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POTATO DEVELOPMENT WORK IN WISCONSIN. 



heavy steam power, so that the soil is in perfect condition 

 for the planting of the first year's crop. The proceeds 

 of the first year's crop of potatoes raised on these lands will 

 in the most instances pay the original cost of the land, the clear- 

 ing of the same, and the total cost of producing the crop up 

 to the time it is placed in the warehouse, and it is a certainty 

 that in any event two years' operation will leave this high 

 class improved land as a net profit of such operation. 



PULLING AND PILING STUMPS BY STEAM POWER AT STARKS ONEIDA 



COUNTY. 



This is a, development, not a speculative proposition. The 

 L. Starks Co. are not now offering any of these lands for sale, 

 as they contemplate the clearing and development of the greater 

 part of their holdings. When L. Starks, President of the 

 L. Starks Co., first embarked in business, he realized the fact 

 that an employee whose compensation was contingent upon the 

 success or failure of the work delegated to him usually ren- 

 dered more efficient and valuable service than where employed 

 on a fixed salary. The L. Starks Co. have pursued that plan 

 where possible down to the present time, believing that by put- 

 ting the employee in a position where his compensation is de- 



