The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-04-24
REPORT OF r. NEWELL TO THE
COMMISSIONERS OF I'M
MIGRATION.
PARIs, KENosHA COUNTY,.

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places deserving the Mame If villages
Kenosha is the only place OF trade of AM
note. Small places, pcr aaps the germ Of
future villages, may be noticed at the diff
fefent depots along the line Of the West
ern railroad. In fact, at several of these
dspots, large amount of trade has al
ready sprung up, in cattle, sheep and
swine and the various productions of the
farm. Wsrehouses fer the storage of
graip, superseding the huge buildings on
the lake shore, have been built at several
stations, and nost of the marketing of
grain is done at these places, so that lit
tie or no grain is shipped at the lake port.
Al one of these stations plaaing
mill, 3 sash and door factory, gTsst mill
and q cheese factory are now in opera
ton. Yet at the present time. the prin-
cipAl manufactures, aside from cheese
making are found at KeHesha. Tbs pro-
ductionSof tue diGerent departments of
labor dr@ing the past year, in KesosAa
alone, at establishments which may pzDp.
erly be cS9.ed factories, we're valued at
1891, 1G5.
Tae naRafacturs efAnmbs5 wagons Easy
be considered tbs leading industrial par
suit. The productions of these establish
meRts at Kenosha. are valued at $348, $500
At Wilmot, $50 wagons are yearly made,
valued at $4,000, one shop employing
$50 men,
The two foundries at Kenosha produce.
5000, 600 worth Of thimblo skeins, boilers
and repairs. At the sanner;es $163, 550s
worth of leather and skins was the pro-
duct of 1870. The malt houses give $685.
600 as their yearly prodUcts. Breweries
$4,000. The fishing interest at Kenosha,
or adjacent thereto are valued at $12,4763
yearly. Match factory ObOut $4,000.
Pressed hay, to the amount of 1850
tons, valued at $a8250 is yearly put up.
The lumber interest amounts to 100000
feet Of pine, and 1000 oe feet of. hard
lumber. Two Thousand cords of wood
and three million shinQles One factory
exports yearly 2,0ee' bales of fax, valued
at $12,O0S The several establishments
for the manufacture sf beots and shoes
for home and foreign trade is very con.
siderable. The business al tho different
shops where harness aad saddles are man
ufactured, is quite satisfactory to the man
and furnishes quite an item of
trade in Kenosha.
The valley of the Fox river and the
Des PLANES, together with the numerous /
small lakes and streams, furnish abundant
water for grazing purposes; accordingly
Kenosha county largely excels in the
dairying business. Some twenty differ.
emit establishments on the factory princi.
pie, are engaged in the manufacturing of
cheese. Although some are in their in
fancy, yet about $4,000 lbs. were manu-
featured last year, valued at $S5, 800.
O3aer factories are soon to be started, and
the dairy busiB ess will lead the agricultu-
raj interest of the county. In the above
statement we do not include the farms,
dairying of the county. On very many
farms, where several cows are kept, "a,
sufficient supply of cheese is made for
home consumption. The amount of but
ter annually sold exceeds in value that Of
wheat.
The number al acres under the pillow
falls but little short of former years. Bat
there are less acres devoted TO wheat.
The raising of corn is largely on the in
crease, not for export but to be fed on the
premises. The beef, pork and sheep. sent
to Chicago last year by raslroad, amount
ed to $50 car loads; in value, 100000.
In ado ition tn the above, large number
of cattle, sheep and swine were driven to
Milwaukee and else Stock raising
is beginning to attract the attention OF the
best farmers In the country. Tho thor.
oughbred "short horns" are believed to
be the best to cross with our native stock.
The low price of wool has materially di-
minished the demand for sheep and the
number of fine wooled sheep have very
much lessened within two or threc years
past. Yet the value of the wool crop Ia
Kenosha county amounted to nearly $780,
900 for 1870. 1t is believed, however