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pasture, while the other half is used in raising winter feed. The value 

 of the land in Harrison county is seldom less than forty dollars per acre, 

 while frequently it is much greater. Under such circumstancfs, it is 

 difficult to compete with Colorado, where, with a climate equally favor- 

 able to the production of wool, the producer pays nothing for pasture, his 

 flocks ranging on government land, and needs to feed for not more than 

 two or three weeks in the winter. It is well for farmers to wei^h this 

 matter thoroughly. They should not console themselves with the reflec- 

 tion that sooner or later these lands at the West will be taken up, and su 

 acquire marketable value, for such is not likely to be the case. Colorado 

 can only be settled within striking distance of the rivers, where water 

 may be procured for irrigation, a small portion of the Territory. In addi- 

 tion, the equally serious fact must be remembered that there is a rapidly 

 increasing unwillingness throughout the country to continue the present 

 import duty on raw material, this being regarded by many as injurious 

 to the best interests of the manufacturing classes. Whether this be good 

 political economy or not, may not be determined here. It only remains 

 for those interested in wool-raising to study well the prospects of con- 

 tinued profit in the business. 



The principal outlet for the county is the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and 

 St. Louis Railway, which passes through the northern tier of townships, 

 and sends off a branch to Cadiz, the county seat. Another road is con- 

 templated, which will run through the eastern and northern townships, 

 and another may pass through the south-western corner. The roads 

 throughout the county are, for the most part, good. Educational mat- 

 ters appear to be well attended to. The district school- houses compare 

 favorably with those of other counties, and there are two institutions 

 authorized to confer collegiate degrees. 



GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE. 



The superficial deposits are very thin, and have been so far removed 

 or disguised by erosion as to be no longer capable of classification.- 



The rock formations all belong to the Coal Measures. In North, Mon- 

 roe, Franklin, Stock, Washington, and Freeport townships they belong 

 almost exclusively to the middle division, termed by Professor W B. Rog- 

 ers the Lower Barren Group, while in the remaining, townships they be- 

 long to the Upper Barren Group of the same author. The prevalent south- 

 westerly dip is disturbed by only one anticlinal, which passes nearly 

 north-east and south-west, through German, Green, Cadiz, and Moorefield 

 townships. In the neighborhood of Cadiz this is quite sharp, but at the 



