Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-03-24
EXPERIENCES OF
MURRY SETTLER
Interesting Figures Given by
hurry Settler Prove Great
Difference in Cost
of Clearing

Albert Wisely, who lives il mile
north Of hurry cheese factory, was III
Ladysmith last week and attended the
Big Falls county reclamation meeting.
Mr. Wisely gives few facts about how
he cleared his land, and how he intends
to do it in the future.
On one acre he had 3S1 pine stumps
averaging about two feet across the
top. Two old mOnarchs measured.
one Sc. and the other 65 inches across.
There were lots of old logs which he
removed and then plowed the land.
The stumps were blasted and it COST
$50 to clear and plow this acre.
The next acre had II stumps and
cost $40 to clear and pillow. or S110-
less than the first acre.
Mr.. Wisely then got Il one-man
stump puller. but did not like it, so
he secured a horse puller. He cleared
% acres more that way and broke the
land This cost less money per acre.
About that time he adopted the 'RuSk
County Plan" and has since cleared 2.
dCfeS us duNocdtcu ny tHt pan Lhi7
he has seeded and has as good stand
there as on the land he plowed. Now
he plans OH brushing and seeding the
balance of his eighty before doing any
more stumping or blowing as he can
| clear his land much cheaper by that
method.
Don't Want Cows
Mr.. Wisely will not get cows until
fall. after he gets his hay crop up
and knows how much feed he has.
Will Investigate
Then he will compare the market
Of hay with the dairy proposition and
may decide to sell hay and wait an
other year before putting on cows.
This he says he has found by exper-
fence to be Il good plan to follow. Too
many new settlers spoil their chances
Of success by stamping, blowing, and
| buying cows, before they are ready
for them. What they should do is To
build a comfortable shack and start
brushing, burning and seeding, and
stay by it until they reach the back
end of their farm when they can start
stumping, blowing. and cropping, and
Get few cows if they have buildings
for them.
Cleared Land Pays
\ quarter of an acre of potatoes
yielded 100 bushels last fall which is
enough at 30 cents per bushel to pay
for the land and cost of clearing il,
even at the highest price of $3.50 per
acre.
Mr. Wisely said that the county rec
lamation act would be the best thing
ever done for the settlers here as ii
would give them a chance TO stay home
and clear their land which will enable
them to pay their bills taxes, and in
terest, and prosper. Ii he could bor-
row $500 he thinks he could nearly fin
ish clearing his farm.
There is a house, 12x16. with lean
to of Sx16 on the Wisely farm. Two
stables are made of logs and are 16x1S
feet each. One of these stables is COW
cred with roofing paper and the other
is covered with clay. The clay or dirt
roof is proving very satisfactory.
Hens Are Profitable
Twenty eight Buff Orpington hens
laid q eggs one day in December |
They have averaged IA eggs per day |
all winter. The hen house is built OF
logs and is we'll mudded up. There IS
Il pole floor laid over gravel. Chaff Is
nut on this floor and the coarser feeds I
are thrown in the chaff. He feeds
grain and scratch feeds, with corn
in the evening. He makes a dry mash
of bran. shorts, low grade hour. ana
corn meal He also cooks potatoes