_Quantity_. _Value_. Produce of the mines ... $ 188,127 " " fisheries ... 120,242 " " forest ... 5,731,583 Horses (Number) 12,179 1,205,941 Horned Cattle " 119,188 7,151,280 Sheep " 66,319 340,060 Butter (Pounds) 10,594,824 1,878,515 Cheese " 162,322,426 14,325,176 Eggs (Dozen) 4,806,011 575,782 Meat of all kinds (Pounds) 16,377,806 1,345,894 Wheat (Bushels) 9,900,308 8,415,261 Indian Corn " 9,172 676 3,121,753 Other grains (barley, oats, peas, etc.) " 10,298,444 3,904,128 Flour (Barrels) 891,501 3,120,253 Apples " 175,194 350,000 Manufactured and miscellaneous articles ... 3,954,919 FOOTNOTES: [38] DIMENSIONS OF THE GREAT LAKES. ───────────┬──────────┬──────────┬────────┬───────────┬──────────── │ │ Greatest │ │ │ LAKES. │ Length. │ Width. │ Depth. │ Above Sea.│ Area. │ (Miles.) │ (Miles.) │ (Feet.)│ (Feet.) │(Sq. Miles.) ───────────┼──────────┼──────────┼────────┼───────────┼──────────── Ontario │ 180 │ 65 │ 500 │ 247 │ 7,300 Erie │ 240 │ 80 │ 210 │ 573 │ 10,000 Huron │ 280 │ 190 │ 802 │ 581 │ 24,000 Michigan ‡ │ 335 │ 88 │ 868 │ 581 │ 25,600 Superior │ 420 │ 160 │ 1,008 │ 601 │ 32,000 ───────────┴──────────┴──────────┴────────┴───────────┴──────────── ‡ Lake Michigan lies wholly within the United States. [39] These figures refer exclusively to vessels belonging to the merchant marine of the United States on the Great Lakes and are taken from official reports. [40] Mr. C. H. Keep, in his report on the “Internal Commerce of the United States for 1891,” has given a graphic History of Navigation on the Great Lakes, and is our chief authority for these notes on the early American lake steamers. [41] Robertson’s “Landmarks of Toronto,” p. 847. [42] Bryce’s “Short History of the Canadian People,” p. 333. [43] Hugh McLennan’s “Lecture on Canadian Waterways, 1885.”