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1,245,833 swine. The estimated acreage and yield per acre of the principal fruits raised in Michigan in 1911 are as follows: — Apples, 269,449 acres, yielding 41 '08 bushels per acre ; peaches, 30,000 acres, with 51*75 bushels per acre ; strawberries, 10,217 acres, with 61*42 bushels per acre.

Michigan has immense resources of iron ore in the Marquette, Menominee, and Gogebic ranges. The total out-put of ore in 1911 amounted to 8,944,393 long tons (23,808,935 dollars). Copper mining in the Lake Superioi region is of very great importance. The j'ield of copper amounted in 1911 to 218,185,236 pounds (27,273,155 dollars) ; silver, in 1911, was produced to the amount of 507,700 fine ounces (274,100 dollars); salt (1911), 9,766,410 barrels (2,455,983 dollars); coal, 1,476,074 short tons (2,791,461 dollars). The output of the clay-working industries (bricks, tiles, &c.) in 1911 was valued at 2,083,932 dollars; of Portland cement (1911), 3,686,716 barrels (3,024,676 dollars). Graphite, asbestos, grindstones, gypsum, sandstone, limestone, mineral waters, and (in small quantity) petroleum are worked. The mineral output in 1911 including iron-ore, but not pig-iron, was 65,077,232 dollars.

The manufacturing industries of the State are concerned chiefly Avith lumber, timber, and agricultural products, metal-working and machinery. In 1909, the number of manufacturing establishments reported on was 9,159, with an aggregate capital of 583,947,000 dollars, 7,732 proprietors or firm members, 30,607 clerks, &c., and 231,499 wage-earners. The cost of materials used during the year was 368,612,000 dollars, and the value of the outi.ut was 685,109,000 dollars. Statistics (census 1910) of some of the more important industries are as follows : —

Industries

Capital

Wage- earners

Cost of Materials

Output

Dollars

Number

Dollars

Dollars

Lumber and Timber.

57,290,000

35,627

29,042,000

61,514,000

Planing mills ....

8,770,537

5,225

9, "203, 689

14,37f,467

Foundry and machine.

48,065,000

21,649

18,711,000

45,399,000

Flour and grist.

11,147,000

1,530

29,350,000

34,861,000

Copper smelting ....

2,37t;,315

650

18,807,701

21, -222,217

Carriages, waggons

10,189,000

4,034

5,262,000

10,159,000

Railway cars and shops (repaii-s

by Railway Companies).

3,571,000

5,401

2,916.000

6,838,000

Furniture

28,222,000

10,610

11,718,000

28,642,000

Leather

1,(553,000

834

1,458,000

2,500,000

Agricultural implements.

15,649,000

2,359

2,800,000

9,273,000

Tobacco

6,837,000

7,876

7,208,000

10,179,000

Automobiles

52,926,000

25,444

53,882.000

96,651,000

Beet sugar

21,378,000

1,400

6,228,000

10,477,000

Canning and preserving

4,495,000

2,073

3,074,000

4,971,000

In 1909, Michigan contributed 38 '8 per cent, of the total value of pro- ducts for the automobile industry for the coiintry as a whole. Detroit holds sixth place as a manufacturing city.

Other industrial products are butter and cheese, beet sugar, chemicals, various forms of iron and steel work, and malt liquors. Slaughtering and meat-packing have also considerable importance.

In 1911 there were 9,122 miles of railway in operation, besides 906 miles of electric railway, exclusive of cit}'^ lines. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1912, 46,578,928 net tQus of freight passed through the St. Mary's Falls Ship Canal. This canal is located at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and serves as a gateway between the lakes ; it is the largest ship canal in the world.