Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1912 — See Riches in Swamps. [ARTICLE]

See Riches in Swamps.

The Russian department of agricultuer has founded at the Riga Polytechnic a. school for specialists in swamp cultivation. The North Pechora expedition worked many years with great success the deserted region of the northern swamps, and proved that the swamps of the Archangel province are full of wealth, add that millions of peasants, devoured by poverty and hunger in their native places, can find food and shelter In the swampy regions after their cultivation. With small expense the swamps can be/turned into land covered with rich grass.