Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1882-10-26
WHY MICHIGAN Is GREAT.

The State of Michigan is Q, 745 square
miles larger than the State of New
York, 49, 700 larger than Pennsylvania,
II, S55 larger than Ohio, %, 566 larger
than Indiana, 1865 larger than lii
nois, and 605 larger than England and
Wales. The entire area OF the six New
England States are only 1850 square
miles larger than that of Michigan.
When the State was admitted into
the Union, less than so years ago it
ranked 23d among the States i'm the or
der of population. Ii is now 9th.
1t has coast line of 1.600 miles
more than half the distance between
New York and Liverpool -along which
which vessels of 1000 tons may sail
without losing sight OF It's territory
The largest body of fresh water in
the world forms its northern boundary; I;
the second largest its western; except
these two there are no lakes in Europe,
Asia or America larger than that which
washes its eastern borders; and it has
ports on two Others. Lying in the en-
brace of these immense seas its climate
has no equal in the moderation of its
temperature in any State or Territory
situated on the same degree of latitude
east of the Rocky mountains. TO this
fact is due its prominence in fruit
raising. In this respect it surpasses all
western and northwestern States.
The fruits of the temperate zone
| flourish throughout the southern pc
ninsula, whose western shore has be
come famous rs " the Michigan fruit
belt" Even the semitropical fig has
ripened under favorable circumstances
in the open air in Berrien county.
Most of the southern peninsula in
the State lies between the same lines OF
latitude as the State of New York. -
The shore line of its upper peninsula
on Lake Superior is mostly south oi
the latitude of Quebec. No part o.
Michigan is as far north as Paris.
it has over 4. 400 miles of railroad
Fifty-three county seats out of 67 il
the lower peninsula have railroad con
nections; nine Others are lake ports
There are only five which have no out
let either 10y rail or water. and none o
these are more than 25 miles from
railroad. In the upper peninsula ther
is only one, and in the lower peninsula
there are only eight counties which ar
not renched by railroad connection
already in operation or in process O
construction.
In the order Of production Michiga
stands first among the States ia th
growth and manufacture of lumber
first in salt, first in copper, first in cha
coal pig iron, certainly second if ne
first in iron ore, first in fresh wat'
fisheries, fourth in wheat and fourt
in wool. 1t has the largest iron min,
'hN hiA' i'h' SN't NpBl''i iliil 70 az u
{ world. Seven-tenths of all the whei
: grown in the country is raised i'm nil
h States, and only three excel Michiga
t the volume of this crop. Winter whei
: is successfully grown in all parts
e the State.
It Among the leading products of tn
/, State not already mentioned are ry
l. buckwheat, potatoes. hay, peas, hop
r garden vegetables of ali description
}. live stock, butter, cheese, honey, III
lie pie sugar, plaster, btuminous cot
1t slate and building stone. Its man
L. factures are in "A striking degree div,
r sified and thriving, and in the last ce
n sus year the value of their produC
" was about 5000, 900, OOO.-Chicago
W ter Ocean.