Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-04-18
VERMONT.

Vermont is great agricultural State. ller SOILS
are hardy industrious, energetic race, are not u
frad of labor, or averse to enterprise, ana among
them are found some Of the best farmers in New
England. We find by referring to table, PrePal1c
cd in 18il, under the direction OF the oecIet'y VI
State, that the annual amount OF agricui'u'ai Pio
auctions in Massachusetts averaged at t'o io'I vi
about S3S for each of the inhaDltan'S' oe,ng Tess
than in any other State in ne Ohloh Wh'ie ,l ~
agricultural productions OF vermont averaged el4o
ner beod boinp greater than in any other State in
Tho linton T'be amount Of the agricultural pro-
ductIons of Massachusetts, with population of
737.6g9. was S2S, S09,400 while those OF Vermont,
with population of 29l 94S, was equal to S43-
227OO0 There is too great disparity here, to be
accounted for by the difference in population, for
on looking further we find that the whole number
of persons engaged in agricultural occupations IN
Massachusetts, is 1887, while the whole number
IN Vermont is only 20, $50! All hail TO the Green
Mountain Boys !-BoSion Mercantile journal.
This article abundantly confirms the remark made
by us last week, that Vermont is pre- eminent as All
agricultural State and being so, she will Of course
pay largely 10 Rail Roads which shall connect her
with the seo-board. We have quoted the above
paragraph however,, only as part of the text for
an articles to render the text complete, it is ncccs-
cary for to add that the paragraph has been most
absurdy turned to the ercluSirc benefit Of the Rut-
land route, by the Boston Mail, which asserts that
The Rutland route "will pass directly through the
most productive part of Vermont, and command
nearly the whole trade of that State" That is flat
burglary: we Of the Central route claim this ad-
vantage as being emphatcally ours If we turn
to the map, we find that the Rutland route ria keene
enters the State at tie north line of the extreme
southeastern county, passes up Black River ttlro'
three towns of Windsor county TO the centre Of
Rutland and thence on the western border Of the
State parallel with Lake Champain to Canada line.
We submit to any inspector of the map that the
only counties, whose business this route would ac-
commodate better than the Central route, are Rut-
land and Addison On the other hand, the Cen
tiul route via Keene enters the State at the same
point passing through almost the whole length and
breadth of Windsor county in the rich valley Of
the Connecticut, equally accommodating the New
Hampshire side Of the river and thence through
Orange and Washington counties, via Montpelier,
to Chittenden county, where it intersects the Rut
land line north This route, it is clear from the
nap, would better accommodate the business of
HindSor, Orange, Washington, Caledonia, Lamole,
Orleans and ChWcnden counties, in Vermont, and
the section of New Hampshire adjacent to Wind
sor county. We include Windsor and Chittcnden,
uasmuch as the Central route passes through great
or sections of those counties than the Rutland
route.
How, then, stands the difference between the
routes i'll accommodating the business of this glo
rlously rich agricultural State of Vermont? We
take the grand list of last year the list of real es
tate, and of the excess of personal property over
debts owed) as the representative Of the business
Of the State, and find the result thus:
.4dudrtageS Of The Central Route.
Windsor county, $9,6l0,33S 20
Orange, 6,493,609 %
Washington 4643,3S2 81
Caledonia, 4,323,406 %
Lamoe, l,964,524 As
Orleans, 2,l3l O96 ID
Chittenden, 5,454,659 81
Section of n. H. equal
to Windsor, 6,193G09 SO
Total, sll,H7647 81
,4drantdge Of the Rutland Route.
Rutland county, $9,776,S64 81
Addison, 6,5006S0 SO
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