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surely, every year. Cliurclies are found not only in cities and villages, but 
the country is dotted with them throughout its entire extent, and the num¬ 
ber is annually increasing. 
Should the county progress in the future as it has in the past, though it 
may not rise to the position of first in the state, yet it will be one of which 
its citizens need not be ashamed, and one which will bring no discredit to. 
the state of Wisconsin. 
IOWA COUNTY. 
Iowa county is located in the southwestern portion of the state, in what 
is commonly known as the lead region. The Wisconsin river forms its 
northern boundary. Grant county lies on the west, La Fayette on the south, 
and Dane on the east. In common with the neighboring counties, where 
lead is found, the development of its agricultural resources, and a system 
of general industry, was retarded by the almost exclusive attention paid by 
the early settlers to mining; but within the past few years great advance¬ 
ment has been made is this respect, and now the county ranks as the thir¬ 
teenth county in the state for the aggregate value of her agricultural pro¬ 
ductions. There are 170,147 acres of land under cultivation; from these 
were raised, according to the census of 1870, of wheat, 707,875 bushels; 
oats, 829,470; corn, 689,211; butter made, 555,181 pounds; with the usual 
variety of other crops in proportion. The population of the county is 
24,555. There are neither state or government lands unsold in the county. 
The railroad facilities are good. There is a road running to Chicago 
from Mineral Point, and the Milwaukee and Prairie du Chien running the 
whole length of the county on the north. There are quite a number of 
lead ore furnaces in the county, and one zinc ore furnace, making as good 
a quality of zinc as can be found in the world. It is made from black jack 
and dry bone, two kinds of ores that were useless rubbish until the above 
named furnace was built. A large amount of zinc ore is shipped to La 
Salle, Illinois, St. Louis and other places. The central and western por¬ 
tions of the county contain agricultural lands of the very best quality; and 
where the land is broken and hilly, the Welsh and Norwegians, inter¬ 
spersed with Americans and other nationalities, in their search for good 
water and pasturage, have made it a very garden. 
JACKSON COUNTV. 
Until within the past few years lumbering may be said to have been the 
exclusive industrial interest of this county. The amount of attention paid 
to agricultural pursuits is increasing, but it is yet comparatively small, as 
