INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES. 
265 
INDUSTRY OF ADAMS COUNTY. 
» 
BY ALBERT WOOD, OF QUINCY. 
The County of Adams is generally rather level, except 
the south-west portion, which is quite hilly and heavily 
timbered. White, black and burr oak predominate. Soil, 
black, on a hard pan or clay sub-soil. On the Wisconsin river 
the timber is generally black and burr oak, and black pine, 
which is the prevailing growth in the county. The river bot¬ 
toms, however, are very heavily timbered with white maple, 
white ash and bass-wood, and some white oaks 
Except the first mentioned portion of the county, the soil is 
of a more sandy nature, with sandy sub-soil, clay sub-soil 
being to some extent interspersed. The surface has a few 
inches of black earth mixed with black sand, except on the 
hills, where it is all yellow sand; yet, with such seasons as 
the past, even that produces good wheat and corn; especially 
when it receives dressing, as I know by experience; but it 
will not stand dry weather, like clay sub-soil. 
In the north-east portion of the county is w r hat is called the 
Little Pinery, heavily timbered with large pines, around and 
between the marshes, which are quite extensive in that part 
of the county. 
There are several steam mills for manufacturing lumber in 
the vicinity of the pines. The lumber is hauled to the river 
in the winter, and taken to market in the spr*ug. 
Whether the marshes will ever be brought into usefulness 
except for “marsh hay,” (which is about the only kind used in 
this county) remains to be proved. 
It is said the soil of the pine timber-land is good, but on 
account of the amount of labor required to prepare the land 
for crops, but little has yet been done in that direction. I 
think about one-twentieth of the land in the county is prairie, 
and about one-eighth waste land, marshes, &c. The balance 
is timbered land, as before described; and I think not more 
than one-fifteenth is under cultivation at present. 
Stock is being raised to considerable extent, and some of 
