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"During 1916, under the administration of the conservation commission, the work of general improvement and extension of the various state parks was carried forward energetically. While the Wisconsin parks are well organized, and are located so as to best serve the people of all parts of the state, they are still somewhat inaccessible, due to the lack of proper road facilities. It was early realized by the commission that each park should be of maximum usefulness to the people of the state; that proper accommodations would have to be provided, and of these good roads and trails were of major importance. Consequently, during the past year a road and trail plan was marked out for each of the parks,
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and the main efforts of the commission have been expended in the con- struction of these roads and trails within the parks, and in co-operating with local officials for the construction of better approaches. Wisconsin now has six state parks.
"Many permanent improvements have been started or are contem- plated on the Devil's Lake Park. Its usefulness as a playground has grown to a wonderful degree in the past two years, and will increase rapidly in the future. The development of roads, trails and pathways, the repair of the hotel buildings and cottages, and the construction of sanitary closets at both ends of the lake, the installation of water systems and the improvement of playgrounds have been started. The new road from the hotel east to the park boundary is practically complete, and will become a part of the state highway system. This new road will make the
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park easily accessible from the south and east. The proper location of a road from the north will be considered in co-operation with the town of Baraboo. The facilities for boating, fishing, swimming, and climbing, the major sports enjoyed by the thousands of people who annually visit the park, were materially improved during the year.
"A marked inerease was noted in the numbers of people who visited the various state parks during 1916. This was especially pronounced on the Devils Lake and Peninsula parks. These parks are older, more accessible and better known than some of the others, and consequently receive greater patronage. There is every reason to believe that the state parks in the years to come will be of great benefit and value to the people of the state, and, as their worth is more appreciated, and they are made more accessible, they will become a still greater source of enjoyment.
"The acreage of the various parks is about as follows: Peninsula Park, 3,240; Devils Lake Park, 1,040; Marquette Park, 1,651; Interstate Park, 730; Brule Park, 4,321; Cushing Memorial Park, 8; Proposed Trempealeau Mt. Park, 500.
"A matter of the greatest importance is the purchase of the three remaining properties bordering on Devil's Lake. One 15-acre tract at the north end is in process of condemnation. The other two properties should be condemned and purchased. It is recommended that $50,000 be appropriated to purchase these properties, and the remainder of the interior holdings within the peninsula state park."
An addition to the foregoing information is made by the Madison Democrat of March 22, 1917, in the following words:
"Devil's Lake State Park has been enlarged by the addition of fifteen acres at the north end at an expense of $7,500. The transaction was hastened by the welcome activities of Assemblyman George Carpenter, representing the Sauk county distriet., Admittedly, it is a valuable acqui- sition and at a cost to the state entirely reasonable. A great commercial company, however, continues to blast to pieces the beautiful east bluff, causing a eruel sear that the elements through half a millenium or more cannot efface. To put a stop to this pitiless vandalism should now be the unceasing endeavor of the conservation commission, which then will have secured to the people of the commonwealth eternal possession of altogether the loveliest gem of nature in all this vast central West."
Since the Democrat published the foregoing (in May, 1917), the Town of Baraboo officially accepted the $40,000 bequest of the late W. W. Warner, of Baraboo City, for the building of a concrete road from Oak Street bridge to the State Park, about two miles and a half south. Mr. Warner had left $75,000 to the City of Madison for a publie park, with a proviso that if it was not accepted by May 3, 1917, $40,000 should go to the Town of Baraboo for the purpose named. The final arrangements to secure possession of the fund were made by Assemblyman George
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Carpenter and Supervisors Wilbur Cahoon, Charles Getzman and E. C. Kunzelman, in consultation with County Judge Zimmerman. The fund was promptly passed over by those who had it in charge at the required presentation of a receipt showing that the town had raised $5,000 for the laying out of a foot and bicycle path parallel to the main road. The highway between Baraboo and the State Park, which will probably be completed in 1918 or soon after, is known as the Warner Road, and will be a welcome addition to the other fine drives which vein the region about Baraboo and Devil's Lake.
