Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-11-11
BRIGHT FUTURE
FOR RUSK co.
First Contest Letter Contains
Many Valuable Pointers
and Ideas

We moved into Rusk county from
Fillmore county, Mimi, four years ago
December Sth Our three little girls,
my husband and | were all delighted
with the novelty of changing from Il
prairie home, large house. lots OF stock
of all kinds around and all the work
connected with running such farm,
into a little home in the woods with 4
few head of stock and chickens. When
the snow left this spring the ques-
ton OF getting some garden and crops
in arose, but we found we had no place
for either until some clearing was done.
Our home was Arpin's old camp .,
which Il great many Rusk county peO-
pie already know. We found few
acres easy to clear. and not knowing of
the Rusk county plan of clearing we
set about getting this ground into first
class shape in the hardest possible man
ner. pulling stumps with horses, block
and line. lots of patience and plenty Ct
bruises. Then there were the fern
roots which we have, by the way learn
ed cannot be brushed, spring-toothed
nor can this land be planted TO any
crop and expect any returns except
buckwheat Other land. such as where
raspberries grow, will do fine treated
in This way. We have one neighbOr
who has very few ferns but acres OF
raSpberries has never turned furrOW
and has raised three good crops in the
three years he has farmed it.
He brushed, burned and spring
ed and seeded to clover and timothy.
Last year on one piece of ground, h.
seeded clover, vetch and rye, taking off
a good crop Of rye and this year two
crops of clover. He took off one good
crop Of clover from all his seeding last
year.
He put in an acre OF cucumberS this
year, but says it will be his last, as the
time spent in picking and delivering
does not pay as his potato crop has
when he planted among the raspberries
and got over $50 bushels TO the acre.
We bought Spring Hill Dairy Farm
two years ago and moved into it in Feb
lrlary Here we have good buildings |
of all kinds and good fences. Every |
thing is built for first-clasS dairying.
even to the spring which | am sure is
easily worth 81 900 of any mans money.
This spring has been controlled
by cement floor and three different
sized pools fitted for cooling cream and
milk. The temperature is always at
III degrees. summer and winter, AMI
flows a three-inch stream through tile
which empties just outside the spring
house. From there it flows down into
Wiergor creek. We intend some day to
put in hydraulic ram to force the ;
water into the house and down TO the
barn.
We keep ten cows which have done
well this summer. have made fancy
dairy butter to supply private custom
nrs, also sold cream. the hauler coming
ars' Cooperative Creamery at Bruce |
which gathers the sweet cream twice a
week and iseputting out extra fine but
er. The former owner of this place be-
ieves there was great virtue in bot
lie of Kerosene and a box OF matches
For clearing land; also plenty OF cattle
TO help the good work along. We have
twehty acres of pIowed land also twen-
-y-fve mere ready for the ploW for my
is busy with the dynamite
md grub hoe getting things ready FOR
the man and team.
| helped clear up eight acres last year {