The Farm

Depaktment of State, I Lansing, Mich., July 21, 1879. ( To the Editor: The following table shows the wheat statistics of 981 townships out of the 1,041 in the State, at the time Mie supervisors took the assessment last spring. It also contains complete re)orts from 10 wards in other cities. 'or 60 townships from which no reports have been received the present 'ear we have assumed that the aum er of acres raised in 1878, and the number of acres on the ground in Hay, 1879, were each the same as the aires eported on the ground in the springof 1878, and that the average yield jnr acre in 1878 was the same as in other townships ir. the same count from wliich full reporta have beer received : WHEAT. ItAIHKD IN 1878. 2.2 Acres .ï o on the ■■3 Ground Acres. Bushela. ú a-g in May, State 1,571,926 29,450,126 18 74 1642,709 Alcona 474 7,807 16.471 479 Allegan 47,946 842.411 17.57 51,467 Alpena 78' 12,512 1R.08 510 Antrim 2,853 37,488 13.14 3,268 Saraga 9 225 25.00 4 Barry. 55,713 1,028,462 18.46 55,348 Bay 8,663 73004 19.93 4,639 Benzie _.... 1,829 17,686 11.5 1,908 Berrlen 44,322 633,805 14.30 42,555 Branoh 43,855 673,174 15.35 4(1,264 Calhoun 75,285 1,344,358 17.86 76.531 Cass 52,886 761,169 14 53 51,886 Cbarlevoix ... 1,358 19.497 14.41 1500 Cheboygan ... 701 11,285 16.10 327 Chippewa 346 5,467 15.80 52 Clare 575 8,665 15.07 660 Clinton 61,282 1,42959 23.32 67,05 Orawford 28 345 12 32 45 Delta „. 294 3,881 13.20 173 Eaton 48,626 929,326 19.11 51,613 Emmet 612 9,463 15 46 1,265 Genesee 46,850 1,011,492 21.59 50,473 Gladwin 291 4,33 14.96 338 G. Traverse... 4.957 71,728 14.47 5,011 Gratiot 23,136 441,898 19.10 27,453 Hillsdale 49,793 899,754 18.07 52,236 Houghton - Huron 15,747 217,309 13.80 16,88(i Ingham 46,48 968,078 20.83 44,440 I.,nia 64,'88 1,571,470 24.26 65,806 Iosco 284 3,9701 1.3.98 278 Isibella 8,761 153,318 17.50 10 898 Isle Royal ,' Jackson 70,918 1,426,161 20.11 70,636 Kalaniazoo 67,015 1,109,023 16.55 68,431 Kalkaska 1,034 13,843 13 39 1,208 Kent 52,940 1,093,740 20.6K 54,460 Keweenaw.... 11 259 23 55 27 Lake 1,212 14,786 12.20 1,4:9 Lapeer 37,608 710,791 18.90 40,98 Leelanaw 4,189 54,403 12.99 3,894 Lenawee 51,027 1,096,570 21.49 53.567 Livingston 52.761 1,081,024 20.49 53,506 Mackinac 1 14 14 Macomb 29,021 538,049 18.54 32,624 Manistee 1,605 21,340 13.3(1 1,779 Manitou 285 4,080 14.32 476 Marquette 28 415 14.82 20 Mason ' 2,899 41,612 17.35 2,839 Mecosta 7,704 114,019 14 80 7,932 Menominee ... 10 J85 18.S0 2( Midland 2,370 3,450 14.96 2,717 Massaukee 657 8,300 12.63 740 Monroe 24,849 486,922 19 61 29,433 Montcalm 20,786 411,978 19 82 23,274 Muskegon 4,545 72,505 15.95 4,817 Newaygo 9,126 137,164 19.31 69,2'4 Oakland 69,226 1,336,754 15.03 9,523 Oceana 7,548 121,825 1614 9,004 Ogemaw 140 - 2,313 1S.52I 171 ?■■' -i HO 1572 13.21 - " Oeceola i,6oi lj; ui h.i t. Otsego 3 41 13 67 i ;; Ottawa 23,349 427,520 18.3 ■ 26,037 Presquelsle... 705 11,077 15.71 570 Roscominon Saginaw 19,192 358,890 18.70 22,800 Hanilac 22,901 313,515 13.69 24,115 Schoolcraft 4 40 10 00 12 Shiawassee ... 38,666 891,251 23.05 41,740 St. Clair 25,822 422,70b 16.37 28,781 St. Joseph .... 61,714 919,032 14 89 60,612 Tuscola 26,251 459,130 17.49 31,510 Van Buren ... 41,797 553,164 13.23 40,730 Washtenaw... 66,762 1,560,026 23.37 67,172 Wayne 16,163 328,432 20.32 18,752 Wexford 1,153 14,476 12.56 1,282 The townships not included in the statement are Baraga and Spurr in Baraga county; Pinconning in Bay county; Lake in Benzie; Norwood in Charlevoix ; Frost and Surrey in Clare ; Grayling in Crawford; Ford River, Nahma and Sack Bay in Delta ; Billings in Gladwin; Franklin, Hancock, Portage and Schoolcraf t in Houghton ; Plainfield in Iosco ; Cove and Isle Rojal in Isle Royal; Ada and Nelson in Kent ; Hendricks, Holmes and St. Ignace in Mackinac; Manistee in Manistee ; Chandler and South Manitou in Manitou ; Michigammi, llepublic, Richmond and Tilden in Marquette ; Pere Marquette in Mason ; Holmes, Ingallston, Menominee and Spaulding in Menominee ; Geneva in Midland ; Forest in Missaukee ; Belvidere and Reynolds in Montcalm; Montague and Ravenna in Muskegon; Monroe in Newaygo; Cumming, Edwards and Richland in Ogemaw; Carp Lake in Ontonagon ; Cliarlton, Corwith, Dover, Elrnira and Livingston in Otsego; Higgins and Roscommon in Roscommon ; Maple Grove and Zilwaukee in Saginaw; Onota in Schoolcraf t, and Colfax, Snerman and Wexford in AVexford county.