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Henry, W. A. (William Arnon), 1850-1932 / Central Wisconsin : its possibilities and future
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Northern Wisconsin: its agricultural possibilities, pp. 3-8
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into these fields to de their own harvesting, and finishing with a little corn, pork can be cheaply produced. Northern Wisconsin sould raise no grain for sale; neither should it produce hay for the market. Hay and grainproductionfordirect sale means the ruination of the agriculture in any country where such practices are followed. Farmers should let hay go off their farms only in rare cases. Feed all these products at home, keep up the fertility on the land and ship to market only fnish'ed products like butter, cheese, eggs, pork, mutton and beef. The landseeker need make no mistake in purchasing if he will but move cautiously, deal- ing with reliable flras and taking his time to look over different sections. bet him never forget that while northern Wisconsin is a good region for farming, it neverthelesa contains irge tracts of land that should be seye rly avoided. In determining whether lIen ax suitPle for agriculture and whether the soil is rich qr not, let the land seeker be guided largely by what settlers already in the region are doing If the soils seem of fair quality by direct observation. and if the crops, the more thrifty settlers are growing, are satisfactory, then one need not hesitate about buying similar lands. Railroads penetrate every portion of our new north. There are settlers in every township. Roads are largely laid out and the newcomer will have but few privations to suffer. If he find the right kind of lands, he will soon have a farm on which he can grow crops of some kind every year without falL He is sure of markets. He is certain of lumber at reasonable price, of alundauce of firewood, of pure water and of 7
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