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APPLE ORCHARDS IN MICHIGAN IN THE YEAR 1897. 

 AS REPORTED BY EDWIN C. REID. SECRETARY STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



Counties. Acres. 



Allegan 7,967.15 



Barry 5,354.37 



Berrien 7,227.49 



Branch 5,392.75 



Calhoun 4,758.14 



Cass 3,762.25 



Clinton 6.367.70 



Eaton 6,638.25 



Genesee 6,256.75 



Grand Traverse 2,676.00 



Gratiot 3,834.68 



Hillsdale 6,684.25 



Huron 3,495.24 



Ingham 5.960.75 



Ionia 6,273.58 



Jackson 5,307.90 



Kalamazoo 3.956.53 



Kent 7,749.25 



Lapeer 5.173.87 



Lenawee 7,547.25 



Counties. Acres. 



Livingston 4.637.00 



Macomb 5,580.25 



Mason 2,191.75 



Monroe 4,839.62 



Montcalm 3,580.50 



Muskegon 1,873.75 



Newaygo 2,265.37 



Oakland 10,265.25 



Oceana 3,210.75 



Ottawa 4,340.38 



Saginaw 3,515.99 



Sanilac 3 922.33 



Shiawassee 5,087.25 



St. Clair 5,146.12 



St. Joseph 3,356.85 



Tuscola 5.146.62 



VanBuren 7,578.24 



Washtenaw 7,046.25 



AVayne 5,518.71 



PEACH ORCHARDS IX MICHIGAN IN THE YEAR 1897. 



Counties. Acres. 



Allegan 7,610.12 



Berrien 3.181.4k 



Ionia 2,422.9t> 



Kent 7,485.75 



Mason 1,860.66 



Muskegon 812.75 



Counties. Acres. 



Newaygo 670.62 



Oakland 958.50 



Oceana 4,178.50 



Ottawa 3,237.52 



VanBuren 5 361.82 



Washtenaw 1,270.75 



It is doubtful if there will be a single ox team employed in upper 

 peninsula forests the coming winter. Twenty-five years ago all skidding 

 was done with oxen, it being thought that horses would calk themselves 

 in the deep snow, and that the} 7 could not handle the heavy logs. This 

 was found to be erroneous, and horses are now used exclusively for 

 lumbering work, except where steam skidding machines are in use., which 

 is at but a few camps, the steam loggers being better adapted to southern 

 forests, where snow is unknown. — Menominee Herald. 

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