The Crops Is Michigan
The following statement is mado from tho returns to the tiecretary of State by the Supervisors, the iufonnation bcing collected by them at tho time they took the assessment Jast spring. The statistics are believed to be substantially accurate for 850 townships and two cities, the Dalance of the State furmshing no statistics. A few Supervisors state that no wheat. oats, etc., were raised in their townships. The average yield per acre of wheat in 1876, for the State and for each county, is the average only for those townships that reported Doth the acreago and the yield. A comparison with the census of 1874 shows that this average is but 13-100 of 1 per cent. greater than tho average in 1873 ; also, that there were a few more acres harvested in 1876 than in 1873. These facts warrant tts in asuming that the yield in 1870 in those townships that inade no report of wheat for that year equaled the yield in the same tttwniíhips in 1873, or 1,170,307 bushels, which amount, added to the quantitv shown in the table, gives a total yield in the State in 187G of 16,839,476 bushela. The probable yield of wheat the present year, shown in the flf th column, is fonnd by multiplving the average yield in 1876 by the number of acres on the grouud in May, 1877, and is without doubt much below the actual vield for many of the counties and for the State'. It ia estimated by sonie that the yield the present year is 33 per cent. above that of last year ; but if it is no more than 25 per cent. greater the erop now on hand may be set down at 21,049,345 - or, in round numbers, 21,000,000 bushels. This is an average of something over seven'een bushels per acre. This table shows the acreage, total yield, and average yield per acre of wheat in 1876, and the acreage and yield in 1877, the acreage of corn, oats and jarley in 1876, and the number of producers : . WHEAT. .,.„„ ríe IS7C ONTHEQEOÜND KAISED IK 1876. IN May j877_ COUNTIES. - 1 Probable Aeren Bmhela. Aeren Yield in tíuqhete'. Alcona 155 1,108 136 972 Allegan 30,124 429,455 34,5fi7 492,925 Alpena 314 2,883 257 2,359 Antrim 1,716 18,014 1,000 16,800 Baraga 8 182 22 803 Barry 41,601 676,053 49,689 730,925 Bay... 1,3-TO 17,157 2,108 26,793 Bcnzie 617 5,138 550 4,846 Berrien 28,245 393,046 32,742 447.911 Branch 33,678 441,235 38,001 505,673 Calhoun ,69,629 975,37171,887 1,007,137 Ca?s 47.9C8 725,092 51,012 772,322 Charlevoix 647 6,748 461 4,808 Cheboygan 117 1,136 31 301 Chippewa 42 936 16 357 Clare 133 1,784 151 2,025 Clinton 43,040 616,439 46,235 662,085 Delta 37 369 13 130 Eaton 29,060 386,791 32,391 461,428 Emmott 103 904 148 1,299 Genesee 32,738 454,070 36,481 506,005 Gladwin 171 1,244 72 896 Grand Traverse... 1,633 15,272 1,138 10,640 Gratiot 15,189 183,130 17,400 209,844 Hillsda'.e 44,346 603,073 45,033 510,674 Houghton hgTKtni o3,833 99,83Ï I9,é88 106,135 onia : 46,409 738,669 49,983 795,729 oseo 71 994 115 1,610 sabella 4,424 42,321 4,360 40,984 RleBoyale ackson 52,490 753,503 53,567 769,223 Kalamazoo 58,752 785,563 60,783 312,669 Kalkaska 231 2,194 147 1,421 Kent 36,736 625,084 42,278 604,523 ieweenaw Lake 595 6,259 689 7,069 Lapeer 28,290 407,659 32,678 470,890 Leelanaw 1,805 22,413 2,198 21,914 Lenawce 29,519 377,882 32,274 412,139 .ivinsston 44,318 675,995 45,050 687,013 Mackinac Macomb 20,626 262,582 22,371 284,783 Manistee 714 6,877 793 7,637 lanitou 455 56 Marquette 