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Trees Replace Cows on Steinmetz Farm Timber business grows on marginal land
Clyde Steinmetz replaced his 40 cows with about 20 000 Christmas trees on 60 acres of odd corners and creek bottoms near Tilden Wisconsin. The operation supplies balsam spruce and pine to buyers from Eau Claire Chippewa Falls and Colfax, with sales near 900 trees yearly and plans to expand as sons learn the trade. If crops fail the trees provide a safety income and a path to staying on the family farm owned by his mother Bertha.
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Mr. Steinmetz
Tilden Farm
Bertha
Steinmetz
Chippewa Falls
Ted
Crandon
Wisconsin
Ted Steinmetz
Chippewa County
Clyde Steinmetz
Mike
Tom
Tilden
Eau Claire
Bloomer
Colfax
Pennsylvania
Steinmetz Farm
Tom Steinmetz
Clyde