Michigan Crop Report For April

For tbis report retaros have been receired from 1,009 correspondente, representing 747 towmbips. Six hundred and sixty-four of these re from 432 townshipg in the southern four tien of counties ; and 182 reporta are from 103 townships in the central counties. Correspondente very generally agree that it is yet too early to actually report upon the condition of wheat. The weather during March was extremely unfavorable, and warranU the expectation that the erop has auffered severely. The fields look "bare and brown." Correspondents are yet hopeful, however, that the root is not serioualy injured. As usual wheat on olay and undrained lands and high knolle, bas suffered most Reporta have been received of the quantity of wheat mnrketed by farmers during the month of March at 218 ele vators and mille. Of these 181 are in the aouinern four tiers of counties, which is 42 per cent., and 29 are in the fifih and sixth tiers of countiee, which is 31 per cent. of the whole number ia these sections respectively. Tbe total number of busbels reported marketed is 808,254, of which 275,420 bushels were mark-ted in the first or southern tier of counties ; 217,209 bushela in the second tier ; 107,210 buehels in the third tier ; 168 308 bushels in the fourth tier ; 37,757 buihelg in the fifth and sixth tiers; and 2,350 busbels in the northern counties. At 31 elevators and milis, or 17 per cent. of the whole number from which reports hsve been received, there was no wheat marketed during the month. The total number of bushels of wheat reported marked in August, September, October, November, December, January, February and March is 10,788,001 or about 41 per cent. of the erop of 1886. The number of bushels reported marketed in the same months in 1885 and 1886 was 12,024,524, or 39 per cent of the erop of 1885. For these months in 1885-6 repor's were received from about 45 per cent, and in 1886-7 from about 51 per rent. of the elevators and milis in the southern foar tiers of eounties. The coDdition of crops in Washtenaw county is thus described : Wheat and clover have suffered very much during February and March, by freezing and thawing. The ground has been bare most of the time during March, still there is a large amountof wheat alive. Cannot report on apples and peaches. Wheat and clover are badly heaved. Warm rain will restore them greatly. The dry weather killed all clover seeded last year. The clover seeding for 1886 was almost a total failure on account of the slimmer drouth. Has not thawed enough to teil yet how badly wheat is killed. Wheat needs rain in my section of the town. If we have warm rains next month will have fair wheat erop. All wheat that had a good top last tall looks well. Do not think any wheat will be plowed up. Some pieces are damnged by inseats.