Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-02-13
Land Clearing the Main Topic of
Several Gatherings in This
Vicinity
MOVING PICTURES SHOW
APPROVED METHODS
Forests Are Evidence of Fertility and
Stumps Really Blessing De-
cIares One Speaker

y very interesting farmers meeting
was held at the Unique Theater Tues
day afternoon when Il large number of
the farmers of this region gathered to
hear the latest methods i'll land clear
ing explained by John Swenehart
Town and Country Team Work." by
II. s. Funston, 500 Line Land Commits
siOner. G. NJ. Householder on ''DevelOp-
ment Of Northern Wisconsin" and DO
1t Now by County Agent III. NJ.
Jones.
Similar meetings were held at Shell
don Monday Exeland Wednesday, and
Hawkins Thursday.
Mr.. Funston was the first speaker.
He stated that he had kept track for
six years of the number of families
moving into undevelOped territory of
all the northern states. IN upper Wis
ConsOn, 114S families have settled in
the last six years, and Ladysmith had
the largest number Of settlers during
the year 1919. the 500 having unload
ed 81 carloads of immigrants goods
here EXeland is Il close second. hay
ing unlOaded So carloads. RuSk c0un-
Tvs total of carloads of immigrant
goods were $50 Fully 80 per cent Of
the cars unlOaded by the 500 Line in
upper Wisconsin i'll 1919 were located
within - miles of Ladysmith. There
is new family on the average for ev
cry square mile of land in northern
Wisconsin every year. and Wisconsin
is getting more than twice as many
settlers as Minnesota. This means
much for the railroads and more for
the people of this section. He stated
that it was very essential to make the
settlers welcome, and business men
and neghbOrS should all make them
feel at home.
He made comparison of the dairy
industry of northern Wisconsin with
the grain farms of the west and
showed the advantage Of having Il
steady income from the dairy prod
uctS. and the better way the daiIyman
had of keeping up the fertility of his
soil The dairy farmer is constantly
building up his soil. while the grain
farmer is mining his and selling it out
by the wagon load. The average yield
of wheat in North Dakota is only 60
bushels per acre, and they are going
into COWS and creameries as their only
salvation More creamerieS and cows
are also going into Minnesota. He
stated that the curse of the StumpS"
should be considered IL blessing as it
conserved the fertility of the soil.
He made comparison of the grain,
farmers buildings i'll the west. with
the fine. big buildings that the dairy
farmer of Wisconsin soon possesses.
The Federal Farm Loan Bank recog-
nizes this situation and the following
article that he clipped from the Satur-
day Evening Post some time ago is very
instructive in showing the magnitude
of the proposition of making farms OF
the cut-Oyer districts:
The cut-Over lands of the United
States need for use i'll their reclama-
tion more explosives than the muni-
ti0nS factories can make: more ma
chinery than. can be absorbed by all the
agriculture OF Russia. now in the
worlds eye as a great coming market ::
more building materials than ruined
Belgium, Northern France Poland. Ser
ba. Montenegro and Rumania COM
bined-and our farmers can pay for
them Moreover. there is no need for
any struggle in order to get the bus
mess 1t is our business and cannot be
diverted from our industries. What
will the establishment of single farm
in the cut-Oyer regions mean for the
business of the United States? First,
railroad fares in looking the land up.
Then more railroad revenues in going
to it with the household goods and the
live stock.
After that. or preceding it. will
come Il demand for all the metals, lum-
her. stone brick and cement which go
into buildings. This means more rail
road business Then comes the fenc-
ing. with its demand for steel and lum-
Lcr Immediately the farm begins to
originate all sorts of business, incom-
ing and outgoing The home must be
furnished.
"Stump-pulling machinery and eX-
plosives must lie bought for further
clearing. Soon the wheat, cotton,
wool, milk, butter, eggs. fruit, pork,
Eeef and forest products begin to move
from the farm. The swamp must be
drained. Better cattle, hogs and pOul
try are brought in. This farm has for
the first time bank account, with de
posits and borrowings. The dead for
est has become alive"
G. NJ. Householder stated that the