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duction of sheep and cattle from the western ranges, 

 the tourist business, the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence 

 Waterway project, the destruction of noxious ani- 

 mals, good roads, introduction of new industries, 

 and whatever else may appear to promise the indus- 

 trial and agricultural improvement of the country. 



All the development bureaus issue pamphlets re- 

 plete with descriptive matter pertaining to their ter- 

 ritory, praising their good qualities, emphasizing 

 characteristic products and the possibility of pro- 

 ducing crops as yet not characteristic of the region, 

 their advantage in relation to fruit-culture, grazing, 

 general farming, raw material, their scenic attractive- 

 ness and recreational advantages, and whatever may 

 appear to have interest for the prospective home- 

 seeker in these less developed areas of the State. 

 Eesults are hardly capable of a statistical presenta- 

 tion, 3?et one gathers the impression that these ef- 

 forts are not useless from the standpoint of attract- 

 ing attention to the section and occasionally settlers 

 also. 



The sandy lands of Michigan occupy millions of 

 acres in all sections but predominant in the northern 

 peninsula. Their area cannot be stated definitely 

 until a comprehensive soil survey and classification 

 lias been carried to completion. These were the old 

 pine lands referred to in Chapter IT. Here the prob- 

 lem is to determine what crops, forest or field, can 

 lie grown profitaldy to such an extent that a liveli- 

 liood from the land may be secured. Experimental 

 work has been conducted by private agencies rather 



