. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. FARMING OJNT CUT-OVER LANDS. DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA. The cut-over district in the northern part of ^lichigan, Wisconsin, and ^linnesota extends in a broad belt from St. Marys River and Lake Huron on the east to the Red River Valley on the west. The shaded portion of the map (fig. 1) shows in a general way the boimd- aries of this district. The high price of lumber in recent years has brought about the destruction of most of the pine forests in this region and has caused big inroads to be made into the forests of hardw
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. FARMING OJNT CUT-OVER LANDS. DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA. The cut-over district in the northern part of ^lichigan, Wisconsin, and ^linnesota extends in a broad belt from St. Marys River and Lake Huron on the east to the Red River Valley on the west. The shaded portion of the map (fig. 1) shows in a general way the boimd- aries of this district. The high price of lumber in recent years has brought about the destruction of most of the pine forests in this region and has caused big inroads to be made into the forests of hardwood. Fires have also played an important part in the destruction of these northern forests. The harvesting of the crop of timber and its manufacture into lumber has made a few men very wealthy and for a long time. Pig. 1.—Map showing cut-over district (shaded area) and location of farms studied. Squares show areas where farm surveys were made and round dots areas where farm practice studies were conducted. has furnished employment to a large force of laborers at reasonably good wages. Strange as it may seem, the lumberman rated the land that pro- duced this heavy growth of timber as having little or no agricultural value. Wliile this may be true of some of the swamp land and sandy belt areas, it is by no means generally true of this extensive cut-over district. At present prices for farm products the very sandy lands can not be farmed successfully by the <n^dinary methods now in use and the swamp lands must be drained before they can add to farm profits, but a largo perrontage of both these soil types can and will eventually be brought under successful cultivation. The soils (fi this region are largely of glacial origin, as the ice sheet at ^)Me time covered tlie enlire district. Tlioro are large areas of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrat
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