Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-02-18

carefully prepared the speaker showed that
oi the 33O, 900 inhabitants OF the state ao.
cording to the last census 243, 900 were born
IN the state, and that 2O0,0O0 natives Of
Vermont were living outside the state a
number more than equal to four.6fths Of the
natives OF the state within IT, These 20O,-
600 we're in the prime and vigor Of youth
aud manhood, aud because they are not with
us we see the decline in so many towns.
There must be some changes 10 population,
but there is no good reason why the immi.
grafton TO should not exceed the emigration
from the state. Had there been no emigra-
tiou the population would have been double
its present numbers. Every department Of
industry would have felt the effect 10 in
creased prosperity. Our manufacturing facil.
tiles would have been turned to account.
Bellows Falls might have rivalled Manches.
ter or Lowell Many Of the larger towns
might have been cities, creating home
market for the product OF the farms and
the farms themselves, instead Of being drug
in the market, would have increased in value
What have the 100000 we miss gained ia
maternal prosperity There are things
which have value not bought with money
which the emigrant leaves behind. Among
these are friends and the associations sur.
rounding the old home, but this view is
ignored, aud the only inquiry is, can VIC
accumulate more property2 Statistics were
given showing that the value Of real and
personal property averaged s743 to each 10.
dividuSl in Vermont in 1870, which average
is greater than in Michigan, Indiana, Wis
cousin, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas or Illinois
excepting the city of Chicago. The value oI
all the products OF the farms averaged tC
each inhabitant by the last census in Yer
mont Sl04, which average is higher than il
any Of the other states above named, aud tbs
figures also show that this result is not be.
cause Of greater proportionate number o.
farmers 10 Vermont. The average value o.
all the products to each person engaged il
agriculture in Vermont was S597, which
also is higher than in any of the other state'
above named. BY the census Of 1860 Yer
mont produced according to population NOR,
butter, cheese, wool and maple sugar ihsr
any other state. BY the census of 1870 i
produced in like munuer more butter
cheese, maple sugar and potatoes ac
cordiDg to the number Of acres of improved
land ; only one state produced more butter
two more hogs, one more potatoes and thre,
more wool. Without regard to size or pop
ulatiou only eight states produce more but
ter, two more cheose, and none as mucl
maple sugar by more than two million lbs
Statistics we're given showing that Vernon
far exceeded the other New Eogland state
in productiveness. Instances we're citeC
showing that farmers may become rich il
Vermont if willing to practice industry anC
economy, and that the value Of farm pro
ducts were greater now than formerly
there is an uufavorable difference 1t is owiDI
mainly to the more expensive habits Of liv
ing. Among the advantages which Vernon
possesses over tn more fertile states is,
]. An abundance Of pure water for MAJ
and beast.
=. Plenty of wood aud timber within 90,
venient distance.
g. Hard roads.
4 Better markets. II is the value o
products, not the quantity, that indicate tn
profits of agriculture.
5. Eqaal distribution Of property. In II
other state are there so few very poor AS i
| Vermont.
6. A healthful climate, free from malaria
diseases.
I. A pleasant and attractive variety {
natural scenery.
8. Extensive and as yet comparativel
unused water power.
The manufactured products are much 10,
than those Of Massachusetts or New Hamp
shire, but the rich soil. abundant forests an
universal distribution Of water power indicat
an adaptation for an unlimited mauulacturin
industry, the development OF which woul
add enormously to the wealth of the stat,
Attachment to place Of abode is one of th
virtues. He will be a better citizen who ha
q fixed abode where he means to live an
die. Nowhere in the world can so man
blessings be obtained and ut so cheap rat
as in Vermont.
In the discussion which followed the reaC
ing of this paper the Rev Mr. Burnham {
Fayetteville said, IN discussing this question
we must remember that Vermont is an oI
state. The Western states are new. Thel
everything has been built up in a sho
time. Iowa has been settled but thirty year
but now has population many times excee,
ing that of Vermont.
Prof Seely: If s. A. Douglas was livir
now he would pronounce Vermont a goo
stote TO immgrate to as we'll as to emigrat
from. Not being Vermont born myself,
did the next best thing Vernon
wife. Horace Greeley's oft-quoted remar
young man, 90 West" was not intended
apply to such communities as Vermsnt, b
to the cities To the eight advantages en-
merated by Mr. Howe might be added Il
mineral resources OF the state. Vernon
has fertile soil, excels in her breeds of ca
tie, sheep aud horses, and, more than all, 4
state may boast Of her men. The soil Of Il
West is destined to exhaustion. After
few years the soil becomes unremunsratIv
In Vermont the hills are a source of fertll
to the bottom lands, aud will bo forevC
The valley Of the Nile was referred to. II
same process IL going ON here We wa
farmers to feel that farming is the best pr
iession, aud that Vermont is the best sta
to farm in.
Q. Horace Hubbard of the board said, !
state offers greater attractions to tie farm
than Vermont. have never regretted III
| bought hill farm in Vermont. Our 60
} winters give US energy, strength and pow
! which the people Of other states do not p'
sess. The farmer can lay by little he
! easier than at the West. The speaker
ferred to the lnstanca Of a friend going w
. and owning fertile farm, but could not
! money enough to get back. Another frie
t went to Kansas where with a soil eight {,
5 deep he only raised TWO good crops in
years, the crops being cut off by hot win
drouth or grasshOppers aud during the "
$ OF plenty there was no market, he bel
5 obliged to haul twenty-five bushels Of &C
o sixteen miles to pay for q pair of Doc
j. Luckily the mildness Of the climate enab
q him to go barefoot eight months in the yc
i The farmer with capital of $1,000