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CHAPTER III
THE CROPS AND LIVE STOCK
CHANGES IN STANDARD CROPS AND LIVE STOCK-THE DAIRY AND CEREAL REGIONS-ACREAGE OF STANDARD CROPS IN 1880-AGRICULTURAL AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (1880)-NUMBER AND VALUE OF LIVE STOCK-THE FIGURES FOR 1890-STATISTICS FOR 1900-THE LIVE STOCK IN 1910- CROPS AND LIVE STOCK (1916)-THE GINSENG INDUSTRY-HOP CRAZE IN SAUK COUNTY-RISE OF THE SUGAR BEET-THE SAUK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY-BREEDERS OF FINE CATTLE-DEVELOPMENT OF THE DAIRY INTERESTS-STOCK BREEDERS' ASSOCIATIONS.
The topography and soil of Sauk County, primarily determined by the movements of water and ice, both gradual and violent, offer a striking variety seldom seen in an equal area. Prairies and hills, gorges and bottom lands, rolling highlands and grassy marshes, proclaim favorable conditions for the raising of wheat, corn and oats, potatoes and other root crops, apples and berries, and rich grasses, clover and all the legu- mens for man and beast.
CHANGES IN STANDARD CROPS AND LIVE STOCK
The history of the development of the agricultural, live stock and dairy industries in Sauk County indicates radical changes in the produc- tion of the standard crops, animals and products. Much wheat is still raised, but as a bumper crop it was displaced years ago by corn and oats -the two cereals last named readily adapting themselves to a wide range of localities and soils. Much of the land which was formerly devoted to apple orchards has been transformed into more profitable fields of corn and oats; so that, although Sauk County is still a foremost producer in that fruit, as a whole it has retrograded.
For years before the Civil war wheat was produced in Sauk County to the virtual exclusion of the other cereals. The soil was drained of its strength and the period came when the harvests were meager in quantity and bad in quality. Then came the awakening to the necessity of rota- tion of crops; and corn and oats came to stay.
For a long period sheep and lambs were the favorite variety of live stock and Sauk County was quite a wool producer and manufacturer. But the time came when buyers and manufacturers looked to the vast
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ranches of the far west for a cheaper and far more abundant supply, and the sheep gave way to fine cattle, milch cows, horses and swine.
THE DAIRY AND CEREAL REGIONS
Southern Sauk County is distinctively a dairy country-particularly sneh towns as Bear Creek, Franklin, Troy, Honey Creek and Sumpter. A noteworthy change in this line of industry of late years is the marked increase in cheese making and the consequent decline of the manufacture of butter. The southwestern part of the county is most extensively devoted to the manufacture of cheese, Plain and Spring Green being important centers. The valley of the Baraboo, with Baraboo and Reedsburg as its centers, is more especially given up to butter making.
Although prolific harvests of corn and oats are gathered in the Town of Honey Creek, the valley of the Baraboo is the continuous cereal belt of the county, upon which its farmers depend, year in and year out, for their high record as a grain producing region. These and other salient facts may readily be deduced from a study of the following statistics, gathered from the assessors' returns for the decadal years 1880-1910.
ACREAGE OF STANDARD CROPS IN 1880
As ascertained by the assessors in 1880, the principal farm products in the county, were as follows, the cereals, potatoes and apples being given in acres:
Townships
Wheat
Corn
Oats
Potatoes
Apples
Baraboo
1,168
1,888
1,352
156
273
Bear Creek
627
927
1,009
120
2714
Dellona
841
1,044
1,401
156
51
Delton
929
1,478
1,489
86
116
Excelsior
1,537
1,750
1,588
223
115
Fairfield
839
1,122
768
51%
1141%
Franklin
1,107
1,103
1,508
96
21
Freedom
543
727
658
81
103
Greenfield
1,185
1,195
1,151
123
80
Honey Creek
3,310
2,398
1,900
96
55
Ironton
1,051
1,073
1,317
169
95
La Valle
513
1,050
1,265
196
37
Merrimack
1,218
1,400
1,100
56
52
Prairie du Sac.
1,533
1,879
1,377
5014
32%
Reedsburg
2,241
1,679
1,778
302
129
Spring Green
420
1,706
1,216
2114
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Sumpter
875
1,905
1,725
57
73
Troy
3,031
1,951
1,212
96
617%
Washington
1,283
1,325
1,941
169
134%
Westfield
2,630
1,128
1,332
198
461%
Winfield
819
815
1,101
164
16
Woodland
1,034
848
1,172
141
62
Total
28,734
30,395
29,360
2,80814
1,7047%
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Townships
(bu.)
