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It also comes to the surface in Cedarburg. It affords abun¬ 
dant and excellent material for building. 
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About one-fourth of the county is under cultivation. The 
proportion of cultivated to the timber lands varies considerably 
in the different towns. In the town of Megwon, I should judge 
that five-eighths to three-fourths of the land is cleared; prob¬ 
ably at least one-half in Belgium; while Saukville and Fredonia 
are not one-eighth cleared land. 
The chief branch of agriculture in this county is the raising 
of grain,—of which wheat and rye are the leading varieties. 
The soil is well adapted to wheat, both winter and spring, but 
the raising of winter wheat is confined to new lands, mostly; 
as for a few years back, it has been badly winter killed, for 
want of snow to cover it in the winter. Spring wheat does 
remarkably well. It is much plumper and has a thinner bran 
than much of the same kind grown in other parts of the State. 
Large quantities of all the cereals are raised, with the excep¬ 
tion of corn. 
Our farmers have not yet paid that attention to stock wdiich 
they should have done. Some fine animals may be seen, how¬ 
ever, among the wealthy farmers in Cedarburg and Megwon, 
and a few perhaps in other towns. The Ozaukee County 
Agricultural Society is awakening a spirit of emulation among 
our farmers, and but few years must elapse before w r e can show 
as good stock as any in the State. 
As our county is yet young, comparatively, there is but 
little, if any, of w T hat is termed, in older localities, high farming . 
There is a commendable interest now evinced by many in 
our county in the matter of fruit. For several years it was 
supposed that fruit would not grow here, at any rate would 
not thrive so as to make it profitable to raise it. This illusion 
is fast vanishing. I have never seen a better show of fruit 
than at our County Fair at Cedarburg. Apples, pears and 
plums especially, were very fine. Plums thrive here remarka¬ 
bly well. The practice is to transplant the wild stock and 
graft in the improved varieties. Grapes also do very well. 
In the matter of farm buildings much cannot be expected 
