This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...of the land is given over to grazing, while the raising of crops claims a smaller proportion. However, in the region south of the Military Ridge, excepting near the Mississippi River in Grant County, the streams do not flow in deep and narrow valleys; many of the valley sides have gentle slopes. Here most of the lands ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...of the land is given over to grazing, while the raising of crops claims a smaller proportion. However, in the region south of the Military Ridge, excepting near the Mississippi River in Grant County, the streams do not flow in deep and narrow valleys; many of the valley sides have gentle slopes. Here most of the lands may be plowed, and here are found some of the best farms in Wisconsin. Great numbers of beef cattle and dairy cattle are also raised. In fact, the southern counties in the driftless area are noted for their dairying and stock raising. GLACIATED PART OP THE LIMESTONE BELT The greater part of the limestone belt was covered by the glacier and this has modified the soil, the drainage, and the topography, and all of these changes have affected farming. In this belt the glacial soil is largely clay loam, with a mixture of ground-up limestone. It is of variable character from place to place, of greatly varying depth and often imperfectly drained. In productivity, this glacial soil does not differ greatly from the good residual soils of the same belt. In many cases the natural course of the streams was obstructed by the hills and ridges of drift which were left when the ice melted away. This difference is illustrated in the Rock River basin, the western part of which is in the driftless area, and the eastern part in the drift-covered area. In the driftless portion, the streams divide and subdivide into a perfect and symmetrical net work of branches, completely draining all of the land. In the drift-covered portion the streams branch in the most disordered way, drainage is imperfect and marshes are numerous. From the standpoint of agriculture, then, two significant changes, besides the effect upon the soil, were introduced by the glacier: 1. The partia...
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