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SOIL SURVEY OF WAUPACA COUNTY. 
Sheep are raised on a few farms and are confined most largely 
to the rougher portions of the area, though some are found in 
nearly all parts of the county. 
The dairying industry is one of the most important in the 
county. The dairy products sold during 1909 amounted to 
.$1,202,611, exclusive of home use. Of the dairy stock, cattle 
of Holstein breeding are most numerous with Guernseys second 
in importance. There are a few herds of Jerseys and also a 
few Short Horns. There are quite a number of pure bred herds 
of registered stock in the county, though the greater propor¬ 
tion of the herds are being built up from grade stock. There 
are several cow testing associations within the area, and as a 
result of the work being done along this line the cows of poor 
production are being gradually weeded out. The milk is manu¬ 
factured into butter and cheese and a considerable amount is 
taken to the condenseries located at Manawa and New London. 
The total amount of milk is fairly evenly distributed through 
these three channels. Creameries are located in most of the 
princpal towns, and at some neighborhood centers. One of the 
most modern and up-to-date creameries is located at Iola. 
Cheese factories are most common in the southeastern and north¬ 
western parts of the county. Most of the milk in the eastern 
and east-central part is disposed of to the condenseries. A large 
proportion of the cheese factories and creameries are run on 
the co-operative basis. On Jan. 1, 1920 there were 33,578 cows 
on the farms in Waupaca County. During 1919 the amount of 
milk produced was 1,665,462 cwt. and this has a value of $4,- 
879,804. In 1918 there were 53 cheese factories and 31 cream¬ 
eries in the county. 
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Farmers generally recognize the importance of the adapta¬ 
tion of crops to certain soils. It is generally recognized, for 
example, that rye will do better on the sandier type of soil than 
will any of the other small grain crops. It is generally consid¬ 
ered also that potatoes can be grown more profitably upon 
soils of a sandy nature than on heavy types. ' In this region, 
where the season is somewhat short, corn is more certain to ma¬ 
ture on the light sandy soils than on the heavy clay areas, be¬ 
cause the sandy soils warm up more quickly in the spring. 
The sandy types, however, are not so well adapted to hay crops, 
and to oats and barley, as are the heavier soils. The general 
methods of farming followed are about the same as those prac¬ 
ticed throughout the general farming and dairying districts of 
