Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-02-10
Glen Flora "Bushwhacker'
Tries To Tell the World"
Few Things

We have before us Il clipping from
| the Farmers Dispatch from Il dis
grmtled man who signed his article
| "Bushwacker" The article is abso.
| lutely misleading, and while his fig
,res may be true his statements that
| it cost SiG0 TO clear an acre Of land
i'll Rusk county is not.
| Here is the whole article
What the Road Cost
| Editor Farmers Dispatch;
| heartily agree with Fred X. Iost,
| Of Minnesota, when he says roads are
not worth So an acre, and l likewise
disagree with H. +. Peterson of Wis
consin.
| But let me tell the world what it
costs to clear land in Rusk county, Wis
consin.
Last year this town was bonded for
$4,000 to build roads One road, of
which / happen 10 know the condition.
J is a mile and half long and supposed
| to be grubbed two rods wide; therefore
equivalent TO six acres of land: these
six acres were cut off and grubbed for
the small sum of $500, or $3.50 per
acre. and. it is not ready for a crop
yet, far from it. / feel safe in saying
| it will cost another $50 per TO get
! that in shape to grade and the stump
ing was done with powerful steam
machine not by hand. Now here is
| $500 already against each acre of cut
I \ n 80 ~
| the present price Of this land, making
Il total cost of $40 per acre. Cheap
land, is it? Well if somebody didn't
| think so il would always remain as
cut-ovcr land.
BUSHWHACKER.
! Glen Flora, Wis.
| Any intelligent man who stops to
| think before speaking knows that 1t
costs more to clear a road through
new section of land than it costs set
| tier to clear his farm.
| John EricksOn's Idea
We consulted John Erickson, of Glen
| Flora, about this item and he said
that it was probably the new road that
was built in the town Of Lawrence that
was spoken about While il is neces-
sary to go through green timber swamp,
or anything else that is in the way In
order TO make q road where wanted.
| that rule does not apply in clearing
up farm. Mr.. Erickson said that
while it would probably cost $4,000 to
| build thrce-fourths Of mile OF road
east of his land, it cost him only $40
! to $12 per acre 10 clear his land on his
| farm Of green timber and stumpS and
have them all disposed of. He has al
ways worked on what is now known
as the "Rusk County Plan
| He cuts all the green timber off OF
| his land and sells the crop for enough
| to pay for the cost OF cutting and
brushing the land. He then seeds the
| land down and pastures ii for eight
or ten years, when he piles the logs,
and pulls most Of the stumps with
team after which the stones are re-
moved and the land Is ready to plow.
| On open bnrnt-over land the cost
Of clearing when done at once is from
| so to 500 per acre and one should
clear the easiest first and get il seed
ed down, said Mr. Erickson.
] The farm editor Is clearing this kind
Of open land and the cost does not cx
coed $50 per acre and many acres are
cleared for less than that amount.
The Rusk County Plan makes land
clearing cheap and easy, and it is
through the liberal adoption of that
plan that the farmers cleared 10000
acres Of new land In Rusk county dur