Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-04-09
Land Clearing Project Will Be
Explained To All
Interested
FIRST MEETING THURS
DAY AT GLEN FLORA
Rusk COunty's Acreage of "Wild Land"
Will BE Greatly Reduced This
Year

There is big drive ON the Chip
| pewa and Flambeau rivers, and their
| tributaries it isn't logs this time, hut
| il spells doom to the SurvivalS of their
cutting. the stumpS, brush. windfalls
| and stones.
With the slogan of "G.000 More
Cleared Acres in 1920" though we
cannot make RuSk county the prairie
of the north this yea, we can do Il
great deal to that end. The term
wild land" will have n much tanner
meaning. and many ground hog
will look in vain for the brush pile that
served as his last winters home.
+ Schedule of Meetings
Beginning this week, the following
meetings are being arranged for:
Glen Flora, April s; Sheldon, April 8;
Cedar Rapids, April 10; Ringers
Corners, April II; Crane, April II
Conrath April 20; Ingram, April %;
Weyerhaeuser, April "a; Strickland.
April p: Rllsk Farm, April 81 South
Forks. April %. Several other meet
ings are being planned. but no definite
time has been arranged.
Purpose of the Meetings
Just what is the contest all about.
what is its purpose? When does it
commence? How long will the contest
last. Does the score card give the new
settler working alone and with linn
aI,n
with the man who has sufficient capi-
tai to undertake land clearing in n
professional way? There are dozens
of like questions that we would like to
have answered. That is the why" of
the meetings.
The Score Card
When You send a sample of Marquis
wheat to the county fair TO be judged.
the merit of the grain is decided by
grading it in accordance with STAN
dard score card. Whether or not you
get prize depends upon the grade
given the other entries. In the land
clearing contest you are also exhibiting
the efforts of your work as a land
cleaner, ami Il comparable score card.
one that is fair to all, must be used to
decide the merits of your individual
work TO this end we are working,
and by the time the drive is commenced,
basis of judging that will hold wa
ter under all conditions, will have
been completed.
Ours is an Important Task
Six thousand acres i'm 1920 looks
nice on paper and il sounds big, and
the task before us is just as big as il
listens" If we knew with what I'M
terest the people all over the state are
watching our every move and are lis
tening for information with both ears
to the ground, the importance and
magnitude of our task would be better
realized But we are more than just
curious, for when Rusk county gets a
card up her sleeve, she will not be con
tent until it is played and played well.
The term wild land" is going To
have much tanner meaning long about
huSking time. We're not going to blow
bubbles, we're going TO blow stumps.
Hot air is cheap. so is Il carload of dy-
namite-let's blow stumps now and
peddle our hot air next winter. Above
all. let's think land clearing, talk land
clearing. and do little grubhing our
selves.
II usk county is conducting a $1,000
0O0 Land Clearing Contest
L may enter viii you?
5 ee to ii that You do
X icl through with your share Of the
clearing
G ONE to the meeting Tell your
neighbOrS!
d yer the top with our slogan. "6,OO0
Acres in 1920"
Il can do your bit
n 0w is the time TO join.
Il ak contest, Think contest. Re Il
contestant yourself.
Y on are needed
What is the Rusk County $1,000,000
Land Clearing Contest?
Who may enter?
Has everyone an equal chance to
win a prize?
What is the score card? Is il fair To
all?
When will the contest start?
How long will the contest last?
These and many other questions will
be answered at the meetings to be held
as above stated.
III. NJ JONES,
County Agent.
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