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and willing to extend assistance in any way possible to the new 

 settlers of our county. 



RURAL SCHOOLS SECOND TO NONE. If it is true that roads 



- - are a key to progress 

 in any given locality, it is probably more true that country schools 

 are a key to the degree of civilization in any given locality. No 

 matter where you go in America you will not find better country 

 schools on the average than you will in Marinette County not even 

 in such older settled states as Illinois, Iowa and Ohio. Marinette 

 County rural schools do much special work in the teaching and 

 promotion of agriculture. Every school in the county does special 

 work in agriculture as it relates to the development of Marinette 

 County. In some of the schools classes in stock judging are taken 

 once or twice a week to farms in the neighborhood where they are 

 taught stock judging. Fifteen of the rural schools of the county 

 possess their own Babcock milk testers, and test milk for the 

 farmers in the district free of charge. In many other schools corn 

 seed is tested for the farmers free of charge. 



Wisconsin's policy in regard to both the construction of rural 

 schools and the training which takes place in the rural schools has 

 always been recognized as far in the lead of most other states in the 

 Union. This policy is carried into effect by withholding" state aid 

 from any school which will not keep up with the march of progress. 



There are five rural high schools in Marinette County in addi- 

 tion to the city high schools. 



SILOS. Wisconsin has 60,000 silos, which is several times more 



- than the number to be found in any other state in the 

 Union. The silo has been the "watchtower of prosperity," in 

 Wisconsin and there is no question but what it accounts in a large 

 measure for the remarkable success of farming in our state. No 

 county is more progressive in building silos than Marinette, and 

 each year the number built is larger. In older settled parts of our 

 county many farms already have two silos, and there are large 

 districts where at least one silo is found on every farm. It is 

 estimated that Marinette County now has well over 500 silos and 

 150 or more are being put up each year. 



HOW OUR SETTLERS BEGIN. The farmer who comes here 

 - with considerable means has 

 the advantage of course; he can get started more quickly; he can 

 hire part of his land cleared. To such men the start is not difficult, 

 but the man with a little money and plenty of pluck can get along 

 very well. He can build his first home of logs taken from his land 

 at a cost of from $5 to $50, and it will be a comfortable home. Fuel 

 and fence posts can be had on his land for the labor of cutting them. 

 One can raise plenty of food right from the start for the livestock 



