The State

At the preseut time the world is workn; ,5T '■, 2 i liorses, according to a report . ust ssued by the agricultural departraent, This shows that the United States has i:,003,000 horsen in service, Europe has 3,000,00r). South America, 5,000,000, Asia. 6000,000, Canala, 2.000,000, Australasia 1,000,000. nnd África 793,000. For every horse a Michigan man sees a Spaniard sees eight goats. In the matter of live stock Michigan is well up to the front. She has 453,913 horses, worth an average price of 191 80, or a total value of $42,126,410. The nurabers and values of other classes of stock are: Milch cows, 44r,302. worth $12,681,7S7, or an average of $29 each; oxen and other cattle, 511,4 Ki, worth 112,868.943, or $35 18 each; sheep, 2,11:!, 004, worth $5,743,!9J, or $2 72 each; hogs, 90(5,255, worth 789,700, or íi 39 each. The value of live stock seems to be much more in Michigan than in states adjoining it. For instance, the average value of horses in Michigan is $91 S0, in indiana $81 09, in Illinois $77 25. The average of sheep in Michigan is $2 72, in Iuciiana (9 85, in Illinois ï3 49, in Ohio si il. The same excess m favor of Michigan is noticeable in all other classes oL stock. Micliiiran Snit Line. The report of State Salt Inspector Geo. W. Hill for the month of February shows the following quantities iuspected in the counties named: Saftinaw Ï2,S92 Hay , 18,78i M a inste 1 sli Midland 3,00 M ason 1.' Bt (ïair 1.02 Huron Total 108.4M These figures show a decided falling off in point of manufacture over previous yenrB. which results from obedience to the reuuest of the salt association to curtail the output during the winter in the hope of overtaking the large surplus on hand. The Michigan salt line, of which v . O. McClure of Detroit is president, was organizeil in November last with a capital stock of $75.000. The company gave to the Michigan car company oí Detroit a contniet lor lüOcars toruninfoursolid trains hetween the Saginaw valley nd Chicago in the silt carryinir trade. This contract is nearly completed and the line may be said to be establishei. A Bogas Insimince Sclieme. A Hancock letter to the Marquette Mining Journal says: Dr. H. H. Hallace, veterinary surgeon of this place was solicited by Messrs. Turner and Norton, agents for the farmers' : mutual live stock inuranee company of I Austin, Minn., to represent them in this district. The doctor, nat feeling that the oompany was sound, telegraphed to the first national bank of Austin, Minn., as to the standing of the company. He prompt ly received a reply that "they did not pay tbeir lossi'S." The doctor also wrote to Insurance Comniisioner Shandrew of Minnesota who replied that the company was umloubtedly a fraud and was wholly unreliable and worthless. Messrs. Norton and Turner Have taken in this oounty several thousand dollars in premiums. Tliey left several days ago, Norton goinu to lower Michigan an 1 Turner goin.; to Sault Ste Jlarie. No live stock iusurance company has any right or authority to do business in this state, and has no legal standing here at all. _____