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to the acre, as compared with Ohio's output of 20.9 

 bushels, and Indiana's yield of 20 bushels. 



Potatoes yielded 105 bushels to the acre, while 

 New York produced 125 bushels, Ohio 100, and 

 Minnesota 95. The production of hay ran at 1.21 

 tons to the acre in Michigan, 1.70 tons in Wiscon- 

 sin, 1.44 in Iowa, and 2.60 in Nebraska. Beans 

 yielded 13 bushels to the acre in Michigan, 14 in 

 New York, 8 in Colorado, and 10 in California. Of 

 sugar-beets, Michigan's acre product was 8.67 tons, 

 as against 10.70 for Colorado, 9.64 tons in Ohio, 

 8.66 in Wisconsin, and 11.57 in Utah. Other crops, 

 like flax-seed, hops and tobacco, which are impor- 

 tant in other noffthern states, are negligible in 

 Michigan. 



As might be surmised from what has already been 

 stated regarding the relative productivity of the sev- 

 eral sections of the State, the southern tier of coun- 

 ties make the largest aggregate showing of agricul- 

 tural products. The Annual Summary of the Michi- 

 gan Cooperative Crop Eeporting Service indicates 

 that the counties producing more than 500,000 

 bushels of wheat include Gratiot, Allegan, Berrien, 

 Cass, Kalamazoo, Kent, Ottawa, Barry, Calhoun, 

 Clinton, Eaton, Hillsdale, Ionia, Genesee, Lenawee, 

 Monroe, St. Clair, and Washtenaw, all southern coun- 

 ties of the southern peninsula. The counties pro- 

 ducing more than 1,000,000 bushels of corn in- 

 clude Gratiot, Mecosta, Montcalm, Huron, Saginaw, 

 Sanilac, Tuscola, Allegan, Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo, 

 Kent, Barry, Branch, Calhoun, Clinton, Eaton, 



