GENERAL AGRICULTURE AND CLIMATE. 
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do best over that portion of the county where the surface is 
somewhat rolling, on such as the rolling phase of Superior fine 
sandy loam and Miami types. The census of 1920 reported that 
there were at that time about 51,538 apple trees in the county 
of bearing age. There were also 7,390 cherry trees of bear¬ 
ing age. 
There were approximately 600 grape vines in bearing at that 
time, and about 72 acres devoted to strawberries. 
In this connection the fact may also be mentioned that in 
1920 there were about 3,865 maple trees which were being used 
for the production of maple syrup and sugar. 
The raising of live stock is an important industry in this re¬ 
gion. Dairying is the most important branch of the live stock 
industry, but some beef cattle and a large number of hogs are 
also raised. 
Poultry may be mentioned along with the general live stock 
industry. 
Dairying is by far the most important branch of agriculture 
which is followed in Outagamie County at present. The census 
of 1919 reported that there were slightly over 56,000 dairy cows 
in the county. During that year approximately 17,550,000 gal¬ 
lons of milk were produced. The dairy products find their 
way to market chiefly in the form of cheese, butter, and con¬ 
densed milk. There is also an appreciable amount of milk 
which is delivered as whole milk in the towns and cities of the 
area, and also some whole milk which is shipped to Green Bay. 
There is one condensery in New London, just over the line 
in Waupaca County, which receives a considerable amount of 
milk from Outagamie County. In 1917, there were twentj^-one 
butter factories and eighty-six cheese factories in the county. 
Of the dairy cows, those of the Holstein breed are most nu¬ 
merous, and there are a number of pure breds throughout the 
county although the grades still predominate. The following 
table shows the number of butter and cheese factories in this 
county, and also the amounts of cheese which have been pro¬ 
duced and marketed. 
