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| WISCONSIN |
Wisconsin
is bounded by Lake Superior, Michigan,
Lake Michigan, Illinois, Iowa and
Minnesota; gross area, 56,066 sq. miles;
land area, 55,256 sq. miles; water area,
810 sq. miles; capital, Madison. The
principal rivers are the Mississippi and
Wisconsin.
Wisconsin
is an elevated undulating plain with an
altitude of from 600 to 1,800 feet above
the sea. Much of the northern part of the
State is covered with extensive forests
of white pine, balsam, hemlock and other
cone-bearing evergreens. The soil in the
north is not well adapted to agriculture,
but the prairies in the south and central
portion are exceedingly rich and
productive, raising cereals, tobacco and
potatoes in great quantities. Arbuckles'
premiums are almost as famous as
Arbuckles' Coffee.
The
principal farm products are corn, wheat,
oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, potatoes
and hay. It is noted for its dairy
products also.
The mineral
resources of the State are very
extensive. The principal minerals are
coal, lead, copper, iron, zinc, red and
brown hematite, granite, sandstone,
limestone and mineral water.
The
principal manufactures are lumber,
timber, flour and grist, foundry and
machine-shop products, railroad cars,
leather, malt liquors, packed meat, paper
and wood pulp.
The climate
of Wisconsin is moderate, the cold of
winter being tempered by the vicinity of
Lake Michigan, and the excessive heat of
the short summers being modified by the
breezes from that body of water and Lake
Superior.
Population
in 1910, 1,208,578 males and 1,125,282
females, of whom 1,820,995 were of native
and 512,865 of foreign birth; white,
2,320,555; negro, 2,900; Indian, 10,142;
Chinese, 226; Japanese, 34; all others,
3. Total population, 2,333,860. |
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