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perfection, still there are many farms that will bear favorable comparison 
with those of almost any other county. There are not over 50,000 acres 
under cultivation, which is less than one-twelfth of the tillable land. 
This can hardly be said to be a fruit growing county, although it has 
been fully demonstrated that some varieties of apples, pears, plums and 
grapes can be produced. Small fruit, such as raspberries, blackberries, and 
plums grow wild in large quantities. 
The principal articles of manufacture of this county are lumber and 
shingles, which also constitutes our chief exports. There are twenty-four 
saw mills in the county, which annually manufacture from seventy-five to 
one hundred million feet of lumber; and the almost inexhaustible pine 
forests on the upper Wisconsin and its tributaries, will furnish our people 
a field for this valuable production for another generation. There are also 
three gristmills in the county which manufacture flour as good as is found 
in the state. 
Wausau is the principal business place in the county. It is beautifully 
situated on the eastern bank of the Wisconsin river, and contains about 
2,000 inhabitants. There are several other villages growing up in the county 
which are destined to become prominent business points. 
This county affords great inducements to actual settlers. Choice lands 
can be bought at from two to three dollars per acre, and the pineries afford 
a good market for all farm products. Our farmers do not yet produce one- 
lialf the provisions consumed in the pineries, and will not for some time. 
The climate of the county is remarkably healthful. The atmosphere is 
dry and pure, and the water is soft, pure and abundant. 
MARQUETTE COUNTY. 
BY HON. S. A. PEASE, MONTELLO. 
The whole county is openings and timber; the soil is diversified; clay 
and loam, with considerable sand, and extensive marshes furnishing 
abundance of natural meadows and pasture. The county is well watered 
with springs, small creeks and large mill streams. There are ten flouring 
mills, four woolen factories, two sawmills and one iron foundry in the 
county. Fox river runs through the county from east to west, with two 
thriving villages upon its banks—having four warehouses for grain and 
other shipping purposes. There are nine villages in the county, all of them 
well supplied with business houses, and well patronized. 
Montello is the county seat, with a large and commodious court house, 
built of stone and brick, two churches, stores and mechanics shops, two 
flouring mills, and a woolen factory. Montello is situated upon Fox river, 
where we have a regular line of steamboats from Berlin down the river. 
