446 RURAL MICHIGAN 



These valuations obviously should be considered in 

 connection Math the high prices prevailing at the 

 later date. 



The State ranked sixteenth as a producer of corn 

 in 1919; fifteenth in wheat; twelfth in oats; eighth 

 in barley; second in rye; fifth in buckwheat; and 

 ninth in hay. In sugar-beets Michigan ranked sec- 

 ond; sixth in maple sugar; fifth in maple sirup; 

 fifteenth in honey. Michigan ranked tv/enty-first in 

 swine; sixteenth in number of all cattle; thirtieth 

 in beef cattle ; ninth in dairy cows ; fifteenth in num- 

 ber of horses; thirty-seventh in number of mules; 

 and twelfth in number of sheep. 



A comparison of the yields to the acre of im- 

 portant farm crops, based on the reports of the 

 Bureau of Crop Estimates of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, shows that Michigan pro- 

 duced corn in 1920 at the rate of 40 bushels to the 

 acre, while the yield in Wisconsin was 43.9 bushels, 

 Illinois 34, Iowa 46, and New Hampshire 45. Michi- 

 gan's yield of wheat ran 15.5 bushels to the acre as 

 compared with Minnesota's 19.6, Ohio's 12,7, Kan- 

 sas' 15.4, and New York's 23.3 bushels. The yield 

 of oats was 39.6 bushels to the acre, as against 41 

 bushels in Indiana, 34 in South Dakota, and 39 in 

 Pennsylvania. Of barley the acre yield in Michigan 

 was 26 bushels, 31.7 in Wisconsin, 18 in North Da- 

 kota, and 27.7 in Ohio. Similarly the State pro- 

 duced rye at 14.7 bushels, as compared with a yield 

 in Wisconsin of 16 bushels, 17 in Minnesota, and 

 17.5 in New York. Buckwheat yielded 14.5 bushels 



