Farm Statistics

In the llttle volume of farm stntistics issued by loe Secretary of State are many figures Khat are interestIng. It is inipossible to give them all, so we liave compiled a few tables, giving for Oach township the figures that we thought would be of the greatest interest to our readers tüiroughout the county. Here is a table, for instance, containing the number of acres of fana lands in each township, number of farms, and also the average acres to each farm : i t h Town8. sg 5 as SS . I &2_ _l_ La_ Ana Arbor 16.097 173 93.05 Augusta 13,405 173 77.49 Bridgewater ?2.126 217 101.96 Dexter 17,418 102 170.71! Freedom 18,874 161 '117.23 Lima 21,108 159 132 76 Lodl 17.855 150 119.03 Lyndon - 18,676 12] 154.&5 Manchester 20,600 167 123.35 Nortbfield 16.501 150 110.01 Plttsfleld 18.718 126 148 5 Salem 19,473 208 93.62 Saline 20 713 193 107.32 Scio 18.150 114 1--9.21 Sharon . 18,212 139 141.18 Superior 18,999 163 117 28 Sylvan... 20,825 195 106.79 Webster 18,130 109 166 33 York 22,154 245 90.43 Ypsilantl 18,300 176 103 98 376.331 3,230 116.51 Of tlhe 376,334 acres above given, should be stated that 97,861 acres ar unimproved, in tiie majority of íases wood land. Lyndon has the reatest amount of suoh laad of any townskip, 8,039 acres. Sylvan follow8 with 7,056 acres, and Lima 7,017 acres. York has the largest number of improTed acres 17,573 wit hBridgewater next with 16.786, followed by Pittsfield with 16,307. The county has a good record in the line of live stock which is shown by towBShips in the table following: .O Town. S a I __l J_ _J_ Ann Arbor 488 678 360 3,525 25,312 Augusta 464 710 282 1,823 15.531 Brldgewater 735 1,042 566 6,111 54,718 Dexter 404 626 369,4,813 43,586 Freedom 582 861 419 7,549 50,691 Lima 653 1,072 393 7,457 59,859 Lodi _ 547 771 587 5,728 56.504 Lyndon 500 672 4Ï5 5.961Í49 911 Manchester 594 902 679 6,586 56.291 Northneld 391 558 261 3,221 28,572 Plttsfleld 594 l,('702923 214'26 714 Salem 613 858 419 3,506.29,302 Saline 745 904 42S6.171 52.147 Scio 567 706 531 4,381 39,796 Sharon 539 9821512 6,850 51,973 Superior 616 1,107 612 4,728138,215 Sylvan 502 869,443 6.088 44.756 Webster 578 765 43714,586:40,645 York 9S3 1,178 590,5,294136,317 Ypsilanti :„ 670 1,158 62ll2,82!20,231 The total of the above columns are: Horsea 11,765, cattle 17,489, hogs 9,220, sheep 99,875, wool, Ibs. 821,081. Of tlhe number under the head of cattle 10,827 are milch cows, in whicli list York leads with 795, closely followed by Pittsfield with 791, Bridgewater and Saline following with 620 each. Dexter township has the fewest, 332. In cereals Washtenaw county takes no second place, and the record by townships om wheat, corn and oats Is as folloiwB : Wheat. Corn. Oats. Towns. i 2 a 8 L S a t a a s s 5 a s n Ann Arbor 84,664 16.36 56,490 34,121 Augusta 23.31617.85 70,328 31,602 Bridgewater 67,978 18.95 14,697 53,924 Dexter 33.175 17 38 60.134 20,328 Freedom 67,657 17.85 67,841 38,915 Lima 65,780 19.76 91,295 45,512 Lodl 49,188 18.33 80,983 48,738 Lyndon 21.639 16.81 71,790 15,268 Manchester 65.539 20.26 87,470 40,991 Northneld 40,793 15.96 55,62 34,OK Pittsfleld 41,627 17.65 69,680 41,685 Salem 25,683 16.74 72,203 51,881 Saline 65,284 17.62 126,436 58,812 Scio 46,775 18 39 55,048 34,643 Sharon 54,464 17 93 114,050 30,910 Superior 29,674 16.48 82,61 51,565 Sylvan 41,818 16.4V 91,711 27,458 Webster - 47,195 18.43 61,671 30,694 York 44,549 17.92 146,235 56,735 YpBllanti 35.077 17.30 84,992 45,068 ; f81.875 17.92 1,553,307 792,915 In the line of fruits there were 6,745.75 acres devoted to apple orchards in 1894, and 1,072.50 acres devoted to peach orchards. That was a very poer year for peaches, pecially in tfois county, there not betog one-tlhird of a erop. The record few apples raised that year is 20,163 bushels, and of peaches 5,193 busihete, of which Ann Arbor town is credited witih 3,435 bushels of the latter, and 550 bushels of apples only. Salem raised the most apples 5,117 busliels, Lodi coming next with 3,375 1ushels, and Lyndon wlth 3.065 bussels. The coumty is credited with 828 bushels of stra-vvberries sold in 1894, valued at $2,073, Ann Arbor town furntsOiliis 110 bushels and realizing $200 from tlhem, and Ypsilanti town 462 busliels, receiving $1,109. There vre $1,509 wortlh of cherries eold in the county, Ann Arbor town securing $613 of ie amount. Of other ijorrtes Ypsilamti secured $2,685 out of a total of $5,189 in the county. There are 11 towns in the county in wbich bees axe kept, hoving 824 colonies, of -vVhich 99 are kept In cellars, 426 m ciiaff hives, and 290 are umpratected. These colonies produced 9,436 ïbs of comb honey, 2,460 lbs of extracted hooey and 161 lbs of beeswax. Washtemaiv ranked as 3 in No. of bushels of wheat raised and 12 as regards yield per acre.