(bu.)
(bu.)
(bu.)
(bu.)
Hops (lbs.)
Grasses (tons)
Butter
Cheese (lbs.)
Baraboo
27,451
41,900
34,784
9,938
2,885
7,950
2,297
(Ibs.) 57,230
Bear Creek
14,195
11,780
26,703
9,005
306
4,865
1,717
9,946
Dellona
14,668
29,665
35,765
9,530
335
17,130
587
5,550
Delton
15,977
25,468
24,395
4,625
1,556
5,948
1,007
26,705
60
Excelsior
28,053
41,007
41,656
15,676
2,185
8,391
1,641
41,175
Fairfield
13,525
22,121
17,503
3,874
980
4,520
790
23,145
3,400
Franklin
29,117
14,050
41,100
7,014
8,139
9,943
664
2,330
1,407
45,775
21,538
Honey Creek
40,052
56,765
44,888
6,905
957
2,961
1,100
12,905
Ironton
21,590
25,375
36,999
12,366
991
8,288
1,867
20,005
1,098
La Valle
15,455
31,385
23,263
12,550
175
7,500
1,045
17,175
Merrimack
17,091
35,950
27,180
2,513
207
1,058
20,075
Prairie du Sac.
20,927
32,820
28,566
3,693
662
7,010
719
15,505
1,350
Reedsburg .
44,279
53,314
57,596
20,970
1,119
23,535
1,770
46,965
Spring Green
9,150
44,180
36,595
1,020
75
494
7,935
900
Sumpter
18,291
69,380
63,733
6,590
1,465
1,650
1,912
92,395
Troy
49,281
41,830
50,480
9,413
1,171
10,500
1,530
26,900
Washington
25,454
33,570
33,030
12,238
1,613
12,687
1,553
26,723
Westfield
49,429
35,865
42,244
12,663
326
18,785
711
10,520
Winfield
15,100
11,730
23,270
10,730
352
20,440
522
8,555
Woodland
18,155
27,431
28,787
10,065
518
3,781
1,602
20,580
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Totals
529,925
741,911
771,741
199,460
19,866
179,591
27,843
579,022
150,941
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8,310
1,180
21,923
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Freedom
22,918
24,405
20,385
1,324
3,010
1,334
21,335
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were as follows:
agricultural and dairy products of Sauk County for the preceding year
According to the assessors' figures published in 1880, the principal
AGRICULTURAL AND DAIRY PRODUCTS (1880)
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Wheat
Corn
Oats
Potatoes
Apples
Although 150,941 pounds of cheese were produced in the county only eight townships were producers-Bear Creek, 104,200 pounds; Greenfield, 21,538; Baraboo, 5,000; Fairfield, 3,400; Prairie du Sac, 1,350; Ironton, 1,098; Spring Green, 900; Delton, 60.
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5,000 104,200
Greenfield
19,767
32,920
32,819
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NUMBER AND VALUE OF LIVE STOCK
The principal classes of live stock were, in 1880:
Sheep and
Townships
Neat Cattle Milch Cows
Lambs
Horses
Baraboo
1,403
605
1,093
619
Bear Creek
1,662
825
653
355
Dellona
735
253
908
277
Delton
798
316
714
253
Excelsior
1,087
466
1,805
457
Fairfield
1,044
329
1,302
351
Franklin
1,581
568
1,481
408
Freedom
1,207
294
1,598
409
Greenfield
1,198
517
963
387
Honey Creek
1,644
451
1,489
493
Ironton
1,066
379
1,504
429
La Valle
883
193
1,139
299
Merrimack
817
324
1,284
314
Prairie du Sac.
823
341
456
462
Reedsburg
1,203
561
2,153
575
Spring Green
1,097
287
213
360
Sumpter
1,134
340
1,803
491
Troy
1,563
670
998
536
Washington
1,140
824
1,686
422
Westfield
1,225
443
1,289
471
Winfield
683
210
1,326
212
Woodland
1,319
403
2,001
393
Totals
25,312
9,602
27,858
8,973
The aggregate value of the live stock in 1880 was:
Neat Cattle
$245,801.00
Milch Cows ..
