Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-09-23

settlers than any other state In the
"cut-over" forest districts. And it's
leaders recognize that every settler Is
an asset and we must not neglect them
nor be unfair in our dealings with
them, Two thousand settler families
went into upper Wisconsin last year
as the result Of cooperation of the
various agencies in the state. OF these
the state itself furnishes such as the
division Of immigration, the college Of
agriculture, the State Horticultural So
cfety and the Wisconsin Live Stock
Breeders association.
The lower priced lands of our cut
over district are attracting stockmen
and other efficient farmers, who are
drawn from thescorn belt states by the
urge to acquire homes Of their own.
For be it known, Wisconsin is not a
state Of tenants per cent Of its
farming population are farm owners.
The development Of upper Wiscon-
sin rests largely in the hands Of for
ward-lOoking cOloniZing companies.
Little of the old-time mortgage fore
closing policy is any longer in force in
this state The federal farm loan bank
is among the forces which are helping
to develop these districts. More than
SIT 100000 have already been loaned
through the Federal Farm banks and
al hoc
Type of Population an Asset.
Wisconsin is peOpled by ambitious,
energetic, democratic and progressive
fOlks-peOple who are not attracted
by the "hit-it-rich" artists or the "get-
rich-quick" schemes. They have the
sound sense to see that the only road
to true prosperity is through energet-
ic production, frugality and the eXer-
else of their Judgment Of true values.
Badger citizens know that the only
safe way is to do that which they
know best how to do, and that to
which the state is best adapted. They
are filled with the Badger spirit of CO.
operation and the confidence which
lc-spirited leaders is shown by the
responsiveness to proper appeals from
these sources.
The experiment station at Madison
is regarded as a lighthouse to show
the way through fOgs and the point
from which to check bearings in the
great forward movement. The station
demonstrated the possibilities of hemp
raising in Wisconsin and, following
this lead, the farmers have built a mil
lion-dollar industry. The Wisconsin
pea industry, the nations greatest, was
developed by state growers under the
guidance of their experiment station.
And the dairy industry, too, the pet
and pride of the state, was first
mapped out in the minds Of our great
leaders of dairydom, many of whom
were connected with the experiment
station and college of agriculture.
These men had vision. They made
themselves disciples of that vision and
preached and taught and worked to-
ward the one great goal, with the re-
suit that Wisconsin now leads the
world as a dairy state. Her fame has
spread round the earth, until men
fxom the remOtest corners come to
learn her ways, to catch the Badger
spirit and absorb her ideas, then to
return to their respective. states and
lands to preach the gospel Of better
dairying.
Sugar has been from 20 to As cents
a pound. Sorghum, one of the best
substitutes for sugar, is well adapt
ed to the soil and climate Of Wiscon-
sin. The conclusion is plain. We
must grow sorghum. The experiment
station is already capitalizing this as
set in a most energetic way, working
out the best methods of culture, the
best and most economical ways Of re-
fining the strip and encouraging the
farmers of the state to ''grow more
sorghum"