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MICHIGAN. 



tary of State relating to farms and farm prod- 

 ucts the following tables are taken. The first 

 gives the " totals of the agricultural statistics 

 of the State, as shown by the cereal reports 

 for 1878-79 " : 



PRODUCTS. 



1879. 



Wheat, acres harvested 



Wheat, bushels raised 



Wheat, average number of bushels 



per acre. 



Corn, acres harvested 



Corn, bushels raised ears 



Corn, average number of bushels per 



acre 



Oats, acres harvested 



Oats, bushels raised 



Oats, average number of bushels per 



acre 



Clover-seed, acres harvested 



Clover-seed, bushels raised 



Clover-seed, average number of bush- 

 els per acre 



Barley, acres harvested 



Barley, bushels raised | 



Barley, average number of bushels 



per acre j 



Peas, acres harvested ! 



Peas, bushels raised 



Peas, average number of bushels per, 



acre I 



Potatoes, acres harvested ! 



Potatoes, bushels raised I 



Potatoes, average number of bushels 



per acre 



Hay, acres harvested | 



Hay, tons raised 



Hay, average number of tons per acre 



Sheep, number sheared | 



Wool, pounds sheared j 



Wool, average number of pounds per 



head I 



Apples, bushels sold 



Peaches, bushels sold 



Grapes, pounds sold 



Cherries, currants, plums, and berries, 



bushels sold 



80,983,340 



19-30 



742.859 



42,764,123 



75-57 



440,723 

 15,089,855 



84-25 



194,399 



1-61 

 44,007 

 991,659 



22-53 

 33.079 



15-95 



89,441 



8,025,475 



89-13 



943,371 



1,051,115 



I'll 



9,582,034 



5-23 



1,831,910 



229,570 



2,956,437 



161,316 



1878. 



1,575,580 

 29,511,889 



18- 7T 



761,123 



36,663,299 



48-17 



453,685 



13,454,517 



29-82 

 122,043 

 166,465 



1-36 

 40,169 



20-14 

 89,772 

 641,063 



16-18 



75,826 



6,235,406 



105-39 



856,536 



1,124,931 



1-31 



1,670,790 

 8,666,467 



5-19 



8,944,206 



107,244 



1,014,950 



100,493 



The second gives the 

 18T9-'80 " : 



farm statistics for 



Ten counties produced each over one million 

 bushels of wheat. Clinton, the largest wheat- 

 producing county, is credited with 1,509,611 

 bushels. Three other counties, Ionia, Wash- 

 tenaw, and Calhoun, had each over 1,449,000 

 bushels. Twenty towns raised each over 100,- 

 000 bushels, one of them going over 150,000 

 bushels. Thekrgest township yield was 31-90 

 bushels, and sixteen townships report an aver- 

 age yield of over twenty-five bushels per 

 acre. 



Since the establishment of the Fish Commis- 

 sion in 1873, the work of stocking the inland 



lakes and streams has progressed with favor- 

 able results. The total " plant " up to date of 

 latest report was: 



Young shad 40.000 



Atlantic salmon 220.000 



Landlocked salmon 100,000 



California salmon 1,769,000 



White-fish in inland lakes 16,000,000 



White-fish in great lakes and Detroit 



Eiver 64,000,000 = 50,000,000 



Lake-trout in inland waters 1,080,000 



Brook-trout 500,000 



Silver-eels 1,000,000 



Considerable work has also been done with 

 the grayling, bass, and pike. 



The total lumber cut by the leading Michigan 

 districts is given as 3,398,187,227 feet, an in- 

 crease over the cut of 1879 of 651,510,514 

 feet. The lumber on hand at the close of the 

 year was estimated at 886,617,679 feet. These 

 estimates are exclusive of the millions of feet 

 cut into shingles and stave-bolts and square 

 timber and logs shipped from the State or 

 towed down the lakes to supply the mills of 

 Ohio and New York ports. Some of the lum- 

 ber centers are reported as follows : 



Feet. 



Saginaw Eiver mills 863,356,009 



Huron Shore 363,327,609 



Flint and Pere Marquette mills 213,771,038 



Mackinaw Division of Michigan Central Railroad. 48,275,518 



Manistee 203,880,000 



Muskegon 594.458,526 



Miscellaneous points 705,361,242 



An article prepared for the Saginaw " Cou- 

 rier " 



There has been an extraordinary demand for pine- 

 timber lands during the past year, and prices have ap- 

 preciated $10 to $50 per acre, according to locality 

 and quality of the timber. Good tracts of timber 

 range in value from $50 to $100 per acre, and sales have 

 been made the past year in which it seems hardly pos- 

 sible that the buyers can realize enough to save loss in 

 the end. A tract of pine on one of the tributaries of 

 the Tittabawassee, which was lumbered over nine years 

 ago, is a five-mile haul and was bought five years ago 

 for $2,500, was sold last fall for $6,000 cash. Another 

 eighty -acre tract on the same stream, ten years ago, 

 was purchased for four dollars per acre. The owner 

 within the past two months has refused $8,000 cash 

 for it, holds it at $10,000, and it is said to be only an 

 ordinary tract as regards quality. About 1,640 acres 

 in Gladwin County, on the Cedar Kiver, were recently 

 sold for $35,000 cash, and during the fall 4,000 acres 

 in Montcalm County were sold for about $225,000. 

 These are only instances showing the value of tim- 

 bered lands. 



The same is true of other lumber-producing 

 localities, and the fact is important as showing 

 the rapidity with which the forests of the State 

 are being stripped of their treasures. 



The salt production of the State for the in- 

 spection year ending November 30, 1880, was 

 as follows : 



Barrels. 



Fine 2,262,987 



Packers' 6,691 



Bulk 



Second quality 



Total.. 



2,676,583 



This was produced in the following locali- 

 ties: 



