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WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
can be grown almost anywhere with ordinary ease. Several large vineyards 
have already been started, and so far as is known, proved profitable invest¬ 
ments for the owners. 
The dairy business is rapidly assuming prominence. Six or seven well- 
regulated and well-managed cheese factories, in various localities, attest 
the correctness of the statement that this branch of co-operative husbandry 
is not neglected, but is being conducted on a comprehensive scale. So far 
the result seems to be entirely satisfactory, and promises well for the future. 
Lately, stock raising has attracted more of the notice its importance de¬ 
serves. Purer and better breeds of horses, cattle and sheep may now more 
frequently be observed than was once the case. The scrubs are becoming 
scarcer, and superior animals more numerous. Even the “ hen fever ” has 
raged quite violently, and in many yards the display of “ fancy birds ” is 
by no means to be despised. E* r ery agricultural fair demonstrates that the 
tendency is “ upward and onward ” towards the highest and best. Build¬ 
ing materials are readily obtainable everywhere. Hard lumber is made 
from the forests, and pine brought from the north. The finest varieties of 
cream-colored brick are extensively manufactured at Watertown, Jefferson 
and other points, while in some places stone can be found. 
Various kinds of manufacture diversify the pursuits of the different 
classes of society, giving remunerative employment to capital and labor. 
Flouring mills, woolen factories, window, door, sash and blind factories, 
bedstead and chair factories, stave factories, knitting machine factories, 
cabinet factories, and many other similar enterprises are carried on in dif¬ 
ferent towns, adding to the prosperity and resources of the community. 
Such is the picture which a hasty and imperfect glance at the present 
condition and prospects of Jefferson county discloses to view. With a pro¬ 
lific soil, healthy climate, and enterprising people, it has durable and solid 
foundations for continued growth and development. Taking everything 
into consideration, it holds out inducements to all seeking new homes in 
our magnificent commonwealth, that are certainly not surpassed by those 
offered elsewhere. Within its limits are the elements of rational happiness 
and contented enjoyment, which need only to be wisely used to secure the 
chief blessings of life; and what more have the mass of mankind to expect 
in any region of the globe? 
JUNEAU COUNTY. 
BY J. T. KINGSTON, NECEDAII. 
The agriculture of Juneau county is yet but slightly developed, owing 
■partly to the recent settlement of the county, now scarcely twenty years, 
but more, perhaps, to the fact that the inhabitants of the central and north- 
