474 WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
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WASHINGTON COUNTY. 
EY WM. BOHN, YOUNG HICKORY. 
Washington county embraces in its limits twelve townships, and is twen¬ 
ty-four miles long, from north to south, and eighteen miles wide. In cli¬ 
mate and soil it is well adapted for the production of grain, especially 
wheat, as the returns from the census of 1870 will show. From 147,549 
acres of improved land, which includes much that is only fenced, not cul¬ 
tivated, we raised 714,094 bushels of wheat; 76,192 of rye; 208,761 of corn; 
398,507 of oats; 64,549 of barley; 186,692 of potatoes; 638,304 pounds of 
butter, and 3,980 pounds of cheese. The total value of our agricultural 
products was nearly $2,000,000. 
The Milwaukee river, and the Cedar and Rubicon creeks, with their tribu¬ 
taries furnish abundant water for general purposes, and for motive power. 
The La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad passes through the county. Hart¬ 
ford, Richfield and Sclileisingerville are good wheat and general produce 
markets. At Hartford we have an undeveloped bed of iron ore, of the 
same quality as that at Iron Ridge, which will eventually be of great ben¬ 
efit to the industrial interests of our county and state. 
The county is strictly agricultural. More than nine-tenths of the inhab¬ 
itants follow agricultural pursuits. Farming is carried on by many on an 
improved and more rational system, with proper rotation of crops. Wool¬ 
growing is of less account than in former years, in consequence of the un¬ 
profitableness of the business; two-thirds of the number of sheep were 
disposed of during the last four years. Cattle and horses are raised in 
considerable numbers; the former mostly of the native breed, with some 
strains of Durham and Devon blood. A good stock of horses are found 
all over the county; mostly grades of Morgan and .French. At present the 
rage is for raising heavy norses. Some three years ago Clydesdale stal- 
ions were brought into the county, and many colts, the offsprings of said 
stallions, very promising animals, are scattered through the county. 
In the southeast part of the county there is a quarry of fine building 
stone; also another quarry is opened near the county farm. An abundance 
of hard wood timber and tamarack is found in all parts of the county. 
WAUKESHA COUNTY 
BY W. D. BACON, WAUKESHA. 
Waukesha county, in its territorial conformation, presents the figure of a 
square, and contains an area of about 368,640 acres of land. There are 
sixteen townships in the county, each of which is square, with six lineal 
