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in the less developed sections. One of these ap- 

 praisers found the highest priced land to be in the 

 southeastern counties of Monroe and Lenawee, his 

 valuations running as high as $200 an acre with in- 

 stances of sales at a higher figure. Yet he found 

 some lands in those same counties worth not over $10 

 an acre. The least valuable farm lands, as might be 

 expected, were in the northern jDortion of the Lower 

 Peninsula (the Upper Peninsula was out of his juris- 

 diction), where the most worthless land was ascribed 

 to Muskegon, Lake, Kalkaska and Eoscommon 

 counties. In this region the valuations were $5 to 

 $15 an acre for uncultivated tillable land, and $30 to 

 $40 an acre for the best grades of cultivated lands. 

 Starting with a base line of $0.00 for some land in 

 every county, his colleague finds his maximum valua- 

 tion for land to be $200 an acre in Oakland, Wayne, 

 Macomb, Genesee, Branch and Gratiot counties, $250 

 in Saginaw County, $150 in St. Clair, Lapeer, and 

 Midland counties; $100 in Huron and Isabella; $80 

 in Alcona County, $70 in Alpena, Gladwin and Clare 

 counties; $30 in Roscommon County; $50 in Oscoda 

 County, and $40 in Montmorency County, while the 

 fruit-raising county of Grand Traverse in the same 

 latitude attains values of $100 an acre. The ap- 

 praiser for the LTpper Peninsula finds the most 

 highly developed agricultural counties having, con- 

 sequently, the highest range of land values, to be 

 Menominee, Delta, C^hippewa and Houghton, in 

 which his valuations range as high as $100 an acre, 

 although he concedes that sales occasionally occur 



