LANDOLOGY 35 



NO CROP FAILURES. M;irineite County is a country where 



the greatest returns arc made by 



diversified farming. The fact that we have no tornadoes in 

 summer, blizzards in the winter, or malaria in our water; plenty of 

 rainfall and no insect pests to destroy our crops, is the reason why 

 a total crop failure in Marinctlr County has never been known. 



The average annual rainfall varies from 32 to 40 inches 

 and a large part of it is distributed through the growing 

 months. The well water is soft and free from alkali, and can always 

 be obtained at a depth of from ten to thirty feet. 



FREE FROM FROST DAMAGE. Marinette County, Wiscon- 



sin, is ordinarily free from 



frost damage. During the last few years killing frosts were report- 

 ed from many localities in this country doing immense damage to 

 fruit, corn and garden crops. No loss of consequence was sustained 

 in Marinette County. 



The long growing season of our locality is due to the fact that 

 two-thirds of the border line of Marinette County is either on the 

 great Menominee River, or Green Bay, which is a part of Lake 

 Michigan. This location between Green Bay and the great Menom- 

 inee River means that the county is practically surrounded by 

 water. This, together with the low elevation, are the two causes 

 underlying our very desirable climatic conditions. 



Another point to be taken into consideration is the fact that in 

 a comparatively northern latitude plant life grows faster during 

 the growing season than it does in more southern latitudes. For 

 instance, during the heat of the summer corn will make a greater 

 growth in Marinette County than it will during the same length of 

 time in Illinois or Iowa. This is a provision of nature to provid- 

 suitable plant life for middle northern latitudes, and it has long been 

 recognized by expert agriculturists as one of the reasons why 

 upper Wisconsin is developing into one of the greatest and most 

 prosperous farm localities in America. 



OUR GROWING SEASON. Marinette County has 140 to 150 



days of growing weather. Northern 



Illinois, as far south as LaSalle and over to LaPayette, Indiana, has 

 150 to 160 days of growing weather, but the farther north we go 

 we find the days in summer longer, so the days in Marinette County 

 are longer in the summer and correspondingly shorter in the win- 

 ter than in Illinois or Indiana. 



In comparing the hours of sunshine with Springfield, Illinois, 

 we have six days more sunshine during the growing season, and 

 as plants breathe only when the sun shines, we have here practically 

 the same number of hours of sunshine during the growing season 

 as in Illinois, north of LaSalle; Lafayette, Indiana, or Des Moines, 

 Iowa. 



