The L'Anse sentinel., 1922-12-01
tural College, according to a recent
announcement.

announcement.
In order that the peninsula may be
more efficiently served in this cam
paign, Mr.. Livingston has divided
this section into two districts. A. J..
MacAdams, who was in. charge Of the
dynamite work with the land clear
ing train which conducted thirty
eight schools of instruction in upper
Michigan this year, will direct the
work in the western half of the pc
ninsula, including Menominee, Dick
inson, Iron, Baraga, Houghton, Onto
nagon and Gogebic counties. George
Amundson, also one Of the corp of
experts who accompanied Clover
lands land clearing train, will direct
the activities in the eastern section
Of the peninsula, including Marquet+"
Delta, Alger, Schoolcraft. ice,
Mackinac and Chippewa cc-ntie2.
The winter campaign calls for a
series of meetings in both districts
with the view of ermining the in
dividual problems of each section.
"The fact that this year we will be
able to conduct at least ten meetings
in every county makes it possible for
the land clearing forces to bring in
formation nearer to the farmer" de-
clared Mr.. Livingston in discussing
the program for the ensuing year.
"The carload system of buying ex-
plosives will be discussed at these
meetings and it is confidently ex-
pected that all of the explosives which
the farmers of upper Michigan will
use during the ensuing year will be
obtained for them in carload quanti-
ty. This means a saving to the
farmer of from 25 per cent to 40 per
cent of the usual costs for explo-
sives."
Plans for the 1923 land clearing are
also under way. According to Mr..
Livingston, the schools during the
coming year will differ from those
held during 1922 in that the train will
consist of caravan Of trucks rather
than Railway trains. This system, it
is believed, will be decided improve
ment over the railway system, per-
mitting a more ready access to the
districts in which the schools will be
held, and will eliminate the neces-
sity of the train being limited entire
ly to rights of way. Both MacAdams
and Amundson are experienced in the
land clearing work, the former being
a graduate of the University Of Wis
consin and considered one Of the best
dynamite men in the country; and the
latter recognized for his work in Ash
land county, Wis, two years ago,
where he directed similar actibities
with remarkable results.
Regarding the actual results
achieved this year thus far, with Up
per Michigan's land clearing cam
paign, there is every indication, ac-
cording to Mr.. Livingston, that the
10000 cleared acres which he pre-
dicted at the opening Of the season
will be achieved. at will be diff
cult for us to secure the actual figures
until winter sets in and the work of
the various counties is completed"
Mr.. Livingston declared commenting
on this phase of the work. with
the coming of frost, however, we will
go into every county in the peninsu-
la and secure the accurate data on
the total acreage c'eared. Judging
from present indications, however, ]
am confident that the 10000 acre
mark will be obtained, if not passed.
Upper Michigan farmers are at pres
ent in the midst of their fall land
clearing and since approximately 40,-
700 acres had been cleared up to the
opening of the fall campaign, it is
reasonable to assume that the same
results will be achieved this fall. We
look for approximately $4,000 addi-
tional cleared acres this year."