The Owosso times., 1897-09-17
NEARLY as, 900, 900 BUSHELS.
Estimated Wheat Yield for Michigan
For 1897.

For 1897.
Lansing, Mich, September 8: The first
definite information of the wheat yield in
Michigan for 1897 is given in the monthly
crop report for September, issued by the
secretary of state today. The report says:
Correspondents have secured from thrash
ers the results Of 3,757 jobs, aggregating
more than 65, 900 acres of wheat thrashed In
the state, the yield from which was 1,091,-
4S3 bushels, an average Of 1878 bushels per
acre. In the southern counties more than
81, 900 acres thrashed averaged 1874 BUSH
els per acre. In the central counties the
average Is 1402 bushels, and In the north
ern counties, 1881 bushels.
The area In wheat In the state last May,
as compiled from the returns Of supervis-
Ors, was 1,513,9l9 acres. This is the proba-
BILE acreage that was harvested this year.
Multiplying the acres In each county by
the average yield per acre In that county,
as now shown by the results of thiashings,
gives probable yield In the state of "a
821, ,697 bushels.
The final estimate for wheat will be made
In October. If 1t shall substantiate the fore
going the crop this year is the largest pro-
duced since 1892, when the crop exceeded
25, 600, 900 bushels.
The number of bushels of wheat reported
marketed by farmers since the August re-
port was published is 1,1s7, ,75O. OF this
amount 400, 1T bushels were marketed be-
fore August 1, but not reported until late
In August, and 1915 bushels In August.
The amount of wheat reported marketed
since the August report was published Is
302, $50 bushels more than reported for the
aona tiuna in QQR and tho ornOu nt ran0rtpd
marketed ID the twelve months ending with
July, which Is the wheat year for Michi-
gan, is 10, ,531, ,053 bushels or S47, $50 bushels
more than marketed In the same months of
the previous year.
The amount of wheat actually marketed
In August this year, 7Sz,573 bushels, Is
335, ,444 bushels more than marketed In
August last year.
Thrashers' returns indicate that oats will
Yield In the state about twenty-fi five bushels,
and barley about nineteen bushels per acre.
The figures for oats are five bushels below,
and for barley two bushels below the esti-
mate one year age.
Corn made slow growth In August, but it
has not been damaged by frost and there
is good reason to expect good and well
matured crop.
The dry weather has undoubtedly injured
now be estimated. Beans are estimated to
yield 81 per cent of an average crop.
Apples and peaches are very light crops,
neither will yield more than one'fifth to
One-fOurth of an average crop.
August was cool, dry month. The
mean temperature of the state was 64.7 de-
grees; of the southern counties, $50; Of
the central, 64.9 Q, and of the northern, cas-
degrees. There was a deficiency In the
state and southern counties of 9 degrees,
in the central counties of 2.1 degrees and
In the northern OF 1.5 degrees. Light
frosts occurred quite generally throughout
the state just after the middle Of the month,
but didepo material damage.
The average precipitation In the state was
204 inches, a deficiency Of 0.39 inches.
There was deficiency In each section as fol-
lows: Southern counties, 0US inches; CEN
trail, 1.19 inches; northern, O. SO inches, and
upper peninsula, 0.96 inches.
The farm statistics of the state returned
by the supervisors last spring furnished
the following statistics of wheat, corn and
Oat crop of 1895: Acres of wheat harvested,
1,431, ,203; bushels, 1858, 25S; average per
acre, 12.4S bushels. Acres Of corn harvest
ed, 1,19S, ,009; bushels, 81, 733, ,0S7. Acres
of oats harvested, ,923, ,22S; bushels, 90, no.
433.
The farm statistics also furnish the fol-
lowing statistics of land In farms In 1897:
Acres OF improved land in farms, $780,
22O; unimproved, 4,302, ,093; total area, 49,
322, 313; number OF farms, 149, ,534; average
size of farms, SO. .01 acres.