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for the production of canning peas than Marinette County. The 

 land is new and it is well known that peas do exceptionally well 

 on new lands, and our climate is also especially well adapted for 

 this business. 



MARKET FOR CANNING PRODUCTS. N matter how favor- 



able any locality may 



be for raising high-priced canned products, there is no money in 

 the industry unless you have a suitable market. 



We have here one of the largest canning and preserving plants 

 in America which gives the farmer a market right at his door. You 

 will always find that the canning industry grows and finds its 

 greatest developments where the climatic and soil conditions are 

 suitable, and where factories exist so that the products for canning 

 can be readily sold at good prices. 



Because we have both of these conditions here, Marinette 

 County offers a special opportunity in the canning of peas, corn, 

 all kinds of garden products, small fruits, etc. 



Among the products canned by the local factory are tomatoes, 

 corn, peas, pork and beans, sauerkraut, beets, wax beans, string 

 beans, pumpkins, squash, apples, strawberries, blueberries, rasp- 

 berries and plums. This canning company also puts up cider, cider 

 vinegar, mincemeat, catsup, sauces, chili sauce, preserves, and maple 

 syrup. In addition to the large canning factory which pays high 

 prices for all of these special crops, Marinette County has many 

 pickling and salting stations, paying high prices for cucumbers for 

 pickling, cauliflower, etc. 



FRUITS. 



Hand in hand with the canning industry goes the 

 fruit raising industry. 

 The Marinette County fruit lands can be bought, planted, and 

 brought to bearing at less than the first cost of the irrigated lands 

 of the West, and the Marinette County lands will bring a higher 

 percentage of profit. The trouble has been that our farmers, 

 because they can get such great quantities of wild fruit here, have 

 never taken the culture of fruit seriously, and have never looked 

 after their orchards with that intelligence which they have brought 

 to bear in other departments of agriculture. 



FRUIT GROWS WILD HERE. A splendid source of income to 



new settlers in Marinette County 



is the wild fruit. Each year thousands of quarts of raspberries, 

 blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, gooseberries, cranberries, 

 plums and currants are picked by the settlers for their own use and 

 for sale. 



These fruits which are found wild throughout Marinette 

 County bring high prices in the town markets, and are the means 

 of a very helpful cash income to a great many of our settlers. 



