GENERAL AGRICULTURE OF WAUPACA COUNTY. 
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January, 
1920 
J mu ary, 
1919 
April, 
1910 
Horses and mules, number. 
12,379 
12,301 
11,482 
Milk cows, number.. 
33,578 
32,995 
31,152 
Other cattle, number. 
26,762 
26,005 
20,384 
Sheep, number. 
5,656 
5.ICO 
7,246 
Swine, number. 
27,045 
28,658 
23,672 
Milk produced, cwt... 
1.665,462 
Of tlie special crops cucumbers are grown to some extent 
mostly on the sanely soils. Salting stations are located at sev¬ 
eral of the towns within the county. In a few localities in the 
eastern part of the area sugar beets are grown. Most of these 
are shipped to the beet sugar factory at Menomonie. Cabbage 
is another crop of some importance, though it is not raised as 
extensively in this county as in Outagamie County to the east. 
Minor crops used in supplementary feeding are mangels, rape, 
peas, turnips and so forth. To supply the home needs there is 
grown the usual line of garden produce. Strawberries are 
raised to a limited extent, as are also raspberries, currants and 
other bush berries. The trucking industry, however, is not de¬ 
veloped on a commercial scale in this region. Fruit growing 
receives but little attention in Waupaca County. Apples are 
grown more extensively than any other fruit, and most of the 
farms have a small home orchard, but apples are not raised on 
a commercial basis. The census of 1910 indicates that there are 
something over 60,000 apple trees in the county. Apples do 
best in those sections of the county where the surface is more 
or less rolling. The heavy level areas of soil, for example, are 
not well adapted to fruit, owing to the poor drainage condi¬ 
tions prevailing. 
The raising of live stock is an important industry. In 1909 
there were 51,536 cattle in the county, of which 31,152 were 
milch cows. During the same year the census reports indicate 
there were 23,672 hogs and 10,457 sheep. During that year 
there were 18,107 calves sold or slaughtered, and over 26,000 
head of hogs were sold from the farms in the area. Hogs are 
raised chiefly in conjunction with dairying and general farming, 
though hog raising is not as well developed in this county as in 
sections where corn is more certain to mature. 
