Michigan Crop Report

The following is the Michigan erop report prepared and published by the Secretary of State: For this report returns have been received from 938 correspondents, representing 696 townships. Five hundred and ninety-five of these returns are from 405 townships in the southern four tiers of counties. The reports show that wheat was injured in all parts of the State by the cold, dry weather during the month of April. That on clay soil suffered severely. The acreage winter-killed in the southern four tiers of counties, and also in the entire State, is ten per cent. of the acreage sowed. The condition of wheat not winter-killed is estimated to be forty-two per cent. better in the southern four tiers of counties, and thirty-three per cent. better in the entire State, than on the lst of May, 1881. The condition of clover on the flrst day of May was not as promising as on the flrst of April. Thirty-eight per cent,, or nearly two-flfths of the acreage in the soutnern four tiers of counties, and thirty-two per cent., or nearly twotnirds oL the total acreage In the State. is reported winter-killed. The condition of clover not winter-killed is, in the southern four tiers, twelve per cent., and in the State, nine per cent., below the condition May 1, 1881. The outlook for applea and peaches is favorable; but many of the correspondents expresa fear that the severe freeze on May 1 had injured, and in some localities possibly ruined, peaches. Cattle and sneep are reported to be in better condition than one year ano. Keports have been received of the quantity of wheat marketed by farmers during the month of April at 348 elevators and m Us. Of these 285 are in the southern four tiers of counties, which is six-tenths of the whole number of elevatora and milis in these counties. The total number of bushels reported marketed is 971,490, of which 244,553 bushels were marketed in the first or southern tier of counties, 285,277 bushels in the second tier, 195,590 bushels in the third tier 212,731 bushels in the fourth tier and 33,339 bushels in the counties north of the southern four tiers. At forty-eight elevatora and milis, or f ourteen per cent. of the whole number from which reports have been received, there was no wheat marketed during the month. At 203 elevators and milis the quantity of wheat marketed was 691,882 bushels, which is nearly one and eight-tenths times the [uantity marketed at the same places luring the month of Mareh. Twenty years ago the Cleveland tlollng Mili Company employed 250 men n the manufacture of merchant iron and iron rail, while to-day 6,000 men are employed in the inaking of steel ails, steel wire, steel boiler plate, steel hovels and other producta that were ormerly made of iron.