131,977.00
Sheep and Lambs
37,562.43
Horses
332,963.00
Mules and Asses
8,630.50
$756,933.93
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THE FIGURES FOR 1890
In 1890 the acreage grown to the principal farm products with number of apple trees, was as follows:
Civil Divisions
Wheat (Acres)
Corn (Acres)
(Acres)
(Acres)
(No.)
Baraboo City
55
45
75
10
1,150
Baraboo Town.
1,176
1,479
1,717
145
7,038
Bear Creek
326
1,200
1,320
167
14
Dellona
755
1,401
1,641
198
898
Delton
300
1,380
1,343
114
3,193
Excelsior
1,502
1,703
2,021
248
1,694
Franklin
1,087
1,008
1,396
58
311
Fairfield
610
1,406
1,436
90
4,125
Freedom
1,545
1,005
1,034
107
1,389
Greenfield
1,044
1,190
2,022
143
2,053
Honey Creek
1,904
2,112
2,384
74
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Ironton
427
347
732
69
695
La Valle Vil.
La Valle Town
1,082
865
1,357
249
2,500
Merrimack
449
1,466
1,650
57
1,597
Prairie du Sac Vil ..
1
80
62
4
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Prairie du Sac Town
825
2,436
2,294
40
444
Reedsburg City
32
63
52
14
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Reedsburg Town
1,987
1,377
1,988
3,321
240
Spring Green
272
1,877
1,288
36
1,498
Sumpter
653
3,138
4,057
98
1,835
Sauk City Vil.
12
20
15
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Troy
2,314
2,403
2,702
79
6,917
Washington
1,224
1,043
1,578
133
1,532
Westfield
2,469
1,424
1,914
213
1,555
Winfield
704
1,092
1,339
240
185
Woodland
1,360
1,460
1,558
119
1,130
Total
24,103
33,027
38,988
6,045
41,993
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Oats
Potatoes Apple Trees
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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS IN 1890
Wheat
Corn
Oats
Potatoes
Apples (bu.)
Grass (tons)
Butter (1bs.)
Cheese (Ibs.)
Cities, Villages and Towns
(bu.)
(bu.)
(bu.)
(bu.)
Baraboo City
1,850
900
5,300
1,000
15,055
6,152
2,531
84,160
400
Bear Creek
3,000
7,000
20,000
8,000
300
2,600
67,000
600,000
Dellona
9,961
23,860
62,048
13,225
455
491
28,190
Delton
4,644
29,065
53,421
11,100
1,195
533
40,340
215
Excelsior
21,954
41,655
78,535
23,520
1,265
1,629
62,845
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Fairfield
8,660
30,000
51,850
6,880
3,300
650
30,150
Franklin
13,550
23,901
54,545
3,895
179
1,396
8,100
45,181
Freedom
27,115
22,222
52,117
10,320
822
1,524
57,100
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Greenfield
12,876
19,870
59,538
11,143
874
1,245
28,430
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Ironton
6,249
9,825
28,113
6,425
105
572
12,505
La Valle Vil. .
16,551
25,111
57,082
26,171
200
1,514
25,815
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Merrimack
6,290
38,075
57,990
4,430
365
1,033
29,400
Prairie du Sac Vil.
240
2,190
2,330
225
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353,000
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8,016
42,845
61,915
3,250
237
845
21,395
300.
Reedaburg City ..
545
2,400
1,640
1,275
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30
1,000
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In 1880-90 the production of hops had fallen from 179,591 pounds to 24,505, in 1880 their cultivation was very general throughout the county, in 1890 the following townships only were raising them: Winfield, 6,700 pounds; Dellona, 4,412; Baraboo, 3,800; Westfield, 2,650; Reedsburg, 2,200; Freedom, 1,800; Excelsior, 1,600; Delton, 500; Greenfield, 243.
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Total
329,440
700,563
1,407,590
268,178
20,985
31,932
1,234,506
726,663
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1,500
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Winfield
9,218
19,135
62,295
25,460
495
903
31,377
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Woodland
14,694
24,640
48,130
16,820
328
2,161
24,180
35,457
Sank City Vil ..
