The diamond drill., 1921-09-24

drag. II Is made Of maple logs about
IL inches in diameter and IA feet long.
hewed on one side so as TO make
sharp edge along the lower front line.
over this edge Is fitted a steel angle
bar shoe. One log Is hitched behind
the other by means OF stout chains and
the front log is attached 20 the draw
bar OF Holt lotion tractor. The 5-ton
machine will not pull this contrivance.
When the land have been gone over
with this leveller Il is ready for the
harrow.
The breaking plows are or such size
that roots and stumps six inches in
diameter are turned out easily and
big stones are likewise uprooted. The
leveller sweeps aside all obstacles OF
the kind so that the land is left In
very fine shape.
Only small acreage OF the ranch
was cleared last year and on that por-
ton the crops are good. but on the
land that was cleared and seeded this
year the crops are failure owing to
the ravages OF grasshoppers during the
exceeding dry peiCod of the early
summer. The entire center flat will be
re-plowed and seeded this fall, the
summer seeding not having caught.
The grasshoppers ate away the oats
and left the peas but they formed no
shelter for the clover seed
In 1920. 1900 cattle were fed on the
ranch. They We're shipped in in the
spring and out In the fall. This year
only $50 cattle are on the property and
OF that number 300 belong to the
ranch This 800 Is to form the nue.
leus OF the herd that is to be raised.
They are all high grade cows and
very high grade bull has been secured
for the ranch. The type of cattle 10
be raised are those yielding the most
beef. The Triangle people intend TO
specialize In cattle in this class.
The hay yield this year is only about
half of what was expected and some
OF the cattle may be sold for that rea-
son. II is expected that ii will take
at least two more years TO get the
| ranch up TO the plane where II is in
tended 10 place 1t both in producing
food and in the number OF cattle.
Mr.. Schultz has attempted one thing
that will be watched with interest by
all. He early decided TO change the
wild grasses OF the range IL possible
and to that end has imported western
seed grasses and sowed them in his
pasture tracts.
The ranch can be reached easily in
an hours driving from Crystal Falls.
From Amasa TO the ranch, six miles.
the road Is rather winding. narrow and
rough, but II can be negotiated at all
times and II is we'll worth the time
OF any person interested in land clear
ing or dairy or grazing to visit this
property now when the big land clear
ing activity is on.
The people OF Iron County, Michi-
gan, expect much from this project and
every one is enthusiastic over IL, for
the possibilities resulting from the sue
cess OF this venture are very many
We call II the fourth great event OF
the peninsula and DeleVe that its sue
cessful outcome will overshadow the
other three. for they have to a consid-
cradle extent proved TO be evanes-
cent. The western porphyries have
smothered our copper industry. the i'm
mense iron deposits of Minnesota have
eclipsed our iron mines while the
source OF tonnage for the 500 canal
has long since passed to other parts
than the upper peninsula. This fourth
big thing promises stability. II has i'm
its wake the putting COW at work
for evry ton OF iron ore taken away
fnom here and COW actively at work
in the upper peninsula is worth many
tons OF iron ore carted away to be set
at work in some other section.