Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-03-17
Would Willingly Sign With Con-
tracing Party for Reclama-
ton l. Dan. - Improved VS..
Wild Land n come Land
Best Security

Farm Editor: After reading the
reclamation law and thinking it over
carefully, I(came to the conclusion
that the value Of such 4 loan to North
ern Wisconsin couldn't be estimated.
Ii ii hadn't been for similar laws,
millions of acres Of the best producing
land in the United States would be
swamps tc 'ay.
II such law is put into effect il will
convert the cutover lands of Northern
Wisconsin into the garden spot Of the
state. and one of the best dairy c0un
tries in the world.
! recall one instance where Il farmer
was on Il poorly drained farm. and
when the drainage question came up
he fought it because he thought he
tax. The ditch was put through and
his farm drained; in few years he
was making money. paid the drainage
tax and put up new buildings and was
always prosperous afterwards.
Plenty of Fertile Acres
This man was i'm the same cOndi-
ton Of many of our settlers today !:
they have plenty of fertile acres if they
were only developed. | personally
know several settlers who came here
with small means and they are work
ing diligently and living economically.
cutting pulpwOod III winter and work
mo Il. in lI
clearing a little land at odd times when
there is nothing else TO do. They have
no working capital and can't do other
wise These conditions are what has
caused people to say. 1T takes three
generations to clear a farm.
Take this same man. give him Il rec
lamatiOn loan. say of $1,000, he can
stay at home and work on his own land
and have money enough 10 hire help
en- If they commence early in the
spring they will have II few acres
ready to plant potatoes and SOW Japan
csc millct or Sudan grass which makes
good hay the first year. After the
seeding time for these crops they can
brush and seed according TO the "Rusk
County Plan or if the land is burnt
over. they can clear thirty acres. 81
had two men clear ready to pillow 80
acres1, which he would have to do III
order to get the $1,000 loan. and at
these figures it would cost $40 per acre.
which is high. 1t would add at least
$4,000 to the value of his land which
would make the security good.
| have sold several tracts of land
with small payments down and | will
willingly sign with the contracting
parties for the reclamation loan. !
would sooner have Il loan on a tract
Of cleared land with reclamation
lien. as on a tract Of wild land which
will produce nothing to pay interest
and taxes with.
Reclaimed Land Pays Well
/ once bought Il tract of land that
was renting for 80 cents per acre. |
reclaimed this land at an expense OF
$1,000 per acre. IN two years after
cash rent for five years and turned it
down There are thousands OF acres
in RuSk county that can be reclaimed
for SD TO so per acre, that if put in
aay would bring an income Of $40 per
acre | know of one tract of land in
Rusk county that brought Il rental Of
$50 per acre in 1921.
We have the soil and rainfall. Rusk
county has been tried and found not
wanting ii is no experiment
our national government has spent
millions of dollars in irrigation prof
Gets which are mostly experimental.
Then why shouldn't we put our shout
ders to the wheel and get in on a sure
thing?
Our settlers are mp against a hard
proposition in these times. No DOUBT