MICHIGAN. 



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QUALITY. 



Kino 



Packer*' 



floUr 



Total , 



1MTT. 



1,090,841 



MM 

 8,818 



y ..:f.7 

 88.541 

 8J.615 



1,88^884 





In bushels the product of 1879 is 10,290,200, 

 an increase of 1,010,771 bushels over that of 

 1878. The price averaged $1.03 per barrel, 

 against an average of 85 cents for each of the 

 years 1877-'78. The shipments for the year 

 were 1,777,020 barrels, the larger quantity going 

 to Chicago, and Milwaukee coming second. 



The iron statistics of 1879 are condensed 

 from tables prepared for the Marquette " Min- 

 ing Journal": Ore output of 51 mines, 1,414,- 

 182 tons, valued at $6,423,539.50. Add 39,583 

 tons of pig metal, and there was an aggregate 

 product of 1,453,765 tons, and an aggregate 

 value of $7,413,114.59. The product is larger 

 than that of any previous year by 215,879 tons 

 (the increase being over 1873), while the valu- 

 ation is less than that of 1873 by $3,982,772.41. 

 Of the output of 1879, 1,145,093 tons came from 

 the mines of Marquette County, and 269,089 

 from the Menominee range. 



The following crop statistics for 1878-'79 

 were compiled for the Lansing " Republican," 

 from the returns made to the Secretary of 

 State in June, 1878, by the supervisors of 981 

 of the 1,041 townships of the State, the non- 

 returning townships being estimated on the 

 basis of their preceding year's reports : 



STATISTICS OF 1878. 



Wheat, acres harvested 1,576,560 



" bushels raised 29,511,389 



" average number of bushels per aero 1 8 77 



Corn, acres harvested 761,123 



" bushels raised 86,663,299 



" average number of bushels per acre t- '7 



Oats, acres harvested 453,685 



" bushels raised 18,454.517 



" average number of bushels per acre 2982 



Clover-seed, acres harvested 122,048-41 



bushels raised 166,465 



" average number of bushels per acre. I'M 



Barley, acres harvested 40,163-54 



" bushels raised 806,468 



" average number of bushels per acre 20-14 



Peas, acres harvested 89.772-44 



" bushels raised 641,061 



" average number of bushels per acre 16- 18 



Potatoes, acres harvested 75,825-54 



bushels raised 8,190,406 



" average number of bushels per acre. ... 104-63 



Hay, acres harvested 856,5.16 



" tonsraised 1,124,931 



" average number of tons per acre 1-81 



Sheep, number sheared 1,670,790 



pounds of wool sheared 8,666,467 



" avenge number of pounds of wool pr head 6-19 



Apples, bushels sold 8,944.206 



Peaches, bushels iold 107,844 



Grapes, pounds sold 1,014,950 



Cherries, currants, plums, and berries, bush, sold 100,498 



STATISTICS OF 18T. 



Farms, number of. 111.829 



acres of improved land In 8,785,109 



acres of unimproved land in 4,530,486 



total number of acres In 10,815,588 



average number of acres in each 92'68 



Wheat on the ground in May 1,M2,7>9 



Horsea, number of 272.603 



Milch cows, number of 291,'- 43 



Cattle, other than milch cows, camber of. 83 -,910 



Hogs, number of. 41M.109 



Sheep, number of 1,772.818 



Apples, number of acres In orchards 229,262*65 



Peaches, number of acres in orchards 10,771 10 



The yield of wheat per acre in 1879 was fully 

 equal to that of 1878, while the quality was 

 greatly superior. At Detroit, the principal 

 market point of the State, wheat was 93$ cents 

 a bushel on January 1. 1879, and on December 

 81, $1.36f. The receipts of wheat at Detroit 

 by rail for the year were 11,995,961 bushels, 

 and of flour 809,215 barrels. 



For the year ending June 30, 1879, the an- 

 nual report of President Angell to the Regents 

 of the University of Michigan shows : Students 

 in department of literature, science, and the 

 arts, 445 ; in department of medicine and sur- 

 gery, 329; in department of law, 406; in 

 school of pharmacy, 71 ; in Homo3opathic Med- 

 ical College, 63 ; in College of Dental Surgery, 

 62; total, 1,376, an increase of 143 over the 

 preceding collegiate year. Number of women 

 in attendance, 134, an increase of 41. Women 

 students are registered in each and every de- 

 partment. Of the whole number of students, 

 49 per cent, were residents of the State. There 

 were 433 degrees conferred on examination. 

 The receipts of the year (including $10,111.89 

 on hand July 1, 1878) were $171, 113 ; expendi- 

 tures, $142,402.51 ; balance in treasury June 

 30, 1879, $28,710.49. Of the receipts, $58,- 

 256.82 came from students, $39,226.68 from 

 interest on land-endowment fund, $765.75 from 

 interest on treasurer's deposit balances, $1.86 

 from sale of a book, and $62,750 from the 

 State Treasury, on account of general or special 

 appropriations. 



The President of the Agricultural College 

 furnishes the following summary of the work 

 of the year : Number of students, 232 ; of 

 graduates at commencement held November 

 18th (includingthe pioneer lady), 19 ; total num- 

 ber of graduates, 205. Income from Congres- 

 sional land-grant, $16,602; from all sources, 

 $45,082.61. Expenditures within the income. 

 Inventory, $267,617.70. Legislative appro- 

 priations for 1879, $21,040.12; for 1880, $12,- 

 040.12. 



The State Normal School was opened in 

 April, 1853, and has produced 800 students. 

 The teaching force numbers 12. Attendance in 

 1878-'79, 548 ; graduates, 84. There are four 

 courses : Common school, full English, ancient 

 languages, and modern languages. " The sole 

 aim of this school is to qualify teachers for their 

 work, to increase their teaching power, and 

 send them forth filled with the spirit of their 

 profession." "Graduation from the higher 

 courses entitles those holding diplomas to le- 

 gal certificates of qualification to teach in any 

 of the public schools of the State (not under 

 special law) without a renewal." 



The Superintendent of Public Instruction 

 furnishes (in advance of his official report) the 

 following primary-school statistics for the fiscal 

 school year ending September 1, 1879 : 