500
400
500
20
Troy
26,929
46,914
74,415
6,968
1,053
1,938
31,340
36,510
Washington
16,606
23,575
49,825
15,751
830
1,793
55,840
8,600
Westfield
40,032
24,115
86,525
19,495
586
1,328
27,305
Reedsburg Town
32,744
37,905
86,178
28,485
441
1,741
73,977
Spring Green
3,289
41,620
37,382
2,715
175
1,387
50,448
Sumpter
7,917
80,455
148,756
9,175
1,628
2,583
81,109
Honey Creek
17,725
12,310
90,970
6,595
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1,368
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37
8,000
300
300
La Valle Town.
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Prairie du Sac Town.
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Baraboo Town
18,785
40,175
76,290
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In 1890 the principal varieties of live stock were distributed thus:
Sheep
Civil Divisions
Neat Cattle
Milch Cows
and Lambs
Horses
Swine
Baraboo City
274
100
65
.511
89
Baraboo Town
1,528
723
596
622
835
Bear Creek
2,886
800
442
393
597
Dellona
932
439
436
341
1,079
Delton
789
342
438
376
633
Excelsior
1,124
683
1,097
543
922
Fairfield
819
803
436
387
495
Franklin
2,482
405
647
330
852
Freedom
1,483
620
1,299
492
556
Greenfield
1,069
553
955
524
515
Honey Creek
2,258
700
961
552
1,263
Ironton
1,124
406
1,654
404
662
La Valle Vil.
108
56
43
30
La Valle Town
965
472
783
404
724
Merrimack
1,094
401
1,023
359
797
Prairie du Sac Vil.
63
63
50
106
64
Prairie du Sac Town.
1,118
390
296
309
882
Reedsburg City
209
50
15
256
157
Reedsburg Town
1,174
754
850
448
714
Spring Green
1,439
568
166
398
746
Sumpter
1,579
669
695
602
1,643
Sauk City Vil.
99
90
69
54
Troy
2,143
964
616
520
1,131
Washington
1,875
749
1,368
555
990
Westfield
1,869
590
1,121
455
969
Winfield
959
465
1,131
289
974
Woodland
1,715
407
2,228
556
1,164
Total
33,177
13,262
19,368
10,844
19,537
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The aggregate value of the different varieties of live stock was as follows: Neat cattle, $322,715; milch cows, $205,720; horses, $481,823; swine, $51,832; sheep and lambs, $28,664; mules and asses, $4,651.
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STATISTICS FOR 1900
In 1900 the number of acres of the principal farm and orchard products growing in the county were as follows:
Civil Divisions
Wheat
Corn
Oats
Rye
Grasses Barley (cultivated)
Ableman Vil.
14
58
90
8
11
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Baraboo City
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Baraboo Town.
187
2,617
2,592
249
69
2,222
Bear Creek
225
1,558
1,824
85
97
2,967
Dellona
248
2,146
2,179
508
73
1,717
Delton
196
2,276
2,223
616
21
957
Excelsior
305
2,065
2,262
739
110
1,376
Fairfield
148
2,350
2,100
500
5
1,012
Franklin
296
1,502
2,354
154
173
1,195
Freedom
344
1,687
2,217
165
226
1,353
Greenfield
271
1,336
2,030
296
167
1,081
Honey Creek
427
3,077
4,553
187
73
1,662
Ironton
200
1,500
2,040
300
100
500
La Valle Town
185
1,565
2,450
306
200
1,345
Merrimack Town.
225
2,275
2,777
499
...
1,574
Merrimack Vil.
6
142
88
8
40
Prairie du Sac Town
202
3,507
2,754
685
645
Prairie du Sac Vil.
...
1,763
2,968
157
166
2,193
Spring Green Town
161
3,326
2,413
530
50
1,335
Spring Green Vil.
..
....
...
...
....
Sumpter
138
3,008
3,761
127
16
2,779
Sauk City
...
...
...
....
