Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1902 — REPORTS ON MICHIGAN FARMS. [ARTICLE]

REPORTS ON MICHIGAN FARMS.

Total Value of Products Increases 75 Per Cent in Ten Years. Washington dispatch: The census bureau has issued a bulletin on the agriculture of Michigan showing that the farms of that state on June 1, 1900, numbered 203,261 and were valued at $582,517,710, of which amount 27 per cent pepresents the value of the buildings and 73 per cent the value of the land and improvements other than buildings. The value of farm implements and machinery was $28,795,380 and live stock $79,042,644, making the total value of farm property $690,355,734. The total value of farm products for 1899 was $146,547,681, of which 37 per cent represents the value of animal products and 63 percent the crops, including forest products. The total value of farm products exceeds that for 1889 by 75 per cent.