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WooLLKNS. — There are three woollen factories in the county. One, containing 

 one sett of machinery, but capable of holding two setts, has manufactured 

 20,000 lbs. of wool in a year, i)roducing 16,000 yards of cloth. Another, of 

 about the same capacity of machinery, has confined its operations mainly to the 

 manufacture of yarn. Another, which has been in operation at times for a num- 

 ber of years, and now in complete repair, of capacity for manufacturing 60,000 

 lbs. per year, is at present closed for want of capital. In these are invested iu 

 buildings and machinery about $20,000. 



Lumber. — Taking the year 1851, the amount of lumber sawed was 4,250,000 

 feet. There are nine saw mills in the county, six w^ater mills, and two steam. 

 The latter alone manufactured 2-| millions of feet of lumber in 1851; mostly 

 oak plank for the plank road from Racine to Delavan, forty-four miles; and for 

 a road from Milwaukee, which is nearly completed to the village of Waterford, in 

 this county, about 25 miles, and is destined to cross the Racine plank road at 

 Rochester, in its course south-west to Burlington, &c. We consider this mention 

 of these roads, in this connexion, as not irrelevant, as they may themselves be 

 classed among " manufactures of the county," though not so estimated. 



Milling. — In this county there are seven large flouring mills. One steam mill, 

 and six propelled by water-power; one large steam flouring mill having been 

 recently destroyed by fire. The number of bushels milled annually, may be put 

 down at 475,266 bushels of wheat, and 28,432 bushels of other grain. Capital 

 invested in milling $75,000. 



Foundry and Mechanist. — There is $35,000 employed in general foundry 

 and such mechanist business as is usually connected with foundries. The num- 

 ber of foundries in the county is three, using annually 210 tons of pig iron, thir- 

 teen tons wrought iron, and 120 tons of coal. Steam is the motive power 

 of two establishments — of the other, water. 



Tin and Copper. — This branch consumes $17,246 in value of raw material, 

 producing $27,760 value of manufactured articles, among six shops; all of which 

 also deal largely in stoves and other articles not manufactured by them. Of the 

 single article of stove pipe alone, these shops make annually thirty-five tons. 



Tanning. — The tanneries, of which there are two, liave an invested capital of 

 $12,000. Average annual product, $28,000. Steam being the motive power 

 used in one — in the other, horse power. 



Waggons. — Thei'e appears to be four hundred waggons manufjictured in this 

 county, yearly, requiring $9,000 value of raw material, and turning out in pro- 

 ducts to the amount of $25,000. 



Bricks. — The annual amount of this article manufactured is 1,666,000, em- 

 ploying from twenty to twenty-five men. 



