La storia della contea di Sauk, Wisconsin, contenente un conto del suo insediamento, la crescita e lo sviluppo e risorse ..biografie .. . Lungo i fiumi e del settore minerario della parte sudoccidentale di stale hasgrown ad uno di notevole importanza. La sponda del lago Michigan è stato prima settledtied principalmente da pescatori, ma la successiva crescita di agricoltura e produce ha quasi overshadowedthe interessi di pesca; come è la produzione di legname, nel nord la metà dello stato eclissato thetrapping e pelliccia interessi dei primi coloni. Che la più importante industria di Wi

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The history of Sauk County, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, growth, development and resources ..biographical sketches .. . along the rivers, and the mining industry of the southwestern part of the stale hasgrown to one of considerable importance. The shore of Lake Michigan was first mainly settledtied by fishermen, but the later growth of agriculture and manufactures has nearly overshadowedthe fishing interest; as has the production of lumber, in the north half of the state, eclipsed thetrapping and fur interests of the first settlers. That the most important industry of Wis. onsinis tanning, may be seen from the following statistics of the occupation of the people as given bythe United States census. Out of each one hundred inhabitants, of all occupations, 68 were 152 HISTORY OF WISCONSIN. farmers, in 1840; 52 in 1850; 54 in i860; 55 in 1870. The rapid growth of the agriculture 01the state is illustrated by the increase in the number of acres of improved land in farms, and inthe value of farms and of farm implements and machinery, as shown by the following table, com-piled from the United States census:. Farming, at the present time, is almost entirely confined to the1 south haif of the state, thenorthern half being still largely covered by forests. A notable exception to this statement isfound in the counties on the western border, which are well settled by farmers much farther north.The surface of the agricultural portion of the state is.for the most part gently undulating, afford-in- ready drainage, without being so abruptly broken as to render cultivation difficult. The soilis varied in character, and mostly very fertile. The southern portion of the state consists ofundulating prairies of variable size—the largest being Rock prairie—alternating with oak openings.The prairies have the rich alluvial sr.il ^o characteristic of the western prairies, and are easilyworked. The soil of the openings land is usually a sandy loam, readily tilled,

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