The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1866-10-09
Ncrmout's Agricultural AdNauta-
gcs. and Emigrafton.

Nermtomtk Agricultural AdNautA-
grs. and EmiFrafion.
The following article upon Vermont
we clip tr5m tho llass Couuar
uaa Facts contained thcr,in nre nom
tie Uaitei State csasu aad ~ con-
illusions b ue article srg trathisl AHA
just
The POI aon 81 Vermont u lG
Wa 81 Ut an increase ~ gs Us
than une-ghigd ai oae per ecat from
ls50 There were faand iu tle same
year Throughout the United States &l]
552 natives # Vermont. 81 whom 2a6.
Oa7 were found ia her borders showing
that over ia 600 of her natives bad
gone 70 sprcad her free principles iu
every part Of the Union Ofthese. AZ
600 we're found in tho State Of New
York; Of whom only 1906 we're in thc
great metropolis The second largest
number Of Nermouters, 1861. were
found IN WISCONSIN Massachusetts
had given a home 10 1869 Illinois
1928, Michigan. 1879; New Hamp-
shire, IL $50, Ohio, HOSP, Iowa. T.
ISL; Pennsylvania. 4,2s6; Minnesota.
4, POS; Indiana 1888; California; 8. 40.
&c
While the citizens Of Vermont as oi
oil the New England States. are yalua-
bic IN anew country, like most Of Che
Western States named above, we be-
Geyc they would mako rs good citizens
at home, and in nine cases out Of ten
AS well, If not better, remuneratcd, and,
furthermore, be saved from the troubles
and anxieGes which attend the settlers
Of a new country.
BY the returns to the Agricultural
Bureau at Washington il Is shown that
during the four years IRON 1861 to IS
60 inclusive, an acre Of land in Yer.
mont on the average produced 37,65
bushels Of corr worth SIS SO, while On
acre in Wisconsin (the fayorito resort
Of the Vermont emigrants,) produced
3l.9 bushels, worth $50 81, showing
largely in favor of Vermont. In the
latter State 1907 bushels of wheat
worth $40 03 was raised, while in Wis.
consin the product was 1903 bushcl.
valued at $lH 63, and nearly as large
an advantage in favor OF Vermont was
shown III other staples, such as rye
oats, b%uckwheat, barly and potatoes
both as regards the number Of bushel.
to the acre and tie price obtained. 4
still greater advantage to Vermont was
shown in some of the leading product,
over Illinois, the second favorito Wet
ern State for Vermont emigrauts, anl
the same is true Of the other Weston
States. Now, as there are thousands o
acres in Vermont where the plow haI
never been, and as Il market can 81
found and the highest prices obtaineC
in New England for everything raised
within It's boundaries, rs d~isinteroste,
party we would submit whether tn.
young man Of Vermont who is desirou
Of engaging III agricultural pursuit
would not hed il as well to remain a
home, and make the hills and yallies Q
his eWn State more fruitful, and gain
liberal recompouse nearer his owl
friends and early associates, instead q
seeking a home among strangers in th
far West, and depriying himself Of th.
advantages he would receive in th
Green Mountain State. What j
COOK argument for Vermont IS as.
equally applicable 20 every New Eng
land state, for even i, Massachusetts
and Rhode Island there are thousand
upon thousands of acres Of land as We
unimproyed, while in Maine and Ees
Hampshire the unimproyed acres ~
to be counted by millions. Ave mstane
the case OF Vermont because in looEin
over the census tables the largest emi
grafton in proportion to the whole nun,
Der was shown from her native bon
population.