Crop Report For December

The average condition of wheaiin the State, December 1, whs 88 per eent. of conditiou in averajre yeara. The tígures lor Uie suuiheru couutius ure til, ueiiLritl 91, aucl Northern lul. The average coudition in the Siate is three, n: the suulhern couiuies live, tunl m tlie cential connties two, per ueut. lower thau uu December 1, 1890. These figures represent ia aecnrately as it is possible for figures to represent, tlie judgtnentof correspondentsas to the coudition of the growing wheat erop. Froin Uie statements of eorrespondenis iu the soutliern counties, it is clear that the fields in that section are unusually spotted, the plant has made sinall growtli, and does not cover the ground as in average years. Wheat sowed early on thoroughly well cultivated ground is in nearly iull average eondition. This is particularly true of level fields, or those moderately so. But a large percentage of Michigan wheat was sowed late on {round that it was impossible to properly öt owing to its extremely dry condition. No small amount of seed lay in the gronnd a long time before germinathig, and some of it lias never germinated. The warm, wet weather that prevailed the early part of November was exceptionally favorable and of marked benefit, but it was tiien too late for wheat to make its usual fall growth. The total number of bushels of wheat reported rnarketed by farmers since the November report waspublished is 2,0ü4,321, and in the four inonths, August, September, October aud November, 7,602,316. This is 2,966,042 bushels more than reported marketed in the same moiiths last year. Fall pasture has been fairly good. Tlie percentages for live stock are, horsesaud cattle 97, and sheep and swine 1)8. lu answer to the question "Are there any di.seases prevaleut amoug live stock," 67 correspondents in the State answer "yes" and 502 "no." Of the 67 correspondents answering "yes," 51 name hog cholera as the disease, and of the 51 reportiug hog cholera 43 are in tlie southern couuties.