LANDOLOGY 67 



A POTATO SEED CENTER. Marinette County has become 



oiie of the greatest potato seed 



producing centers in the great potato state of Wisconsin, and our 

 settlers are realizing the profits which they deserve for their work 

 in the development of this great industry. 



CABBAGE. I Q the winter of 1916-17 cabbage was worth almost 



its weight in gold. There was a time when a price of 



$11 per ton for cabbage would create a sensation in any produce 

 market. In the winter of 1917 however, the price of single heads of 

 cabbage went as high as fifteen cents, and the price per ton was 

 over $100. 



The average yield of cabbage in the United States is 4.9 tons 

 per acre. Wisconsin leads all states in the production of cabbage 

 with an average yield of nine tons per acre. 



Cabbage is rapidly becoming a great crop with Marinette 

 County farmers. Buyers are here every fall to take all the cabbage 

 raised at a good price, and you can get yields here of 

 just as good quality and running just as heavy per acre on the 

 lands being sold at $25 per acre as you can on the lands priced at 

 $200 per acre in southern Wisconsin. 



PICKLES. Marinette County is a great pickle growing section, 



and this industry is growing greater every year. 



Pickles grown here are free of disease. The Chicago companies 

 engaged in this business constantly seek to encourage the growing 

 of more cucumbers in Marinette County, because it is here that they 

 get a cucumber which is crisp and firm, and best suited for the 

 business. The cucumber grows quickly, and no other crop from 

 so small an outlay will produce such quick returns. You spend 

 very little money for seed or work until you commence to pick up 

 the money, and you are picking up money every day you are 

 picking pickles. It is a crop that gives work to everybody. The 

 children will earn $5 a day if you have a good crop of pickles for 

 them to work in, and the work is easy and healthful. 



A good crop of pickles will return from $100 to $175 per acre. 

 Many of our new settlers in recent seasons got from $100 to $150 

 per acre for their pickles. Marinette County has eight commer- 

 cial buying and pickling stations and several new stations are being 

 built in the county at the present time. 



SUGAR BEETS. Marinette County is already widely known as 



a center for the growth of sugar beets. It 



pays to grow this crop on our lands. We have the third largest 

 sugar beet factory in the United States as a market for beets grown 

 here. The price paid for sugar beets is constantly increasing. In 

 1917 the price was $8.00 per ton as a minimum, with a dollar more 



