INDUSTRY OF COUNTIES. 
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The commerce of the county is carried on via. Fox river, 
which traverses its northern and western portions, and the 
Milwaukee & Honcon Railroad, which has its terminus at Ber¬ 
lin, and depots at Ripon and Brandon in Fond du Lac County, 
near its eastern border. A canal is in contemplation to unite 
the waters of Green Lake with those of the Fox river at the 
mouth of the Puckyan, which will introduce steamboat navi¬ 
gation into the very centre of the county, and into the midst 
of its best wheat-producing territory. 
Telegraphic communication is held with the outer world by 
way of Berlin and Milwaukee. 
In educational advantages this county will compare favorably 
with its neighbors, yet it is hoped that recent changes will lead 
to very great improvement in this respect. 
INDUSTRY OF JACKSON COUNTY. 
BY D. J. SPAULDING, BLACK RIVER FALLS. 
This is, and has been, a lumbering district. The Agricultu¬ 
ral portion of our county only began to be developed some 
five or six years since, but in that time has made fair progress. 
At our recent Agricultural Fair there were 300 entries, 
and most of the departments were well represented. The swine 
were very fine, especially some of the Suffolk and Essex hogs. 
There were some fine draft and carriage horses, Devon and 
Durham cattle, Merino sheep, besides many fair grade cattle. 
The show of grain and roots was excellent. We were not very 
largely represented at the State Fair, only six entries being 
made from the County, but w T e took four first and second pre¬ 
miums on grain, not being represented in anything else, on 
account of the high prices of freights on the railroad. They 
charged us a little more than the grain was worth for carrying 
it to Madison, and full fare both ways for the person repre¬ 
senting us. 
Ours is mostly a wheat-growing county, on account of the 
