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of good wheat will keep a cow and her calf in thriving condi¬ 
tion through the winter. When cattle are suffered to run over 
and tramp their fodder under foot, they destroy much more 
than they consume for food, which adds materially to the expense 
of keeping stock through the winter. This “letting cattle 
run'' policy has been too much pursued heretofore; but a more 
suitable, humane and profitable course is now being adopted 
by many, and the advantages thus illustrated are producing a 
salutary influence. 
Waupaca County is not adapted to stock-growing as an ex¬ 
clusive business, but so far as it can be associated and com¬ 
bined with a mixed husbandry it will pay and pay well. Many 
good breeding animals have already been introduced, and 
although there may not be any very superior stock yet owned 
and kept in the county, yet with every succeeding year im¬ 
provements in this respect are observable. A few sheep have 
been brought in, but the want of suitable enclosures to protect 
them from the depredations of wolves and dogs, has made the 
investment a poor one. But sheep in this country, when prop¬ 
erly cared for, by being confined by fences within a suitable 
range during the day, and herded nights, in w T ell secured build¬ 
ings or yards, will pay for all their trouble and expense. 
Stony hills and bluffs make good sheep pastures, and long and 
cold winters contribute towards producing a thickness of fleece 
and fineness of staple so much desired by manufacturers. 
Fruit. —The small fruits, such as currants, strawberries, 
raspberries, blackberries, and the hardier varieties of cherries 
and plums, grow without any difficulty, and bear fruit every 
year. Many orchards of apple trees have been planted that 
give good promise, and last year, wherever there were trees of 
sufficient size, they were well filled w r ith fruit. One thing is 
now proved: fruit can be cultivated here of a good quality. 
Population, Improvements, &c. — Waupaca has a mixed 
population, but chiefly immigrants from the Eastern States. Al¬ 
though it is only a little over ten years since civilization entered 
upon these lands, there are few counties of any age supplied 
with better society, better regulated schools, and a more church- 
