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WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Here and there a factory has been built, and some cf those al¬ 
ready in operation have been enlarged to meet a growing de¬ 
mand. The prophecy that Wisconsin is surely destined to 
become a great manufacturing state, is in process of fulfil¬ 
ment. 
Without particularizing to any considerable extent, we 
deem it proper to call attention to the inauguration of an al¬ 
most entirely new branch of manufacturing industry since the 
date of our last report. Reference is made to two or three 
small establishments in Grant county for the preparation of 
various ochres, and the oxide of iron for use as paints. Judg¬ 
ing from the numerous samples deposited in the State Agri¬ 
cultural Rooms by Mr. Murrish, by whom they were discov¬ 
ered, and from the account given by him of the great extent 
of the formation from which thev were taken, we are led to 
believe that this enterprise, begun on a very small scale in 
that region, is destined to grow into an important branch of 
industry. 
It is also worthy of remark in this place, that the cheese- 
factory business, which manifested uneasiness on account of 
the diminished prices of the product in 1870, has been even 
less profitable during the past year. Nevertheless, encouraged 
by the opinion that these discouragements resulted from tem¬ 
porary causes only, several new factories have been estab¬ 
lished ; the list of factories at present, so far as we have been 
able to determine, being as follows : 
