Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-01-21
Two Factions Taking Shape For
Development of Rusk County
Land For 1921. Both Should
Be Encouraged

There seems to be no middle ground
between the College of Agriculture and
County Agent for the dynamite. stump
pullcr. and finished acre plan. and the
NcwS-Budgct. farmer. brushing. log
gmg. burning. lpveling and seeding
plan.
As the first mentioned faction will
not recognize anything but the finished
acre. it would he well for them to put
on their contest among men favorable
10 their plan, and not try 10 persuade
or even encourage men who are not
ready for the finished acre. to follow
them
They might be able to stump and
pillow 5000 acres of land during 1921
which would he fine thing to accom-
pliSh in IL single season. The News
Rudgct ana lis farm editor assures this
faction their hearty cooperation and
support if they c0nfinc themselves to
men who are ready for the finished
acres
IlC lltI w IiO plPltI ~ III tSIl anu
seed could place their goal at $4,000
acres which would be ten acres per
farm for the $500 farms in the coun-
~. While many men who are ready
10 stump and pillow would not brush
and seed as much as ten acres <fhey
would nearly all do some brushing and
seeding and the new Corners should all
H. I
make mp for the men who did not
brush and seed on The older farms.
The talk about brush growing up
again is nonsense on this RuSk county
plan as the work must be done thor
oIgh as per the plan outlined i'll an
other item The brushing may be done
III any season of the year with equally
good results. and the stumps and stone
would be removed rs the cream checks
became adequate to take them out
The two plans would improve 10000
acres and $4,000 of them would be new
acres with an added real estate value
Of about $40 per acre or 81, 900 600 for
The county. The increased value of the
1000 acres Of land that would be
~tumpcd and plowed might be esti
mated on the same basis which would
add 100000 more to the total increase
of land values through the friendly
double headed contest as outlined
above.
The latter plan is the one the farm
editor endorses as being the most
practical plan for the man who lives
on II new farm and for those who will
settle here. as they are the ones who
need guidance that will enable them
Ito prosper The seeded acre would be
sufficient prize for the man who adopts
the RuSk county plan and the million
dollars of increased values that would
result would be greatly increased by
The cooperative effort. The 5000
old acres put under the pillow would
also add to the values Of all of the
farms in the county so the increase
might he placed higher than the figures
mentioned.
The first faction want Il county agent
or assistant county agent to handle
their project while the men who want
10 adopt the RuSk county plan want
IL home man who has actually cleared
land here and paid for it himself, to
be- placed III charge.
Little credit was given last year to
the man who opened up new land by
brushing and seeding, and much credit
was given the man who Stumped and
pl0Wcd up good clover land, put the
land TO cash crops when i'll many in
stances he lost money by the operation.
Due credit must be given this year to
the man who brushes and seeds new
land.
The Rusk county plan has been used
for wears by our most successful sci
llrrS and is being carried out at present
10 Il good advantage on The Big Seven
Ranch owned by the News-Budgct' S
farm editor.