The diamond drill., 1919-08-30


left after crossing the bridge over
the Hemlock river and just before en-
tering the business portion OF the
village. Follow the winding country
road under the St Paul bridge and
across small bridge over the Hem
lock. One can either continue on
ahead at the first fork or turn right
and drive through the Hematite
township section OF the farming COM
munity we speak Of
Almost All Are Firms.
The farmers are almost entirely all
Firms. They started in with littls
or nothing. and those who were indus
trious have fine farms today with
good substantial buildings. This road
leads directly west and passes many
fine farms
The town line road between Crystal
Falls and .Hematite townships lies
south Of this road and one can turn
at the Hematite school house to the
left and meet this road near the Pou.
tinen farm.
TO ELI Puotinen belongs much OF
the credit for the development OF the
farms In the section about Amaas.
He was at one time manager OF the
Hematite Mercantile Company's store
and left that position TO develop his
| farm. He has fine property OF 100
acres OF which 100 acres are cleared.
His home is large. substantial build
ing comfortably furnished with an
idea OF keeping his boys and girls
on the farm. He has a family of 0
children who have been a great help
to himself and Mrs. Puotinen In their
farm development work.
A visit to the Puotinen farm gives
one an idea OF what is grown and
what agricultural efforts are being
made at the other farms in the. vicin-
ity.
He has herd OF twenty-four cat
tie OF which number about half are
milk producers. He tells us that barn
room is the first necessary requisite
for successful dairy farming. and,
while he has a large barn It Is not
one fashioned to promoting dairying
The same is true Of the other farmers
Of the district; IN fact that Is one
thing that the attention OF our agri-
cultural promoters must be turned to
If Iron county Is 10 be made a dairy
section.
Great Business Opportunity.
And, by the way. have our business
men taken stock of the great business
opportunity that awaits them in tn,
equipping OF these new farms. Barns
homes. machinery and equipment
running into the thousands OF dollars
must be T<rchased by these farmers
There Is more real business open to
Crystal Falls and Amasa business men
from the farmers that are now oper-
ating In their community than there
Is from the mines that are TO be open
ed. The mines buy their supplies
through their central PURCHASING
agency or II not they get the advan.
tage OF big purchasers. but the farmer
must get his lumber. his hardware
his furniture. his machinery and ev-
erything else from the retail dealer
The barn requirements of our farm
ers alone in the next ten years Is
going TO run into the millions This
business is available What Is neces
sary Is that our business men wake
up; provide financing agencies, pro.
vide market facilities for the produce
to pay for these requirements; In
short, make business Just as wide
awake business men do. Selling q
! few yards of cloth or few pounds
OF flour isn't business. Any dub can
do that. Business is the starting OF
the flow and the keeping II in mo-
ton so that the buying and selling
circle will at all times be complete
and of good volume
Are Up In New Methods.
These farmers are up In all OF the
new methods. The county made a
great investment when II hired an ag-
riculturealist He got the farmers 10
thinking. Mr.. Puotinen showed Us
several new wrinkles which shows
that he and his neighbors have been
studying this agricultural question and
fashioning their aims TO the country.
One new wrinkle he showed US was
the growing OF sun flowers for afiopa