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Bkevvinu. — Statistics before the writer show, in this business, in 1850, 4,000 

 bushels barley, $2,000; 1200 barrels beer, |6,000. The wiitev is one of those 

 who would think, the less the amount under this head, the more advantageous 

 would be the comparison with sister counties, and for that reason has made 

 r.o enquiry calculated to elicit statistics of one, and the only, distillery in the 

 county. ' In tjie main^ he thinks the law of 3Iain-e best ajjplicable to such 

 subjects. 



Agricultural Machines and Implements. — In some articles in this depart- 

 ment, Racine county, we think, will hold an advantageous comparison with any 

 part of the State. There has been manufactured in this county from five hundred 

 to six hundred threshing machines of various kinds, which ha\ e been ciiculated 

 over the State, and to a considerable extent in Illinois and Iowa, giving, it is 

 believed, excellent satisfaction. Ploughs are manufactured quite extensively, 

 averaging from four hundred to six hundred of steel ploughs annually for a num- 

 ber of years. Cast ploughs, of excellent model, are manufactured at some of the 

 foundries. This county has probably manufactured a larger number of fanning 

 mills than any other county in the State, there having been, on an average, three 

 shops for a number of years, turning out probably an average yearly aggregate 

 of six hundred mills. From 4,000 to 5,000 in all have been made in this county. 

 The shops now in operation are all connected with branches in other parts of the 

 State. This county, and its branch shops, have supplied a majority of the fan- 

 ning mills used in the State. Something is done in the manufacture of other 

 implements and machines, in regard to which we have no data from which to 

 form an estimate. 



We shall conclude our account of the Manufactures, &c. of this county, bv 

 throwing other branches into a brief tabular view, as follows: 



Kinds of Manufactures, and Amouut or Value Value 



No. of Articles auuually. Raw Material. Production. 



Soap, 316,370 lbs.; candles, 118,000 lbs.; lard oil, 25 bbls. |1 5,934 27,130 



Lime, 35,000 barrels 15,000 



Saddle and harness 6,673 15,575 



Shoemaking — 27,050 pairs of boots and shoes 22,125 57,512 



Coopering — 35,000 flour& packing barrels, & miscellaneous 6,065 20,000 



Blacksmithing 9,166 25,200 



Tailoring— 4,150 coats and pants, and 2,154 vests 2 1,158 29,218 



Jewelry 5,100 8,014 



Cabinet work 2,219 7,1 23 



Baking 3,360 5,900 



Butchering 48,472 66.475 



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