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LUMBER MANUFACTURE IN IOWA. 



Area of inclosed lands and Itnglh'of Hedges in Toica at different periods, as shown lij the State 



Census. 



• Decrease, some counties not reporting. 

 " The first of these entries is for "acres improved,' 

 of former returns. 



understood to correspond with "acres inclosed" 



There were also reported, iu 1875, 9,G45,9G1 acres in cultivation in 1874 

 and 52,1G4,G03 rods (IGl J64 miles) of fence. It does not clearly appear 

 whether hedge fences are included in this amount or not. If they are, 

 it gives an average of 4.12 rods of fence to each acre of improved land. 



The lumber business at Clinton, Iowa, began in 18G0, and now employs 

 about 1,000 men, including teamsters and raftsmen. The logs are rafted 

 down from Wisconsin rivers, and the products mostly go westward into 

 the prairie regions. 



Lumber manufacture in loica. 



Most of the lumber manufactured within this State, is grown beyond 

 its borders, and almost entirely in Wisconsin. The business is dis- 

 tributed along the Mississippi, at fifteen different places, which in order 

 of capacity for manufacture are, Clinton, Davenport, Lyons, Muscatine, 

 Dubuque, Fort Madison, McGregor, Burlington, Lansing, Keokuk, Mon- 

 trose, Camanche, Believue, Sabula, and Guttenburg. 



The capacity and business of these points were reported by the North- 

 western Lumberman of March 30, 1878, as follows : 



