. Industries of New very large amount of superior limestone; but the Franklinite alone is worked toany adequate extent, and the magnetic iron and zinc to a considerable extent, while the iron has been neglecteduntil very recently, since tlie New Jersey Midland and Sussex Railroads and the Ogden Mines local road haveawakened some interest in iron mining. The soil is fertile, especially in the valleys, and the farms are wellcultivated and highly prohtable; but the dairies of Sussex are especially noteworthy, the yield of butter beinggreater than that of any other county in the State ; i
. Industries of New very large amount of superior limestone; but the Franklinite alone is worked toany adequate extent, and the magnetic iron and zinc to a considerable extent, while the iron has been neglecteduntil very recently, since tlie New Jersey Midland and Sussex Railroads and the Ogden Mines local road haveawakened some interest in iron mining. The soil is fertile, especially in the valleys, and the farms are wellcultivated and highly prohtable; but the dairies of Sussex are especially noteworthy, the yield of butter beinggreater than that of any other county in the State ; in the year reported (in the census of 1870) it was 1,455,788pounds ; the other staples are corn, oats, rye and hay, while is an imjiortant industry ; with theDelaware River on the northwest, the Musconetcong River and Ilopatcong Lake on the south, and the Paulins-kill, Pequest, Wallkill and Flatkill rising in the county, it is well drained. The manufactures of the countyare not extensive. Newton is the U>IOX COUNTY.—The youngest county in the Slate, having been organized March 19th, 1857, andone of the smallest in area, which is not more than 100 square miles. Union is one of the most thriving andimportant, including two flourishing cities, Elizabeth and Rahway, numerous populous villages, and manyhighly-cultivated and profitable farms. The county had a population in 1880 of 55,571; it was only 27,780 ini860, the first census after its organization, and was 41,859 in 1870, showing an increase of more than 50 percent, in a decade ; its real and personal property was valued at $50,219,382 in 1870 and probably exceeded$75,000,000 in 1S80. The surface is mostly level, the soil excellent, and the county has on the east NewarkBay and Staten Island Sound, and on the northwest the Passaic River, and is^ intersected by the RahwayRiver. The staples are butter, corn, hay, potatoes, and garden truck generally ; truck and dairy farms beingnumerous and very profi
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