Michigan Crop Report For January

in MBwer to iho queetion, -'Has ivheat, durino; Deuember, suffered injtiry froa: any cause?" 16.'} correspond'■" u the State answer yes," and 508 "no, '' and in answer to the qnes tioii. '-Has tlit: ground been well ooverod with snow during DeeeniberV 38 correspondente in the southern counties nswer ''yeí,'1 and 3T8 ■■no;" in the central couniies answer "yes,-" and. 162 iio."and in the nothern eounties ! fi ans.ver liy6s-' and 04 "no." 'l'ho average priees January 1 of i o:ne of the principal farm protlucts j rere as folloves: The average price of wheat wat M cents pee bushei; of corn, 23 cents, anrt uf oats, 18 cents, and the average price of ha.y waa 7.T3 per ton. The avei-affe ]i-ice of fat eattie was 13.03 per cwt., of fat hog-s, $3.02 per ewt., anl of dressed pork, t.03 per i'VVt. The itveragre price oí caeh daas of 1 -'1S was as follows: T'nder onc year, ■k;.0O: betwecn one arm two years old, 125.47; between two nnd three yeari old and over, 153.31. Miloh coivs iverc ivorth 27.72 per' Católe ofcher than miloh cours, audep one .var old were worth, per Ofiid. $7.71 : between onc and nv coars ! -)!. $13.81; between two nnd three years, $21.12, and tlirco yeara nld and over, $27.7,"!. I he average pric 3 oí aheep uuder ose yoar oíd was $2.09, and one vear ana over, 2 59; and hojrs under ono year oíd werc wonh 13.93, and one year nld Htid over, $7.33. Oorapared with .lanuary i, 1896, there )as beer. an inoreate ia the prices of all farm producto namod in thw report cxoeptlng corn, oats, hay, hoes and (iiossed pork". The average Increaee n U10 prlca of ' v,-aeat is 25 cents per pushel. aml of fat i-Attlo, 2n cents per ewt, Corn has .leclincd niño ceuts aod oats threeceats, por bushel. and hav $0.39 per ton. Pat hogs havo cieclitied 17 cents, and dressed pork 2 cent per Hogs unctor ono year oíd, and rearóla and over, avarsge practl'i:y 1 he same as ono year neo Secreiai-y of 5tat.