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WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
the wants of the community. At one mill there were 50 barrels of cider 
made last year, and 300 barrels in the whole county; a quantity sufficient 
to give every man, woman and child a bowl of “ old orchard,” relished per¬ 
haps by many next to “ old rye.” 
Numerous attempts have been made to manufacture sorghum, but that 
branch of labor is nearly abandoned. Every year new branches of trade 
and manufacture arise, adding another demand for labor, and opening new 
channels for investment; among these may be found the manufacturing of 
cheese-boxes. 
It would exceed the time and space we designed to fill to particularize 
the trade in fanning mills and pumps, which furnish labor for a number of 
men, and articles for the surrounding country. Suffice it to say, the genius 
of the American people will never fail to find new sources of employment, 
when old ones become overworked or non-productive. 
KEWAUNEE COUNTY. 
BY HON. LYMAN WALKER, AHNAPEE. 
Kewaunee county is situated on the shore of Lake Michigan, 110 miles 
north of Milwaukee. Its coast is lined with harbors, from which the pro¬ 
ducts of its industry are readily shipped to market; in consequence of 
which the producer realizes better prices, and more ready sales for the 
results of his toil. 
The quality of its farming lands is excellent, and all kinds of grain and 
vegetables are successfully cultivated. Winter wheat, especially, does well 
here. The following are some of the leading agricultural productions for 
the year 1870; wheat, 200,000 bushels; oats, 150,000 bushels; Barley, 100,- 
000 bushels; rye, 50,000 bushels; potatoes, 100,0(ft) bushels; hay, 25,000 
tons; butter, 100,000 pounds; wool, 20,000 pounds. 
The county is heavily timbered; the varieties are principally maple, 
beach, oak, basswood, elm, cedar, pine, hemlock and tamarack. Owing to 
its facilities for water transportation, lumber and timber find a ready 
market, and consequently its exports are principally of this kind. The fol¬ 
lowing figures show the amount of business done in this line: The amount 
of lumber exported the past year was, 20,000,000 feet; shingles, 12,000,000; 
cedar posts, 600,000; railroad ties, 350,000; telegraph poles, 10,000; cord wood, 
20,000 cords; tan bark, 12,000 cords. The ready sale of these articles 
enables the settler here to earn a comfortable living while clearing up his 
farm. 
The population of the county is 10,281; most of these are foreigners. The 
large amount of unimproved land, possessing in its excellent timber, its 
fertility, and its accessibility to market so great advantages, presents 
