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SOIL SURVEY OF BUFFALO COUNTY. 
are not grown on a commercial scale. There are a large number 
of excellent orchard sites throughout the county, the climatic con¬ 
ditions are favorable, and it would seem that apple growing 
might well be developed on a commercial scale. 
In 1913 there were 17 cheese factories and 10 creameries in 
Buffalo County, and the output of dairy products is gradually 
increasing. Dairying is carried on in all parts of the county, 
but is most highly developed on the silt loam and fine sandy 
loam soils. Considering the county as a whole, dairying is prob¬ 
ably better adapted to the Knox silt loam than to any other 
type. This type is excellent grain, grass, and clover soil, fair 
corn soil, and has associated with it a large amount of steep land 
and Rough stony land which provides an abundance of excellent 
pasturage. 
Most of the dairy herds in the county are made up of grade 
animals, with occasional herds of pure-bred Holstein, Guernsey, 
and Jersey. The use of purebred sires is gradually bringing the 
dairy stock of the county to a higher standard. Beef cattle are 
raised to some extent. Among the pure beef breeds the Short¬ 
horn and Aberdeen Angus are represented most largely. There 
is some Hereford blood in the county also, and the number of all 
purebred animals is gradually increasing, though most of the 
beef cattle are grade stock. A considerable number of calves and 
young stock are shipped out of the county each year. 
On the dark, level soils of the valleys corn is grown more ex¬ 
tensively than in the upland regions, and therefore in these 
sections hog raising is carried on to a greater extent than else¬ 
where, though some hogs are raised in all parts of the county in 
connection with dairying. More hogs and other stock are raised 
in the Waumandee Valley and in the vicinity of Mondovi than 
in other portions of the county. 
There are more horses raised in Buffalo County than in any 
other section of the State, and purebred Percheron, Morgan, 
Clydesdale, and Belgian horses are to be seen throughout the 
county. Most farmers raise their own work stock, and many plan 
to have a heavy draft team to sell every few years. There are a 
few farmers who make a business of raising horses. 
Sheep raising is carried on to some extent, and there are a 
number of farmers raising purebred sheep in various parts of the 
county. 
The adaptation of soils to crops is recognized to some extent. 
