The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-08-23
! Wheat In Lake County.

t7p Last week we made mention OF sta.
4 tistics RECEIVED from Hon T.. q. ID
\ Holden, Secretary OF State, relative to
1 the production OF grain ia Michigan,
last year. The matter " one of such
7 Importance that we desire to speak
further oft. The numbered producers
bof wheat in the State was 93,46l; the
number ofacres, las, ,29O; bushels, i5,-
$50, 100; average per acre, throughout
the State, 1875 bushels. The number
ofacrcs on the ground, May, 1877, was
i !, DIS, ,S36 ncres, an increase of 0a, $40
aeres over last year. The probable
yield for this season Is fixed at 10, ,s06,-
495 bushels, or an estimated Increase
of ], 236,326 bushels over last year.
Placing the value of the wheat at 81 .25
per bushel, we have the aggregate val
ue of the product, last year, at $40, ,575,-
2ll.25; and the probable value of the
crop this year, S2l 100, ,82l.25. AS we
stated, last week, the average produc-
ton of wheat per acre, in this county,
last year, was 1925 bushels. There
were 2l counties In which tic average
yield Was less than Lake; and among
them we find the comparatively old
settled counties-Grand Traverse, Hu-
ron, Isabella, Muskcgon, Sanilac and
st. Clair Amsiig the counties COM
prising this Senatorial District, Lake
stands second on the list of averages.
as follows: Mason, acres, SGS, bushels,
lI,l02, average yield per acre, 1870
bushels; Lake, acres, 595, bushels, 9, go,
average, 1926; Oceana, acres, 1870,
bushels, 1906, average, 1908; Mccos-
Ia, acres, 3, 1877, bushels, 80, ,7s9, average,
9.66; Manistec, acres, ia, bushels,
6,s77, average, 0.63; Newaygs, acres, |
$500, Bushels, 3G,2I7, average, o.5i;
Osceola, acres, 2,4a5, bushels, 23,O4J,
average, $50. Wo do not see why our
farmers should not feel encouraged to !
work. Over 6,00O bushels of wheat |
raised last year, and probably more |
than 1000 bushels have been harvested
this season. Itscems clear t0 our mind
that wheat can be produced in Lake
county ut paying rate. This, we bo-
licvc, may alse, be said of oats, rye.
potatoes, buckwheat and beans. We
think corn will prove fair crop; and
the root crops and vines do well here.
What 1t needs is industry and the de-
termination to win. Let every one do
what hc can. Make every hour count.
III you can't cultivate fifty acres, culti-
vate one. Ifyou can't raise wheat to
sell, raise enough for bread for your
own family. What satisfaction it
must be to know that one has enough
bread even to last his family one year!
lfcvcryone produced something, il
no more than a garden patch, the ag-
yrcgate would make a vast difference
IN the matter Of supply. OF course il
involves woik-tl'is question of produc-
cam laboring men ad-
vance In prosperity without work?
In order to study the difference IN re-
'ults prodnced. hy those who work
and those who, do not, YOU
necd not go from your own locality.
There are men who came here some
years ago, who almost Immediately
Icgan to find fault with the country.
md who arc known to have never been
guilty of working more than two-thirtls
# thcir, time, To. the observer they
ire IN more miserable circumstances
han when they came. OF course, we
10 not refer to those who have labored
aithfully, but have been unfortunate.
IN the other hand, us rule, those who
rave applied thcnselve industriously
Q the development of their homestcads
AVE gained more or less each year.
t is the honest, constant effort which
ellis i'm the race; not shiftless lounging
nd fault-finding. There is plenty of
Wild land In Lake county, which may
&C had almost for the asking. 1t will
cward the poor man well for his toll
pom 1t, and there are no good reasons
fhy more of 1t should not be occupied.
A full statement Of the amount Of
'heat raised In each county, last year,
nth the acreage sown this year, may {
a fnnnd m. fi,o in.;da 40 fb,s ,.oxo.