LAPEER COUNTY. 



STATISTICS OF LAPEER COUNTY FOR THE YEAR 1853. 



Number of saw mills, (water) _ 26 



" " (steam) 15 



" flouring, 8 



" tanneries, 5 



" wool factories, 2 



Feet of lumber sawed, 26,000,000 



Feet of lumber logs run, 12,000,000 



Shingles manufactured, 160,000,000 



Bushels of wheatraised, 254,493 



" corn raised, -. 1 12,575 



« oats raised, 104,925 



" barley raised, — 1,296 



« rye raised, 4,200 



" buck wheat raised, 15,696 



" potatoes raised, 46,628 



clover seed raised, 192 



Pounds of wool, 99,807 



" butter, 604,000 



" cheese, 69,139 



" maple sugar, 60,663 



Tons of hay,... 7,849 



Number of sheep, 40,1 65 



" swine, : 9,435 



" horses, 2,574 



« neat cattle, 12,819 



