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STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
met wherever we go. In a new country like ours, where the 
building stones have not been tested by experience, it is espe¬ 
cially desirable that we should obtain from Science whatever 
light it may be able to furnish. 
Hoping to aid in the selection of material for economical 
uses from our rich assortment of stones, I give below the 
results of my examination of the most important quarries of 
the State yet opened. 
QUARRIES OF RACINE AND VICINITY. 
The quarries near llacine are found in the coralline or 
upper beds of the Niagara limestone. They are opened on the 
rapids of Root river, and also about two miles north of the 
City; but are too uneven in texture to be of any value except 
in rough work. The upper beds of this rock are everywhere 
unfit for dressing, but furnish excellent lime. The quarries 
are well located above water, and will always supply the city 
and its neighborhood with cheap lime and rough stone. No 
quarries are known south of these in the State. 
BURLINGTON QUARRIES. 
At A oree, near Burlington, Racine County, some flag beds 
occur in the Niagara limestone, probably in the middle beds. 
They are exposed but a few feet. The strata are thin and 
very regular, with shaly partings, and are cut by smooth 
seams. They are only good for flagging on account of their 
thinness. They are quite soft, and easily quarried and cut 
into shape. 
MILWAUKEE AND VICINITY. 
The excellent lime manufactured so extensively near Mil¬ 
waukee, is obtained from the coralline beds of the Niagara, 
which are exposed at several points west of the city nearly to 
Wauwatosa. 
At Moody’s quarries, in the city limits, the rock is very 
•compact, blue mottled with gray, with occasional geodic cavi- 
