HARDWOOD RECORD 



VIEW DOWN SHELBY STREET, SHOWING 

 PARKING SYSTEM. 



,i,,,aiy the entire crop raised ^X northern 

 Michigan farmers is consunu-d locally, ilms 

 the farmers receive a much higher price for 

 their commodities than those of most agricul- 

 tural regions. The surplus potato crop is 

 shipped in large quantities to points south, 

 east and west, and of necessity must stand a 

 freight charge. . 



One. farm pictured here^vitll is an eighty- 

 •i.-re tract which was purchased by the present 

 owner eleven years ago. with hardwood tim- 

 ber standing thereon. This timber was re- 

 ,„„v,.,l bv the original owner the following 



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 & DIGGINS. 



a fair history of every man who has em- 

 barked in farming enterprises in this region. 

 Opportunities for investment in stump lands 

 are available every day, for just so fast as 

 the lumbermen clear ihe timber from tlicir 



Here is an excellent land proposition— oile 

 that is not duplicated anywhere in the Umte,a 

 States In some instances the settler can pay 

 f„r his land from the timber l.-ft by the lum- 

 bermen, besides making money enough to 

 pay household expenses, while clearing it for 

 agricultural purposes. There is a good mar- 

 ket for the remaining cord-wood and for such 

 ties and fence-posts as can be secured froin 

 the cut-over lands. Good district schools 

 al,oun,l throughout the entire region and set- 

 thM-s can have the advantage of higher educa- 

 tion f,.r their children by sen.Ung them to the 

 most excellent graded and high s.-liools ot 



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 PLANT. 



winter. Since that time, the present farm 

 has been a standing evidence of what an en- 

 terprising man can accomplish in the way of 

 farm building within a period of ten years. 

 The owner has fine house and barn structures, 

 crood orchard, fenced and stumpless fields, and 

 ^ood crops. The man started with a capital 

 of .$400 and now owns his farm clear of all 

 debt. This is not an exceptional case, but is 



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lands they are anxious to dispose of their 

 holdings. Tlie prices at which these lands are 

 sold are extremely reasonable and offer an 

 opportunity to any intelligent farmer to se- 

 cure a home and independence within a very 

 short time. 



(;r\nite iii.dCK— general OFFIi'ES a. F. 

 ANDERSON. ; 



Cadillac when they graduate from 



try institutions. , 



The land is well adapted to raising live 

 stock and several large stock farms are al- 

 ready in successful operation in the region. 

 In fact this section is particularly attractive 

 to the stock raiser as the average annual rain- 

 fall is about thirty-six inches, well distributed 

 during the growing season. 





FISHING IN LAKE CADILLAC. 



TEN 



3NT CITY ON SHORE OF LAKE MITCHELL. 



