| Show MICHIGANS POPULATION l I The population of Michigan Increased only 16 per cent during the past ten I years It has fallen oft in the rural districts and President Warner of tho State Dairymens association In a recent re-cent address discussed the mailer us fpllown The gain In population the Stain In tho last ten years han been ID per cent and had < < it not been for the 10 Qsll1tho agricultural districts the pain would have been considerably l more The In ference to ho drawn frpm these figures Ie that there hau been a migration of jicuulo from the farm to the cltlpn amid thai t this bus been caused by the lack oCinoilm in funning There has been 1 u gradual tlo crease In the uvcriiKQ yield of most of the products of the soil A still bettor proof I of Limo decadence of fanning in the south ern counties Is that whllo thtio has linen Increase of 1BOQ0 l cows and of MJOO cat tie other than inllrh cows In the lust ton years yet there has been a lust o ISIXX horses 123000 J hops and K > OW sheep In thutpcrlod We do not believe the professor Is right In his Inference that there has I been a migration of people from the farms to the cities b criusc If there had been the population would have shown a greater increase J The truth Is that the farms of Michigan did not pay any 1 profits very many of the farmers ran behind from 1SOO to 1837 The people I did not go to the cities they wont away from the State They are to be found all eve tho Weal Up to tho time the great crop of 1896 which was sold In tho autumn of 1806 and the winter of 1S57 brought to the farmers or not only Michigan but all the North and Eastern East-ern States a fair return for their work they simply have lost money year after year and If I any of Die farms were mortgaged they woro lost It was due I to the deviltry which tore the basis of the currency of tho country to pieces 11 Except for that the country would have prospered right along the same as did Mexico As It was It required a failure of crops all around tho world except In tho United States to give to this country a market fqr two or three years to replace the awful deficiencies which had been caused by the losses of fifteen years previous I |
