INDUSTRY OF COUNTIES. 
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is tlie new capitol building, which, surrounded by a commodious and ele¬ 
gant park, presents an impressive appearance of taste and beauty; and 
among the other substantial buildings are the United States postoffice, city 
hall and the court house. The state university buildings and university 
farm occupy an elevated and pleasant site about one mile west of the capi¬ 
tol. There are thirty-five towns and fourteen villages in the county. Six of 
the towns are largely settled with Norwegians, and six by Germans, and the 
American and European nationalities are more or less represented in all of 
the towns. 
The county is throughout well watered by lakes and streams, and the soil 
is generally fertile; in some parts extensive prairies prevailing, and in oth¬ 
ers undulating and hilly land. Timber is plentifully interspersed through¬ 
out the county. 
The public land in the county is all taken up, and the wild land remain¬ 
ing can only be got from speculators and others. 
It has a larger area of cultivated land (395,703 acres) than any other 
county, and produces the largest crop (2,730,130 bushels in 1869) of Wis¬ 
consin’s staple wheat, as well as large crops of other kinds. 
Stock raising receives much attention, and pure-blooded animals are be¬ 
ing introduced. 
Fruits of nearly every sort grown in this latitude are produced in abund¬ 
ance. 
Manufactures have increased in number and variety since 1860. 
There are numerous churches of all denominations throughout the 
county, also public and private schools. 
The Milwaukee and St. Paul, the Chicago and Northwestern, and Madi¬ 
son and Portage railroads have brought it into direct connection with all 
parts of tliu state and country. 
DODGE COUNTY. 
BY E. B. BOLENS, ESQ., JUNEAU. 
[From the State Immigration pamphlet for 1870.] 
The county is located in the southeast part of the state, being the third 
county from Lake Michigan, as also from the south line of the state. It 
embraces twenty-five congressional townships, from which three pretty large 
lakes must be deducted to give the area of arable land. These townships are 
designated on the official survey as townships 9, 10, 11,12 and 13, north, of 
ranges 13,14, 15, 16 and 17, east. The soil is a rich, alluvial black loam, in 
some towns with a clay subsoil, in others sand. The east half of the 
county is well timbered, principally oak and hard maple. In township 11, 
of range 16, (Hubbard), is a very valuable iron mine, now owned and worked 
