Michigan Crop Report

Tne Michigan erop report for December has the tollowing concerning Washtenaw coutty : " Wheat has not so large a top as last year, but I thiuk it has moie vitality.- Wheat has suffered very much for want of rain.- Wheat has less top than last year.- Wheat appears to be thin- has not spread as it shouM.- Wheat smal], and in some places a grub is doing some damage.- Wheat was sowed later than usual on account of the insects. Bid not get much top, but stands well on the ground. - Wheat is going into winter with a very small top.- The cold, dry weather and the fly have kept the wheat backward." "The short pastures and light corn erop have had a tendency to affect sheep and swine.- Hogs are not as good as in other years on account of failure of corn erop- Pastures being poor, stock is thin- no disease amoug our stock." In a general summary, the report says : " Wheat goes into the winter in poor condition. Compared with average years the condition isreported at 86 per cent. in the Southern counties, 85 in the central, 93 in the northern, the average for the State beiug 87 per cent. One year ago the figures for the southern c mnties were 95, for the northern 102, and for the State 97. Compared with November 1 there is a loss of seven per cent. in the southern counties, four in the central, and three in the northern counties."