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grow farther south, andfsay that cattle there need grain added 
to their hay, to come ont in the spring as well as they do here 
on hay alone. 
Horticulture is but in its infancy; yet we have some as 
fine specimens of apples and grapes as^can be produced any¬ 
where. We have one kind of wildjgrape that makes the best 
of Port Wine. The small fruits generally flourish finely, and 
nurseries of all the varieties of fruit suited to the climate are 
being cultivated with success. 
Manufactories are hut few in number, though greater in¬ 
ducements for them can scarcely be found in the Great West. 
We have two plow factories which turn out about 3000 a year, 
(yet twenty are imported to one made at home,) one fanning 
mill factory which sends out its hundreds per annum, one 
foundry and machine shop, which cannot supply the demand. 
We have one small woolen factory in the north part of the 
county, and steam and water flouring and saw mills ; also vari¬ 
ous mechanic shops for saddles, harness, tin, furniture, shoes, 
smith work, guns, cooperage, &c. We have two wagon and 
carriage shops, but they can't half supply the home demand; 
and we have one soap and candle factory doing a good and 
profitable business, but not equal to the demand. 
No greater opening can be found for extensive manufactories. 
Five hundred reapers are sold per annum north and west of 
us; all of which could be made here and save transportation. 
Two million pounds of dried hides pass this place annually to 
the east to be tanned, curried, and made into shoes, boots, sad¬ 
dles, harness, &c., &c., and be brought back for consumption, 
while the provisions consumed by the workmen East are carried 
from the West. 
Commerce.— Our great commercial business is of the transit 
character, at the depot of the Milwaukee & Prairie du Chien 
Railway. This depot is second to none on this great river; 
connected with it directly there are eighteen steamboats in 
constant employ, besides six or eight of other lines, and as 
many more transient ones, all of which bring and take away 
