PAKM management m LENAWEE county, MICH. 5 



Sheep. 



Number. 



1860 89, 929 



1870 : 112, 653 



1880 116, 508 



1890 110, 446 



1900 103, 369 



1910 : 90, 654 



While land in general was low in price in Lenawee County, small 

 grain, especially winter wheat, was grown on a large scale. Although 

 wheat is still grown on a comparatively large acreage, the increased 

 price of land has made more . diversified farming a necessity. The 

 period of the greatest wheat production in the comity was between 

 1870 and 1890, reaching the highest mark in 1880, as is shown in .the 

 following figures taken from the United States, census : 



Wheat. 



Year. 



Bushels. 



Year. 



Bushels. 



1860 . 



423,843 



685,000 



1,251,479 



1890 



719, 668 

 321,670 



1870 



1900 



1880 



1910 



526, 628 







Two once tlirivmg industries, tobacco growing and hop produc- 

 tion, practically have been abandoned. In 1860 Lenawee County 

 produced 25,602 pounds of tobacco, and in 1880 this had fallen to 

 6,863 pounds. Now there is no commercial production of tobacco 

 in the county. La 1870 the hop production of Lenawee County 

 was 16,872 pounds, and in 1890 it was 3,500 pounds. This industry 

 has since been apparently abandoned altogether. 



The principal developments have been along the lines of general 

 and diversified agriculture. The large holdings which predominated 

 when the county was new have been broken up into farms of mediimi 

 size. There has been a gradual and almost constant increase in 

 com, hay, hogs, and milch cows from 1860 up to the present time. 

 This is shown by the following figures: 



Production in Lenawee Coiunty, Mich. 



1860 

 1870 

 1880 

 1890 

 1900 

 1910 



Com. 



Bushels. 

 1,213,311 

 964, 306 

 1,759,467 

 1, 480, 124 

 2, 053, 197 

 3, 053, 197 



Hay. 



Tons. 

 47, 396 

 68, 332 

 67,944 

 89, 442 

 86,387 

 117,132 



Hogs. 



Milch 

 cows. 



Number. 

 24, 762 

 25, 332 

 62, 045 

 67,421 

 63,549 

 77, 368 



Number. 

 11,235 

 15, 772 

 18,943 

 IS, 943 

 19,519 

 25, 924 



These figures show at a glance the trend of agriculture in the 

 county. It is plainly evident that developments have been in the 

 direction of stable and conservative farming. 



