New farm home of Rudolph Zilch, three miles from Mattoon; half mile from school. Home of Frank Wood, Jr. Some excellent cut-over land for sale within a half mile of this fine farm. A Long Record of Success I have lived in Shawano County  2 1/2 miles from where the town of Mattoon now is, 34 years.  I came here in 1879 and resided on the same piece of land ever since.  First, taking the timber off of it, and since then have been engaged in farming, and can truthfully say that a crop failure has never occurred in this section.  This is a good country in which to raise cattle, hay, oats, potatoes and in fact any kind of crop. Yours truly, FRANK WOOD. Our Statements are Backed by the Government In a recent annual report, the Secretary of State of Wisconsin makes the following statements respecting the region in which the land we offer yon is situated:  "In many communities are farmers who have several sons, some of whom desire to possess farms in their own names; lands are high-priced about home, such young men are looking for tracts which can be purchased at a low figure. For a sum of money which an industrious farm hand can lay up in two seasons, a good forty-acre tract of land can be secured in any of our northern counties. We Want High Class Settlers "Another class of land seekers are those who find their present farms too small and wish to secure larger ones without incurring any large debt. These persons can dispose of their holdings to neighbors for such a sum of money as will enable them to buy a large tract of the finest Northern Wisconsin acres. "A third class embraces men now laborers on farms, tenants or farm renters, who wish to hold the title to the lands they shall hereafter cultivate in order that their best efforts and hard labor shall bring them just rewards. The region we are considering will meet their ambitions. "A fourth class embraces those living in the city or village who are tired of a hand-to-mouth existence and are anxious to possess a piece of mother earth where they are free from the landlord and his monthly rent collecting, and can put aside that ever-present fear of being thrown out of work through hard times or strikes. With a few dollars laid up for building a house, a man who is now wearing his life out in the city, with nothing left to lay up after the wants of the day are met, can come into possession of a piece of land which he can hold without fear of any one. On this tract there are no days of idleness. A home in this state means a sure heritage and a safe possession in your old age. "Our lands are open to settlement by people similar to our own now residing in other states. Wisconsin will welcome settlers from other states to our borders provided they come willing to work faithfully and diligently to build themselves homes and are law-abiding and willing supporters of institutions of civilization and progress. "No people are wanted who come for speculation or who enter our borders with a lawless spirit, in expectation or hope of breeding dissension and disquiet. Climate and Weather Conditions "Situated as Wisconsin is, near the center of the North American continent, both its climate and its weather conditions must partake of those which are peculiar to the central regions of great land areas, that is, receive a large amount of sunshine and attain high temperatures in summer with medium cold and clear skies in winter. "But our summers are neither as extremely hot nor our winters as cold as they would be were we not situated in the angle between the two great lakes, Superior and Michigan, which bound us on the north and on the east. Neither of these lakes ever freezes over in the winter, and with a combined area of 32,000 plus 22,400 square miles, equal to that of the state itself, and with a mean depth probably exceeding 800 feet, it is plain that whenever the winter winds are in the north or in the east, both their temperature and their humidity must be greatly augumented in their passage across them before reaching the state. So, too, during the warm portions of the year, these great bodies of water tend to make the air cooler whenever it comes to us from the north or from the east, for the body of Lake Superior never reaches a surface temperature much greater than 46 degrees F., while at a few fathoms below the surface it changes not more than one or two degrees above or below 38.8 degrees F., and much the same conditions hold for Lake Michigan. A Good Fruit Country "The great lakes exert a marked and beneficial influence in lessening the tendency to injury by frosts, both in the fall and in the spring. During the spring the dangers from frost are lessened partly by the influence of the lakes in preventing the early development of fruit blossoms, so that the season of frosty nights is passed before the buds are far enough along to be injured by them, and partly by the direct warming influence of the lakes when late frosts do occur. Farm home of Ort Lane. Farm home of Frank Lane. A Good Fruit Country "The great lakes exert a marked and beneficial influence in lessening the tendency to injury by frosts, both in the fall and in the spring. During the spring the dangers from frost are lessened partly by the influence of the lakes in preventing the early development of fruit blossoms, so that the season of frosty nights is passed before the buds are far enough along to be injured by them, and partly by the direct warming influence of the lakes when late frosts do occur. Farm home of Julius Tews Markets There is a ready market for everything you raise. We employ over 300 men and many teams about our mills, factories, and lumber operations. We are near enough to the mining companies of Northern Michigan and Northern Wisconsin and Minnesota that we cannot supply the large demand made upon us for dairy products, hay, grain, and potatoes. The demand for stock is so great that the poorest grades find a better market, at a better price, than if they were shipped to Chicago or the East. Our lands are unusually well adapted to potatoes, yielding from one hundred to two hundred bushels an acre. Hay, oats, rye, and millet are unusually good crops. Upon the subject of the yield of these staples and prices obtained therefor, we print herein some letters from settlers, none of whom have been in the country for a period of less than three years. Some Good Advice I have lived on a farm in this section for many years and have recently purchased 80 acres of land from the Wisconsin Timber & Land Co. This last 80 purchased joins my original farm on the south and it is unnecessary for me to say that I am well pleased with this country as I have lived here and farmed it upwards of 20 years, and can advise anybody who wishes to become prosperous and happy to purchase land and locate here. Yours truly, FRED FELSKE Had very little Money- Now well off I have lived 2 3/4 miles from Mattoon for 22 years, coming here in 1889 from Brookfleld, Wis., with very little money, and bought the land that I now live on, and I have cleared up and farmed it, and am pleased to say to you, that we have had good crops every year, and I have made money every year since coming here.  Yours truly, CHARLES STARK.