Troy
354
3,290
4,022
529
102
1,479
Washington
327
2,189
3,449
196
166
2,281
Westfield
355
1,624
3,272
477
160
1,051
Winfield
125
1,094
1,592
175
35
450
Woodland
387
1,096
1,714
237
387
1,495
Total
5,534
47,348
57,921
7,770
2,426
32,857
...
16
14
...
...
...
...
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35
Reedsburg Town.
196
55
59
37
...
48
Reedsburg City
...
99
42
19
35
North Freedom Vil.
12
44
54
30
83
28
...
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HISTORY OF SAUK COUNTY
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.
.
....
.
....
2,000
1,530
165
2,450
2,700
12
Reedsburg Town.
3,555
74,617
111,429
4,470
4,388
116,187
1,581
165,050
3,274
Sauk City
70
4,625
1,320
150
2,665
....
10,880
631
Spring Green Town.
772
59,850
37,095
365
2,690
3,020
360
14,800
....
Sumpter
1,880
145,000
126,115
960
1,150
11,825
600
114,800
3,046
Troy ...
4,781
126,685
112,263
2,827
4,895
7,699
2,067
95,732
1,607
Washington
4,023
73,870
97,560
3,000
1,360
19,790
4,005
170,570
1,930
Westfield
5,873
73,040
130,960
4,415
7,320
44,265
3,850
72,500
1,694
Winfield
1,742
29,672
87,442
480
1,495
20,172
310
23,793
395
Woodland
5,615
39,212
76,695
9,807
2,665
32,670
1,268
66,000
2,229
Total
84,022
1,487,993
1,800,533
63,052
89,858
697,066
45,357
1,523,219
36,117
.
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Baraboo Town.
5,017
95,845
88,695
2,970
2,323
42,886
1,970
109,375
2,153
Bear Creek
1,609
43,240
50,093
2,568
622
5,615
795
30,300
2,659
Dellona
3,006
56,520
46,641
3,070
3,293
47,905
1,470
42,225
1,060
Delton ..
2,451
59,440
46,229
365
4,727
43,507
2,910
51,125
1,467
Excelsior
4,663
69,495
68,095
2,940
1,395
70,315
2,670
105,200
1,694
Fairfield
1,340
37,705
30,850
75
3,505
10,620
1,600
28,400
964
Franklin .
4,857
55,520
80,895
4,440
2,390
4,885
1,174
14,829
1,657
Freedom ..
5,483
56,600
85,488
6,055
2,246
22,955
3,723
85,200
1,273
Greenfield
4,435
56,560
65,620
3,600
4,900
18,975
2,845
26,190
1,219
Honey Creek
7,230
119,740
157,030
1,550
2,600
9,185
884
97,000
1,920
Ironton .
4,585
4,775
130,250
3,125
22,125
85,500
1,200
39,000
600
La Valle Town ..
4,413
57,602
37,428
5,185
3,474
59,660
1,222
56,660
1,913
La Valle Vil ....
2,627
65,690
67,965.
325
4,339
7,075
528
51,060
2,052
Merrimack Vil.
50
2,790
1,975
....
70
430
....
....
North Freedom Vil. ..
201
3,525
3,175
100
180
880
....
66
Prairie du Sac Town.
4,394
68,175
54,545
110
5,385
4,920
325
39,680
545
Prairie du Sac Vil.
3,600
950
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The cheese production for 1900 was 569,200, indicating a decided falling off for the decade, whilo nearly 300,000 more pounds of butter were manufactured. Only 800 pounds of hops were produced in the entire county.
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Wheat
Civil Divisions
(bu.)
Corn (bu.)
Oats (bu.) 300
Barley (bu.)
(bu.)
Potatoes (bu.) 800
Apples (bu.)
Butter (1ba.) 300
Grasses (tons).
Ableman Vil.
50
300
50
.....
....
....
...
....
....
.
...
100
200
....
....
150
....
8,300
12
Merrimack Town.
..
Spring Green Vil. .
....
2,200
1,700
200
60
....
45
Reedsburg City ...
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PRINCIPAL FARM PRODUCTS IN 1900
Rye
Baraboo City .
1,550
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HISTORY OF SAUK COUNTY
In 1900 the principal varieties of live stock were thus distributed :
Civil Divisions
Neat Cattle
Milch Cows
Sheep and Lambs
Horses
Swine
Ableman Vil.
