St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-06-19
From the Portland fres-.
Resources Of Northern Fremont.

Ia my article in the Press OF May 9th,
some general views of the products AMI
capabilities OF the section in Vermont
through which the Portland and O@irn--
burr railroad is 10 pas. We're giv1u. |
now propose 20 rive somr statistics on
the same subject collected from the cen
SUI report of 1860 Fin, road * To- en-
ter the Stale at Iunenburg and passing
through that township and Concord io
Essex county viii run very centrally.
through Caledonia. I.rmoiIIe and Frank
lin counties to itS junction with the Yer
mont and Canada road at Nvanton.-ii>
course Is 50 near to Greensboro and
Crattsburv il the county OF Orleans IL
to secure their business, and both town,
have voted To aid in its construction.
The three counties through which II !
to pass together with the four towns
named. produced. ACCORDING TO the cen
sus OF 1850. five and hall millions of
pounds OF butter. or fully one third the
entire production of the Statr. which
was 4 little less than sixteen million liz
1t also furnished onc-third of eight mil
lion pounds OF cheese. produced in the
State. The State production of wheat
is given at 81 900 bushels. OF which
this belt OF land produced l2O.0o0. The
quantity Of oats is given nj three million.
SIX hundred thousand bushels for the
State, of which this territory furnished
one million bushels. OF Indian corn We
have 2lO, 600 bushels. OF maple sugar
three million pounds of the 9 5-imiIhons
made III the state The number of acres
OF improved land Is 5SG.O of unim-
proved $50, 500 acres. Mich cows 90
600 horses 10000 swine 10000
sheep 5000, the production of wool be
ing about one-ninth OF the whole quamti-
| ~ III the State. Cash value of live stock.
three and a half millions, and OF farms
twenty millions.
\ comparison of some Of these items
with other portions Of New England
shows that this territory produced an
amount OF butter equal to half the pro
duction Of Maine. nearly thrce-fourths as
much as Massachusetts. and about seven
rights Il, much a. either of the States OF
New Hampshire, or Conncctirut
The State of Mairr produced 233, So
bushels Of wheat the territory tributary
to this route 100. 600
In the itcm of cheese the production
OF Maine is 2,4j4.45i pounds in tho
above section we have about 2.GOO.O OO
In the State of Maine the production
Of maple sugar was 3O6,741 pounds
while the county of Caledonia made | =.
30 .5l5 pounds, l.amoillc 1850 lbs
Franklin 937 ,4S3 pounds and the two
towns each in Essex and Orleans swell
the amount to more than 5000. 600 lbs
In Irish potatoes we find there one an,
y quarter million bushels being one fourtl
OF the State production and equal to on,
sixth the amount raised in Maine.
E We find also 100. 600 pounds of hops
while Massachusetts produced lll,OOC
pounds, New Hampshire 10000 lbs,
and Maine 1913, 600 pounds.
As the products of the dairy show il
to be land flowing with milk. neither !.
it entirely destitute of honey, the produc
ton being $4,000 pounds. | will only
add in closing this article that on cNami
nation Of the resources and capabilities
of the entire route it will be found to IA
exceed the representations yet made tc
US by It's most earnest friends H. &