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pasture, while the other half is used in raising winter feed. The value 
of the land in Harrison county is seldom less than forty dollars per acre, 
while frequently it is much greater. Under such circumstances, it is 
difficult to compete with Colorado, where, with a climate equally favor- 
able to the production of wool, the producer pays nothing for pasture, his 
_ flocks ranging on government land, and needs to feed for net more than 
two or three weeks in the winter. It is well for farmers to weigh this . 
matter thoroughly. They should not console themselves with the reflec- 
tion that sooner or later these lands at the West will be taken up, and so 
- acquire marketable value, for such is not likely to be the case. Colorado 
can only be settled within striking distance of the rivers, where water 
may be procured for irrigation, a small portion of the Territory. In addi- 
tion, the equally serious fact must be remembered that there is a rapidly 
increasing unwillingness throughout the country to continue the present 
import duty on raw material, this being regarded by many as injurious 
to the best interests of the manufacturing classes. Whether this be good 
political economy or not, may not be determined here. It only remains 
for those interested in wool-raising to study well the prospects of con- 
tinued profit in the business. 
The principal outlet for the county is the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and 
St. Louis Railway, which passes through the northern tier of townships, 
and sends off a branch to Cadiz, the county seat. Another road is con- 
templated, which will run through the eastern and northern townships, 
and another may pass through the south-western corner. The roads 
throughout the county are, for the most part, good. Hducational mat- 
ters appear to be well attended to. The district school-houses compare 
favorably with those of other counties, and there are two institutions 
authorized to confer collegiate degrees. 
GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE. 
The superficial deposits are very thin, and have been so far removed 
or disguised by erosion as to be no longer capable of classification. 
The rock formations all belong to the Coal Measures. In North, Mon- 
roe, Franklin, Stock, Washington, and Freeport townships they belong 
almost exclusively to the middle division, termed by Professor W. B. Rog- 
ers the Lower Barren Group, while in the remaining townships they be- 
long to the Upper Barren Group of the same author. The prevalent south- 
westerly dip is disturbed by only one anticlinal, which passes nearly 
north-east and south-west, through German, Green, Cadiz, and Moorefield 
townships. In the neighborhood of Cadiz this is quite sharp, but at the 
