CRAWFORD COUNTY. 



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Wells and Springs. 



MATERIAL RESOURCES. 



The chief natural resources of the county are those derived directly 

 from the soil. Agriculture is the principal occupation of the people, 

 and will always remain so. Crawford county lies mostly on the northern 

 side of the watershed, and hence its surface, soil, and features partake 

 of those characteristics so conspicuous in the lake counties, and so well 

 known for their uniform fertility and strength. The following summary 

 of the agricultural statistics of the county is gleaned from the reports 

 of the State Board of Agriculture for 1869 and 1870. These may be con- 

 sidered direct products of the soil : 



Acres sown. Bush produced. Bush, per acre. 



Wheat 



Eye 



Buckwheat 



Corn 



Barley 



Oats 



Potatoes 



Sweet potatoes . 



Meadow 



* Clover 



Flax 



Pasturage 32,875 



Uncultivated land 53,215 



Orchards 4,159 



* 284 acres of clover were plowed under. 



