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I. Michigan and Indiana. 



Localities 



a) Michigan: 

 Van Buren Co 

 Cass 

 Saginaw 

 Allegan 

 Berrien 

 Eaton 

 St. Joe 

 Kalamazoo 

 Montcalm 

 Branch 

 Muskegon 



Total 



1910 



1625 



1367 



1000 



1065 



434 



515 



438 



280 



171 



176 



59 



1911 



this year's 

 planting 



1911 



Total acres 



551 

 310 

 350 

 656 

 370 

 145 

 242 

 193 



97 

 105 



20 



1578 



1380 



1250 



1060 



634 



475 



402 



330 



232 



144 



65 



Left in farmers' 

 hands from 



1910 



300 lbs. 

 2600 



5000 



2300 



900 



500 



2600 



b) Indiana: 



St. Joe Co. § neighbourhood 



La Grange Co 



Noble „ 



Steuben „ 



Total 



7130 



2441 



925 



100 



80 



3546 



3039 



1123 



361 



100 



20 



1604 



7550 



2891 



1071 



200 



100 



14200 lbs. 



4262 



It will be seen from the above that there are 1136 acres more under 

 peppermint than in 1910, including an excess over 1910 of 693 acres of 

 new plantations. 



II. Wayne County, New York. 



Whereas last autum 56 acres of peppermint plantations could still be 

 found, the area under cultivation is now reduced to 20 1 /a acres, which at 

 an average yield of 15 lbs. per acre would only yield a total of 307 lbs. 

 of peppermint oil. These figures therefore confirm our view that the 

 peppermint oil industry has ceased to exist in the State of New York. It 

 is all the more peculiar, in view of this fact, that certain competing firms 

 still continue to offer "Wayne Peppermint oil" as a speciality in any de- 

 sired quantity. 



The stocks of oil in farmers' hands at the end of May of this year 

 total 23 800 lbs., as compared with not less than 108 600 lbs. available at 

 the corresponding period of 1910, so that this year a total falling-off of 

 74800 lbs. of available oil has to be reckoned with. Besides this, sup- 



