INDUSTRY OF COUNTIES. 
401 
Agricultural productions—Census returns of 1870. 
Number of bushels of wheat. 208,241 
oats. 286,534 
corn. 67,257 
rye. 4,228 
harley. 22,185 
potatoes. 28,779 
Number of tons of hay. 5, 721 
Number of pounds of butter. 124,285 
wool. 5 ’ 015 
hops. 4 . 6 OO 
Estimated value of above productions. $456,620; 
The great staple manufacture of the county is lumber. The vast pineries; 
of the Chippewa and the Eau Claire annually yield for manufacturing pur¬ 
poses in this county alone, from seventy-five to eighty-five million feet, and' 
when it is remembered that at least one-sixth of the pine in the United 
States is embraced in the two pineries named, the importance of this pro¬ 
duct can be readily seen. 
Manufactured productions—Census returns of 1870. 
9 grist and flouring mills, annual earnings. 
21 saw mills, annual production .... 
2 shingle mills, annual production. 
4 sash and door factories, annual production 
3 foundries. 
4 furniture shops. 
7 wagon and carriage shops,do.. . 
10 blacksmith shops. 
.do... 
2 joiners shops... 
3 cooper shops. 
10 boot and shoe shops... 
..do... 
.do... 
5 tailor shops. . 
5 harness shops. 
3 jeweler’s shops. 
1 pottery. 
..do... 
5 photograph galleries... 
2 bakeries.. 
2 book, binderies. 
1 carpet weaving. 
2 paint shops. 
5 milliners shops. 
1 tin shop. 
1 fanning mill factory .. . 
1 rm mr) factorv. .. 
do... 
.do... 
3 orintino- offices . 
. .do .. 
. do... 
4 brick yards. 
1 artificial stone factory.. 
..do... 
4 breweries. 
Values. 
$63,345 
927, 080 
14, 385 
32.800 •> 
40, 500 
13,300 ;> 
14,200 
18,500 3 
1,000 
3.700 
17,280 
6, 500 , 
5, 726, 
3.400 v 
500 
7.800 - 
3, 640 
1.700 
500 , 
2, 700 
5, 700 
2,500 
2,500 
2.400 
13,000 
17,400 
700 
18, 808 
Total 
$1,231,564 
26—Ag. Tr. 
