CHAPTER V 



AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES, PLANTS AND CROPS 



OF MICHIGAN 



The statistician of the Michigan Cooperative Crop 

 Reporting Service states that the average value of 

 the tame hay crop of ]\Iichigan for the past fifteen 

 years is $44,514,000; of corn, $41,540,000; of oats, 

 $31,760,000; of wheat, $19,4 '29,000; of potatoes, 

 $18,334,000; and of beans, $17,184,000 (six-year 

 average). Charts prepared by the same agency indi- 

 cate that corn is one of the three leading crops in all 

 counties of the Lower Peninsula except Presque Isle 

 and Alpena in the northeastern section; while it 

 appears in this class only in Luce and Menominee 

 counties in the Upper Peninsula. Similarly oats is 

 the leading crop in Presque Isle, Alpena, Oscoda, 

 Alcona, Ogemaw, Iosco, Sanilac, and St. Clair in the 

 southern peninsula; and in all counties of the Upper 

 Peninsula save Luce, IMenominee and Keweenaw. 

 Potatoes are shown to occupy a position not lower 

 than third in all counties of the Upper Peninsula, 

 the northwestern counties of the southern peninsula, 

 together with Lapeer and Oakland towards the south- 

 east. For statistics of farm crops, see Appendix F. 



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