The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-06-08

10 We EUttOTt OF We fToSS.
In my article in the Press of May 9th, some
general views of the products and capabilities of
the section inVermont through which the Port
land and Ogdensburg railroad is to pass were
given. L now propose to give some tatistics
on the same subject collected from the census
report of 1860. The road is to enter the State
at Lunenburg and passing through that town
ship and Concord in Essex county will run
very centrally, through Catalonia, Lamolle
and Franklin counties to its junction with
the Vermont and Canada road at Swanton-
Its course is SO near to Greensboro and Crafts
bury in the county of Orleans as to secure
their business, and both towns have voted to
aid in its construction.
The three counties through which it is to
pass together with the four towns named, pro-
duced, according to the census of 1860, five and
a half millions of pounds of butter, or fully
one third the entire production of the State,
which was a little less than sixteen million
pounds. 1t also furnished one-third of eight
million pounds of cheese, produced in the
State. The State production Of wheat is given
at $4,000 bushels, of which this belt of
land produced 10000. The quantity of
oats is given at three million, six hundred
thousand bushels for the State, of which this
territory furnished one million bushels. OF In
dian corn we have 100000 bushels. Of maple
sugar three million pounds of the 9 "a millions
made in the State. The number of acres of
improved land is 586,0S7; of unimproved, $685.
529 acres. Mich COWS 10000; horses 10000;
swine $4,000; sheep 5000, the production of
wool being about one-ninth of the whole guam
tity in the State. Cash value of live stock,
three and half millions, and of farms, TWEEN
ty millions. ..
A comparison of some of these items with
other portions of New England shows that
this territory produced an am cunt of butter
equal to half the production of Maine, nearly
three -fourths as much Massachusetts,, and
about seven-eghths as much as either of the
States of New Hampshire or Connecticut
The State of Maine produced 233 1916 bushels
of wheat; the territory tributary to this route
10000.
Maine is 2, 434 ,454 pounds; in the above section
we have about 100000 pounds.
In the State OF Maine the production of ma
pie sugar was 306, 142 pounds, while the coun-
ty of Caledonia made 1,235,515 pounds, La
noble 672 349 pounds, Franklin 937 ,483 pounds
and the two towns each in Essex and Orleans
swell the amount to more than 10000 900
pounds.
In Irish potatoes we find there one and
quarter million bushels being one fourth of the
State production and equal to one sixth the
amount raised in Maine.
We find also 100000 pounds of hops, while
Massachusetts, produced Ill 900 pounds New
Hampshire 100000 pounds, and Maine 100000
pounds
AS the products of the dairy show it to be
land flowing with milk, neither is it entirely
destitute of honey, the production being 25,-
600 pounds. will only add in closing this ar
ticle that on examination OF the resources
and capabilities of the entire route it will be
found to far exceed the representations yet
made to us by its most earnest friends.
G. H. G.