Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-05-30
Over 500 People Witness Re
mOval of Stumps By Most
Efficient Methods
LAND CLEARING SPECIAL
FAMED FOR IT'S WORK
New Settlers Derive Great Benefit
Crowd of 800 at Hawkins
Demonstration

Two demonstrations in Rusk count.
by the Land Clearing Special of th'
College of Agriculture of the Univer
Sity of Wisconsin last week gave sev
eral hundred farmers an opportunity tt
become acquainted with the best prac
tees in solving the problems confront
ing the settler and land owner in Nor
thern Wisconsin. AS Il former resident
of Iowa stated on the demonstration
field Friday IF what | have learned to
day had been shown we when | first
landed in Rusk county | would have
saved considerable money and been
much further advanced in land clear
ing. A newcomer receives so much
conflicting advice that he becomes be
wildered and is very apt to adopt
waSteful methods, particularly in the
use of explosives. Each settler has
been blazing his own trail and making
the same mistakes, but men who are
privileged to see the work of the Land
Clearing Special get the benefit of a
great deal of experimental and investi-
gational work which costs them moth
ing"
Since the 1917 Land Clearing Special
assembled at LadySmith for a tour OF
Northern Wisconsin this outfit has be-
come the most famous demonstration
train in the country. Last year it was
the only one permitted by the Railroad
Administration anywhere in the United
States for any agricultural purpose.
1t has been visited by men from several
foreign countries and most of the
states having cutOver lands have had
representatives present at various
times to study land clearing under con
ditiOnS that are only available in Wis
cOnsin when the Land Clearing Special
is on it's annual tour of the section
whose lands have such wonderful agri-
cultural value that their opening to
settlement is a national necessity.
Good Attendance at Hawkins and
Ladysmith
At Hawkins more than three hundred
attended the demonstration Wednes-
day which was on the c. G. EllingsOn
farm where Mr.. EllingsOn had clear
ing operation in progress with a large
number of stumps already pulled.
Two stump pulling outfits, the Conrath
pier and a dynamite crew were busy
throughout the day and each opera
tion was watched with keen interest
by men who know from actual expert
ence the various steps in the art of
turning the raw cutOver into the cult
waited field. Because of the large num-
ber of stumps already out the use OF
the COnrath piler was a strong feature
of the exhibition and great interest
was manifested in it's work. Also the
cracking Of pulled stumps with dyna
crowd very closely.
The two outfits in use during the day
for pulling stumps were the Kirstin
directed by A. J. Schwantes. and the
La Plant-Choate, handled by w. e
Raven The dynamite demonstration
is handled by Alfred Mathewson of the
Du POnt Company, who has been instru
mental in turning the attention O-
Northern Wisconsin land clearers tt
the use of 20@o dynamite where former
ly they spent more money to obtain les'
satisfactory results with 1920 ant
600.
Big Crowd at Ladysmith
More than five hundred people were
on the field at the Ladysmith demon
stration although the location was fou
miles from town. Beside farmers ther
were present the representatives 0
several large landowners as well a
bankers real estate agents and other
interested in the development of thi
section. In comparison with Othe
counties Rusk has apparently bee
making rapid strides in land clearing
but last year only 81 of an acre, o
an average, was added to each of th
1882 farms in the county. This is a
increase only $3.50 per year and of tn
$4,000 acres in Rusk only 26,201 acre
have been cleared up to this time.
1t was evident in the local demon
stratiQn that farmers in this area al
tremendously interested in the can
paign to substitute the less eXpensiy
low grade dynamite for the more e.
pensive higher grades. Men who hay
been using explosives for stump bias
ing for many years were eagerly fo
lowing the demonstration of its prop'
handling and use throughout the entll
day and expressed themselves as beil
gratified at the opportunity to see II
themselves how they can save money
this way 1t is said that through Il
work of the Land Clearing Special mo
than 100000 will be saved to the peop