HENRY COUNTY. 201 



s. Great abundance of the usual drift clays can. every where be 

 obtained. These, with proper treatment, burn into a good article of 

 common brick. 



Agriculture. But the distinguishing characteristics of this county 

 are its coal deposits and agricultural resources. In the latter respect 

 Henry county ranks among the best counties in the State. Its surface 

 is mostly a high, rolling prairie ; its soil is good. The staple crops of 

 Northern Illinois give abundant annual returns. Its population, its 

 wealth, and its material resources are rapidly increasing. As a fruit 

 county it also ranks among the first in this part of the State. The or- 

 chards around some of the older settled towns seem to do well ; but 

 fruit growing in the county has not received the attention its import- 

 ance demands. Fruit growing and timber raising should both be looked 

 after by the farmers of Henry county. 



-27 



