The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-10-20
October Crop Report.

Inc wheat crop of Michigan this year as In
dicated by reports at hand Is 49, 900. 500 bushels
| ms TOTAL Is obtained by multiply the number
age yield per acre in the same County and add
ing the products. The acreage is taken from
the Farm statistics as returned by supervisors
cords kept by threshers, supplemented by a
special canvass by correspondents
| . Inc total area In wheat as shown by the
Farm Statistics was 1,57s,252 acres. The num-
297 In the central gas 1888, and in the north
ern 40 ,sll. or the total area the records of
threshings include more than 5000 acres.
The average yield In the southern counties
| Is returned at 1886 bushels; in the central
counties at 1899 bushels In the northern
con III at l04O bushels, and in the state at
Wheat is Of good quality and full weight.
The total number OF bushels of wheat report
6S5. OF this amount 826,623 bushels were
marketed in the first or southern tier of
COZ 6l2,276 bushels in the second tier
els In the fourth tier; 17..O45 bushels In the
fifth and sixth tiers, and 81 ,l29 bushels In the
northern counties. At 35 elevators and mills
from which reports have been received there
was no wheat marketed during the month.
The total number of bushels of wheat re-
ported marketed in the two months August
September, is 1926 504, which is 474 1882 bushels
more than reported marketed in the same
months last year.
Ihe average yield of oats as shown by
counties, 27.67 bushels central counties, %. 93
bushels; northern counties 2i.14 bushels |;
State, 70. 90 bushels.
Corn Is estimated to yield In the State 4s
bushels of ears per acre. The estimate for the
southern counties is A bushels; central So; and
northern So.
of an average crop The figures for the sec
lions are, southern, 50 CENTRAL 81 northern,
ST.
Winter apples are estimated to yield one
~ per cent OF an average in the central
counties and the State. The figures for the
northern counties are SO.
The mean temperature of the State for the
month of september. $50 degrees, was 10 de-
grees below the normal. 1t was below the
normal in all sections of the State except the
just normal The greatest average deficiency,
"a degrees, was in the northern counties of the
lower peninsula. The mean temperature of
sula, 64.3 degrees; northern counties, So 3 de-
grees central counties as designated in the
meteorological tables. SO degrees. and in the
southern two tiers of counties, 61.9 degrees.
The mean daily temperature of the State was
below the normal on seventeen days. The
highest mean daily temperature in the south
ern two tiers or counties was 10 degrees on the
l4th, and the lowest A degrees on the goth.
The drOuth noted in the september report as
having prevailed in the State since the 22nd of
June. was not broken In the southern and CEN
trail sections Of the State, until September ~
and ID. On these two days there fell O.29 OF an
inch Of rain In the central counties, ana inch
in the southern counties. The southern
counties are here understood to include only
the southern two tiers Of counties, and the
central counties the Sd, 4th 9Th and 9th tiers
according to the divisions in the meteorological
tables. After the 18th a number of light
showers occurred in these sections, but no
heavy, soaking rain. The average rainfall in
the southern counties In September was 2.46
inches, a deficiency of 0.57 of an inch. The
average in the central counties was 2. 04 inches,
deficiency of O.79 of an inch.
About One-fifth of an inch of rain fell in the
northern counties and the upper peninsula on
September l. The average rain fall for the
month in the former section was 90 inches a
deficiency of O46 of an inch, and the average
in the upper peninsula was 2.02 inches, def
cheney of l.04 inches
The dry weather has greatly damaged corn I
and potatoes, delayed wheat sowing, and re-
duced the wheat acreage.
JOHN w. JOCHN.
Secretary of state.