272 STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
INDUSTRY OF CALUMET COUNTY. 
BY LE BOY GRAVES, OF GRAVESVILLE. 
Calumet County lies on the east side of Lake Winnebago, 
and was first settled in 1833 by the Brothertown Indians, (so 
says my informant) and several farms were soon put under a 
good state of cultivation. 
The first white settlers, four or five in number, arrived in 
1842, and in 1849 and 1850 the county began to populate 
rapidly. 
Calumet County is heavily timbered with maple, basswood, 
oak, elm, ash, and in some portion of it, pine. It has a gently 
rolling surface, with a rich alluvial soil. Its rivers are the 
north and south branches of the Manitowoc, the Kill Snake 
and Spring Creek. There are many very beautiful springs in 
this county. There are also some marshy lands which are 
timbered with tamarac and black ash, and some witnout tim¬ 
ber, on which are raised large quantities of hay. 
The soil is well adapted to the growing of wheat, corn, oats, 
potatoes, &c., producing generally to the acre as follows: 
Wheat, per acre. 
, 28 bushels. 
Corn, per 
acre, 50 bushels. 
Oats, “ 
75 
a 
Barley, 
“ 40 4 ‘ 
Millet, “ 
GO 
u 
Rye, 
o 
00 
Beans, <; 
20 
. a 
Potatoes, 
“ 250 “ 
Turnips, “ 
400 
a 
The products for the last year have ranged much higher 
than the above figures. 
Calumet County embraces nine towns, namely: 
New Holstein, 
Brothertown, 
Stockbridge, 
Harrison, 
Woodville, 
Chilton, 
Charlestown, 
Rantoul, 
Brillian, 
settled by Germans. 
u Whites and Brothertown Indians. 
“ Whites and Stockbridge Indians. 
“ Americans and Foreigners. 
“ Americans and Foreigners. 
“ Americans and Foreigners. 
“ mostly Americans, 
mostly Irish. 
mostly Germans and Americans. 
ii 
In which is manufactured anually about 1,400,000 feet of 
lumber, nearly half of which is pine; besides 500,000 shingles; 
also 100 tons pot and pearl ash, and 150 tons “black salts.” 
