Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1883-07-19
MICHIGAN CROP REPORT.

For this valuable report just issued
from the Office of Secretary of State,
reports were received from 995 CORES
pondents representing 74S townships. |
GA of these returns were from 1876 |
townships i'm the southern four tiers of |
counties. Valuable tables are given |
showing by counties the acreage and |
yield of wheat in 1882, and acreage
and estimated yield in 1883. The fig
ures for the latter year are based o..
the acreage as reported by the super
visors and the estimated yield as made
by crop correspondents.
The total number of bushels of wheat
harvested in 1882 was 33, 4s2, 059. This
was 792, GA bushels more than estima-
ted by the department in October, so,
and S33, 341 bushels less than estimated
by the department at Washington in
December. The supervisors report the
yield of wheat, machine measure. -
Fully one-thrd of the crop of 1882 was
threshed when very damp and badly
sprouted, consequently measured con
siderably more than it would otherwise
have measured. There is little doubt
that had the berry been ordinarily dry
and free from sprouts the crop OF 1852
would have fallen below the estimate
made by this department. last October.
The probable yield this year, estima-
ted in the manner above stated, is, in
;iie southern four tiers Of counties, 90
994, ,OcS bushels. and in the orihern
counties 3 200, GO6 Lushcls; total, Ia
1874 ,014 bushels. Since the first of the
month, when correspondents estimated
;he average per acre, it has been dis
covered hat some portion of tie gain
blighted," but what portion il is now
| impossible to estimate.
The total number of bushels of wheat
reported marketed in the il months
fro IN August, 1852, to june, 1883, was
l3, U26, 559
To sum up. in 1882 the number of
acres was 1858, 9S3; yield 80, As, csc
bushels, average yield per acre 10. 29 !;
ia lSS3, number of acres ] ,G23, 2?G; ee-
timated average yield per acre 1890
bushels, and probable yield in bushels
2i,19f, OLA.
The returns give the following per-
centages for other crops, the compari-
sons being with 1852 Corn, acres
planted 80, condition 12; cats, condi-
ton 81; barley, condition 81; clover
meadows and pastures, condition 109 f;
clover sowed this year, condition 104.
Wheat has been slightly injured by in
sects. Twenty-six per cent of the corn
planted failed to grow.
Apples promise, in the southeastern
and southwestern parts of the State,
81 per cent; in the northeastern 90 per
cent; in the northwestern IS per cent /;
and in the central G2 per cent Of an
average crop. The average for the
State is Sc.
Peaches promise, in the southwest
ern, northeastern and central parts of
the State "a per cent; in the south
eastern "a per cent, and in the north
western - per cent of an average crop.
The average for the State is As.
The rainfall during June, as meas
ured at the office of the State Board OF
Health, amounted to 9:91 inches, and
exceeds the average for the five years,
1888, by nearly Al inches, and the
average for II years at the Agricultu.
raj College by six inches. The weather
during the first IL days of July has
been showery, the rainfall amounting
TO 46-100ths of an inch. OF course,
with such weather, it has been impos
sible to sure hay, or to proprrly cult
vate corn and potatoes. The rains
have frequently been accompanied 10y
high winds. Very much more of the
wheat and grass are lodged than usua
and complaints of wheat rusting ar,
quite general.