12 150 5 63 laaon 868 11,102 1,048 13,404 lecosta 3,187 30,789 3,656 32,419 lenominee 10 131 3 39 lidlantl 1,288 13,320 1,468 15,179 lissaukee 217 2,107 293 2,845 lonroe 12,262 142,591 15,877 184,650 Montealm 10,53(5 133,612 12,358 156,699 Muskegon 5,887 31,118 3,895 39,651 Newaygo 3,800 36,244 4,363 41,623 Oakland 54,573 810,269 58,166 863,765 Oceana 4,379 43,906 5,106 51,213 Ogeinaw Ontonagon 2 62 7 182 Osceola 2,425 23,047 2,744 26,068 Otsego 2 30 25 375 )ttawa 13,055 170,072 15,316 199,414 'resque Isle.... loBcommon 2 12 8 48 Saginaw 11,775 154,26114,250 186,675 Sanüac 15,237 149,630 14,700 144,354 Schoolcraf t Shiawassee 28,508 348,862 29,750 364,140 St. Clair 18,749 187,559 25,475 155,060 St.Joseph 58,306 840,404 58,529 843,403 Tascóla 13,450 185,01118,776 258,358 Van Buren........ 33,950 448,049 36,916 483,600 Washtenaw 45.098 728,677 44,319 716,105 Vayne 9,641 126,487 11,028 144. US7 Wexford 567 6,540 581 6,639 Total amount of acres cultivated in 1876. . . 1,136,960 Total amount of bushela planted in 1876. . .16,860,160 Total amount of acres cultivated in 1877. . . 1,228,836 Probable yield in bushels, 1877 16,896,495 OTHEKGBArKSBAISEr Z.% IN 1876. ■? Il COÜNTIES. Cora) Oaí5j BurUtt O Acres. Acres. Acres. 2-, State 642,824 447,228 51,318 93,464 Alcona 7 308 4 47 Allegan 23,018 11,254 1,418 3,223 Alpena 4 300 225 75 Antrim 605 762 109 387 Baraga 3 90 12 19 Barry 20,264 10,806 347 2,885 Bay 1,451 1,895 181 307 Benzie 617 824 2 213 Berrien 23,765 9,633 100 2,170 Branch 24,098 7,448 218 2,343 Callioun 29,743 16,192 1,545 3,126 Cass 31,622 9,765 29 2,163 Charlevoix 246 383 24 222 Cheboygan 28 299 1 44 Chippewa 25 Clare , 37 34 36 Clinton 15,087 13,799 1,544 2,950 Delta 562 20 45 Eaton 14,C84 11,292 662 2,409 Emmett 85 133 1 67 Genesee 16,822 18,720 1,91? 3,099 Gladwin 137 106 1 44 Grand Traverse. 2,195 6,455 1,511 167 Gratiot 7,870 8,870 ' 764 1,676 HillMlalc... 31.276 13.252 635 5 530 HoilgMon 2 483 1 24 Hnron 876 8,525 5B2 l,89í InehlUQ 17,698 11,210 631 2,853 loma , 18,485 13,801 1.71f 3,089 losco 79 308........ W Isabella 1,971 1,976 23 CIO Isle ltoyale Jackson 24,952 10,901 1,376 2,490 ■ Kulamazoo 28,751 9,202 441 2,494 Kalkaska 123 142 1 89 Keilt 20,103 16,079 1,217 3,291 Keweenaw 30,..,.... 6 Lake 394 218 8 196 Lapeer 13,484 14,79(1 2,636 2,667 Leelanaw 1,008 1,307 290 561 Lenawee 29,648 17,630 1.085 3.192 Livingston 20,068 11,624 2,156 2,37$ Mackinac Macomb 16,124 21,140 2,138 2,910 Manistee 764 559 63 247 Manitou 39 11 Marquette 371 41 Mason 670 525 62 248 Mecosta 1,467 1,603 44 466 Menoruinee 1 66 17 Midland 684 720 60 244 Minsaukee 163 342 14 80 Monroo 22,510 17,370 1,731 2,467 Montcalm 5,195 4,977 7 1,219 Muskegon 1,593 1,766 235 495 Nnwaygo 2,247 2,035 110 412 Oakland 31,224 23,305 6,072 3,457 Oceana 2,180 1,523 196 823 Ocemaw Ontonagon 3 292 7 75 Osceola 849 992 25 64S Otacira 21 49 18 Ottawa 10,160 7,773 962 1,891 Preequc Iele Roscommon 22 33 il RiiL'inaw 7,097 11,040 1,076 2,042 Sunilac ,.... 1,243 9,973 2,659 1,789 Sclioolcraft 28 3 Shiawassce 12,967 9,839 1,509 2,327 St Clair 5,834 21,907 4,808 8,089 St Josepll 80,700 6,815 118 2,286 Tuscola 6.460 8,698 504 1,92 Van Bureu 21,560 8,434 610 2,549 Wanhtenaw 20,338 11,629 3,417 2,220 ■Wayno.., 19,938 18,221 1,223 2,68: Wexford 498 687 10 187 Wolvbs are doing considerable in the pork business in Kansas,
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