The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-06-30

meadows and pastures 70 per cent, tim
othy meadows and pastures 80 per cent,
and of clover sowed this year 80 per cent.
of the condition June l, 1881. About
one-tenth of the acreage seeded to clover
this year has failed to grow.
The condition OF oats in the southern
four tiers of counties is 90 per cent, of
barley "a per cent, of clover meadows
and pastures "A per cent, OF timothy
meadows and pastures 50 per cent, and
OF clover sowed this year 104 per cent.
of the condition of one year ago.
In view of the very general loss by
drought of the clover sowed last year,
and of one-third CT more of the clover in
meadows or pastures by winter-killing,
it is safe to say that the amount of clover
10 be cut III Michigan the present season
will be less than one-fifth the amount of
an average annual yield. This deficien-
cy must seriously affect the quantity and
price OF hay and the cost of carrying
stock the coming winter. The sugges.
ton is therefore offered that timely pro
vision should be made against the great
loss and Inconvenience likely to arise
from this deficiency ty very general
resort to the several forage crops, such
as sowed corn, millet and Hungarian
grass. The prospects for apples con-
tinue favorable, but peaches now promise
only 80 per cent. of an average crop, "a
compared with los per cent. on the LIST
of May.
The wages of farm hands, per month.
average, for the southern four tiers of
counties, SITS with board, and So. SO
without board, and for the entire State
SIS 50 with board and $27.46 without
board. The wages per month in Ohio,
as shown by the Ohio crop report, are
S1667 with board and $25.02 without
board. and in Illinois, as shown by the
Illinois crop report, S1S.S7 with board
and 1852 without board.
Reports have been received of the
quantity of wheat marketed by farmers
during the month of May at 35S elevators
and mills. Of these 800 are in the south
ern four tiers of counties, which Is six
tenths of the whole number of elevators
and millsin these counties. The totalnum-
Der of bushels reported marketed is S27,-
446, of which 226. $50 bushels were mar
keted in the first or southern tier of
counties, $50, 6l2 bushels in the second
tier, 167, SS1 bushels in the third tier,
119, 045 bushels in the fourth tier, and
81, 55S bushels in the counties north of
the southern four tiers. At froty-four ele-
vators and mills, or II per cent. of the
whole number from which reports have
been received, there was no wheat mar
keted during the month. At 257 ele-
vators and mills the quantity of wheat
marketed was GA, 283 bushels, which Is
7S per cent. of the quantity marketed at
the same places during the month of
April.
Crop and stock reports received from
the supervisors of $40 townships show
that there were 1,Sl0,003 sheep sheared
in 1881, yielding $780, So pounds of
WOOL This is an average of 461O0
pounds per head. The reports also show
that the number of sheep in the same
townships in 1882 was l ,S79, 1856, which
is 3.S per cent. more than the number
sheared in 1881. If there has been a
corresponding increase in the remaining
townships, there will, De 2175, OBS sheep
sheared in the State the present year,
and the total clip at the above average
per head will be IL, 1915, $50 pounds.