Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1863-08-27
WEALTH OF SOIL.

But the mineral wealth OF TINS county is
far exceeded by her wealth Of soil. In no
part of the state is better soil to be found
for the production Of grass, or grain OF veg
citation OF any kind, and where anything
like proper attention is paid to the raising
of crops, the yield is abundant. The get
ting of mineral for a good many of years
occupied the chief attention Of the people in
this county, consequently agriculture did
not form leading business with them; but
since tilling has been attended to, no section
of this state, or any other state, has yielded
greater crops in return for the labor; (and
for the most part the soil is easily cultivated
there are small patches billy, there are small
patches stony, and there are interspersed
through the country fine patches of timber,
by no means an Inconvenience, but rather
benefit as fire wood, and timber for other
purposes is thus furnished to the people.
But the great leading feature of the county
is fine rolling prairie, Of a rich loan soil to
the depth of many feet, and seeming uneX-
haustible in productiveness. All that is
needed here is the hand of skllltu industry,
and abundance of all that a rich SOL IN Ihls
climate can produce may be had. Goou
spring water is very plentiful, though there
are no lakes, nor large rivers, nor sWampy
marshes, nor stagnant boys; in almost every
rayine clear stream Of good spring water
NAV be found A better watered county
without waste cannot easily be met with.
Even in the north cast part of the county,
who're the land is more uneven and billy there
i abundant pasture, and thousands upon
thousands of sheep might be kept there, and
sheep culture we Judge, will some DAY pea
leading business in these parts; why IL IS
that neople are not more extensively en-
cared in it now is past telling, since the
/ chances are so favorable
/ coNyENIENCEs FOR MARKETING.
Time was when the people complained
that farming would not pay in iowa county,
hncause of the distance to market, ana per-
lIbans at that day the complaint was true, out
thd Mineral Point Railroad has settled that
matter. and now anything that people nave
80 d;snose of can be sold there for cash.
Tbere Is however, very good prospect.
thot the Mineral Point Road will be extend
~ a,,', - ;ntorsect the Milwaukee and PraMe
d;1 Chen R0ad, UillS VIII o',"0 =
communication right through the neart OF u
the county and give the people choice en- OF
two markets, thatof Milwaukee and lineage
and should the road contemplated go through
Dodreville, which is very probable Doag :,
Vile lille the county seat of Iowa county, WI Wi.
become the most important point IN Inc s.a'e
IVES, u of Madison, and for beauty OF Location i
No better site for town need De a ltI ca:
t ~ Is Dodgeville. Elevated and healthy, n
the the, very heart of thousands OF acres as go4 ~
, Lme as was ever turned up by plough s!,;
Non hundreds of acres of this lana IS sun M
i Ma in it's virgin excellence waiting Inc tnr
band Of the cultivator-the genius OF ia'oi
10 l" r;eld bread for the million.
/ TIE VILLAGE OF DoDGEy'ILE'
Evon without the Rail Road, the vlli nis.
of h1 nod@evile is progressing favo 9o y.
III There Is an excellent court house, wv W. -
, ne.e scboolhouses, three orfour ehurGhesi
enlse an excellent one, and another eScei.s,'
one n i course of erection 50 that n essrs
4 t,,;ng Looks healthy-favorable Tor D9e ED
tn , nd NH those who visit the place VIII llho
NHle, EaAN. 1~ &c nrorreSs.