Farming in Alcona County.
Farming in Alcona County.
A. H. Spencer and family will soon remove to a farm purchased by them back of Harrisville. Mr. Spencer is a man that stands high in this community, and we are sorry to see him go.--Au Sable News.
The above is another evidence of the oft repeated fact that when people of the "Shore" want to go into the agricultural business, they invariably buy a farm in Alcona county. Persons not acquainted with the facts, will wonder at this peculiar disposition on the part of the people, and ask why is it so? The conclusion of the whole matter is that Alcona county is the leading farming district along the shore. There are millions in the fertility of her soil, and it only needs to be cultivated to develop the great wealth. The greater portion of the soil in Alpena and Iosco counties is nothing but sand, though both of these counties have some streaks of good arable land. In Alcona the soil is mostly red clay, clay loam, and black muck. The general quality of the soil, however, is clay loam, and produces very bountifully. We venture the assertion that there are larger, better and more well improved farms in Alcona, than in any county north of Bay, and that the condition of crops harvested each year will equal those of any county in the State. All that is needed at present is a home market that will handle the produce of the farmers. When we get this, which must soon be forthcoming, all classes of our farming community will flourish as a green bay tree.