108
45
....
51
19
Baraboo City
215
40
867
31
Baraboo Town.
1,143
883
831
497
516
Bear Creek
2,950
1,391
1,027
264
729
Dellona
1,376
595
516
312
1,040
Delton
904
503
338
319
603
Excelsior
1,528
823
913
331
976
Fairfield
845
451
491
317
492
Franklin
3,046
1,479
979
344
851
Freedom
1,778
882
1,416
397
536
Greenfield
1,002
560
1,024
291
410
Honey Creek
2,577
1,114
1,306
564
1,351
Ironton
1,193
200
2,491
436
554
La Valle Town.
1,070
230
1,905
453
574
La Valle Vil.
72
34
58
58
27
Merrimack Town.
1,109
356
818
310
867
Merrimack Vil.
85
63
10
53
24
Prairie du Sac Town.
776
426
98
266
677
Prairie du Sac Vil.
50
13
54
102
14
Reedsburg City
159
914
30
270
41
Reedsburg Town.
1,833
145
1,457
415
794
Spring Green Town
1,547
600
451
355
1,034
Spring Green Village.
147
5
119
153
Sumpter
1,704
876
946
496
1,560
Sauk City Vil.
111
50
102
26
Troy
2,517
1,147
1,241
517
1,176
Washington
1,840
1,164
1,626
449
646
Westfield
1,891
831
1,786
501
837
Winfield
916
210
1,991
270
677
Woodland
1,410
639
3,622
441
803
Total
35,971
16,647
27,470
10,212
18,099
....
45
61
North Freedom Vil.
69
23
...
The aggregate values of the different classes of live stock: Neat cattle, $387,673; milch cows, $320,569; horses, $324,664; swine, $59,911; sheep and lambs, $37,766.
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HISTORY OF SAUK COUNTY
THE LIVE STOCK IN 1910
In 1910 the live stock of the county was thus distributed :
Civil Divisions
Neat Cattle
Sheep and Lambs
Horses
Swine
Baraboo
1,961
625
610
600
Bear Creek
4,040
590
549
1,020
Dellona
1,450
650
418
821
Delton
1,480
342
519
479
Excelsior
2,120
855
481
609
Fairfield
1,224
406
369
464
Franklin
4,242
452
661
1,194
Freedom
2,026
886
500
388
Greenfield
1,845
678
438
393
Honey Creek
3,122
405
709
1,422
Ironton
2,599
1,114
620
765
La Valle
2,299
1,279
575
596
Merrimack
1,302
314
460
725
Prairie du Sac
1,236
87
417
856
Reedsburg
2,259
512
578
745
Spring Green
1,831
206
426
977
Sumpter
2,065
856
717
1,622
Troy
3,382
675
775
1,405
Washington
3,374
391
682
. 944
Westfield
3,116
629
670
984
Winfield
1,880
1,576
500
602
Woodland
2,775
2,409
591
863
Ableman Vil.
157
45
69
22
Baraboo City
207
13
1,015
22
La Valle Vil.
86
8
83
26
Merrimack Vil.
80
10
55
44
N. Freedom Vil.
98
90
28
Prairie du Sac Vil.
55
....
122
6
Reedsburg City
150
249
11
Sauk City Vil.
83
....
121
26
Spring Green Vil.
177
16
126
87
Total
52,721
16,029
14,225
18,746
....
The aggregate true value of the different varieties of live stock: Neat cattle, $1,188,465; horses, $1,254,845; swine, $224,952; sheep and lambs, $56,107; mules and asses, $7,605 (88 in number).
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HISTORY OF SAUK COUNTY CROPS AND LIVE STOCK (1916)
C. P. Norgord, the commissioner of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, in his report issued January 1, 1917, presents the following facts regarding the acreage, production and total farm value of the principal crops in Sauk County for the year 1916, and based (the value) on the market price on December 1st of that year :
Crops
Acreage
Production
Value
Corn for grain (bu.).
38,209
1,413,763
$1,229,974
Corn for silos (tons)
19,683
236,196
708,588
Oats (bu.)
80,322
3,293,202
1,646,601
Wheat (bu.)
6,225
105,855
171,437
Barley (bu.)
7,136
214,080
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