoreb, Wisconsin, who had Away
farmed for some one else as a renter
He registered and secured an so acr
farm, and both of his boys secured 81
. acres, making 240 acres in all. Mr.
Opsal took up cows machinery, stool
, Gnd horses He and his sons went OF
| their farms ia April, 1918. Mr. On
, salcleared 81 acres or his own eight.