FARM MANAGEMENT IN LENAWEE COUNTY, MICH. 5 
Sheep. 
Number 
IS 0 en ee mere ere eer MN rs A eS So oe Pa Bee Ate 89, 929 
1M eacine a sche Bk oe kee ee SCR PO ty PRA IER kN ae ec a oa ORD an aa 112, 653 
lots\hex s-clscene Bae cetyl te hee ets a gle. 2 anes 2 epeirhs ae ee ae es Re EER oo 116, 508 
Rd Ore et a es 2) et a ee Pe ci Ap ols elke oot crepe ein ge eee 110, 446 
Wee createed sods TECH ERE Beets Aen easel Ne ca ea 2 SN a 103, 369 
SoG ea et ten ee rare ee ey ae rs ee Wo so ss Lie 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 county was between 
1870 and 1890, reaching the highest mark in 1880, as is shown in the 
following figures taken from the United States. census: 
W heat. 
Year. Bushels. | Year. Bushels. 
| 
SOO Seperate eee Se Reo Po tema se AP His) I) Wel) cnc so sceeec cones aoeeoecasenee anaes | 719, 668 
RCW AD aS Siem eet cco at ne aed 68550008 | |P1900 2 see aero = See hee eels aan ee es ee 321, 670 
1 SCOR mee ee a ih HST 7) | (ARN) eee es eae, Seca eea i he Ride | 526, 628 
Two once thriving 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. In 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 medium 
size. There has been a gradual and almost constant increase in 
corn, hay, hogs, and milch cows from 1860 up to the present time. 
This is shown by the following figures: | 
Production in Lenawee County, Mich. 
; ; Milch 
Year. Corn. Hay. | Hogs. cone 
: Bushels. Tons. | Number. | Number. 
Le ae SS a Se a ee 15213, 301 47, 396 24, 762 | 11, 235 
DD SAS De Spe a eg Ao ee 964, 306 68, 332 PAY GRY 15, 772 
ROM ere ees hae i ee et FS Ss ee oe SS eS a se 1, 759, 467 67,944 62, 045 18, 943 
LUS Ges ee Se Oe Ce a eee ee ee 1, 480, 124 89, 442 67, 421 18, 943 
LIC Ve ers VE ee Se Sk Se ee ee eee ee etree 2, 053, 197 86, 387 63, 549 19,519 
LPG ee oe dese ee eee A a ee 3, 053, 197 117, 132 77, 368 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. 
