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"which promise well for the future. One of these—the .Vv hite 
Fishery, at Kenosha—according to the report from that county, 
(see page 301,) is considered one of the best on the lake; largo 
quantities of the fish which there abound, being annually taken, 
salted and shipped to different parts of the country. 
INDUSTRIAL CONDITION OF WISCONSIN. 
Under the general head of Industry we design to include all 
the leading branches of business which directly contribute to 
the material wealth and progress of the State. The subject of 
industrial condition is accordingly a very comprehensive as 
well as a most interesting one, and will require to be consid¬ 
ered under five general heads — Agriculture, Mining, Lumber¬ 
ing, Manufacturing, Commerce. Our limits of space will admit 
of nothing more than a mere summary of the most important 
facts and figures in relation to each. 
AGRICULTURE 
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Is the chief material interest of Wisconsin, and hence justly 
claims our first attention. The agricultural capacity of the 
State has virtually been considered under the several preceding 
heads; its condition and progress require discussion more in 
detail, and we proceed at once to consider, first, the amount and 
value of improved lands, and secondly, the staple agricultural pro¬ 
ducts, in the order of the importance which they have assumed. 
The superfices of Wisconsin may be stated as follows : 
Surface, exclusive of waters of Lakes Superior and Michigan, 54,000 sq. mis. 
Land in acres, inclusive of small lakes and rivers,.34,560,000 acres. 
Land surface as returned by U. S. Land Office,. “ 
Land returned for taxation, 1860,.17,341,696 “ 
Land in farms / Im P royed >. 3,746,036 
Land in larms, j Unimproved} . 4,153,134 “ 
In 1850, the amount of land in farms', was 2,975,658; of 
which there were 
Improved,.1,045,499 acres. Unimproved,.1,931,159 acres. 
Showing an increase of over 300 per cent, within the period 
of ten years. The aggregate of lands improved and unim¬ 
proved, together with the aggregate cash valuation, and the 
valuation per acre for the several counties, in the two years 
1850 and 1860, will appear by the annexed tabular statement: 
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