Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-04-20
oHITTENDEN COUNTY, az TnE
CENSUS.
sofns Interesting FIgurcs-Our Com.
msrsial ana Agricultural Interests.

sofns Interesting FIgurcs-Our Com
msrsinl ana Agricultural Interests.
The recently issued compendium of til,
census of 1880, which comes Ia the form o.
two stately octave volumes of nearly two
thoussnd pages, is crowded with interestnl
and valuable statistics, some of which relat
Ing 10 Chittenden county, we give in con
deuscd form. To begin with the population,
our county has within its borders 30, 79g
Inhabitants against 80, $40 in 1870 and 20, III
ini1SG0. In this respect it ranks third in the
State, Rutland county standing first, with a
population of al 500, and Windsor following,
with 30, 1876. Of the towns, Winooski comes
| first, with 1888 inhabitants (making il the
ninth largest village In the Static, and Essex
| comes next with 2l0i and Milton third, with
2OO6. None Of the other towns reach 1000
| in ropula ton. Of the 32, ZOE inhabitants of
the county, Gl20 are of foreign birth and
| OF the II 1865 inhabitants which the census
gives this city, 2732 are foreign born. Of
the 4421 inhabitants of Colchester, 1881 arc
OF foreign birth. Furthermore, 20, 1913 of the
people OF this county were born in the State !;
1888 IN New York, 3GS in New Hampshire,
425 in Massachusetts, 81 in Maine and 92 in
Connecticut. OF the forcgn-born element,
4OS7 were born in British America, 2lO in
England and Wales and 1892 in LELAND As
to the sexes the division is almost exactly
equal, the county having 1G, 1lS males aud
1864 females.
Agricultural Statistics.
OF the 81, j22 farms within the State, Wind
sor county has ADO and leads "Uy large
majority. 'Chittcndcn county comes in tenth,
with 1858, containing 2G5, S67 acres, valued
at 10,3GS, 73G standing fifth in respect to
valuation. Taking the whole State the aver
age value of the farms is 1913 per acre for
tins county it is almost exactly $50. The
value OF live stock on the farms in this coun-
~ is ) $50 4Gl and the estimated value of
farm produce sold in 1879 is Sl,s27 sol.
VI farm crops, onts led in 1850, with pro-
duction Of 3lS, 1872 bushels. Corn, 1887
bushels; barley next, 32,4Ss; buckwhcai,
22,OO7 wheat, 2l,3l3; rye, 1854. OF
potatoes, 3lO,547 bushels were raised, and of
hay $3.50. The county has 5j33 horses.
Ala working oxcn %, 800 mich cows, 10 40
sheep aud 1851 swine. 1t produced So, pa
pounds Of wool, 900. 023 gallons of milk.
2,5G2, $40 pounds Of butter Qeading al the
counties except Franklin, which produced a
trllic over four million pounds, and 425, 107
bounds of cheese-a very much larger
amount than any other county in the State,
Rutland coming second with 33j, 34i pounds
and none Of the other counties reaching 300
900 pounds.
Industrial Statistics.
The State of Vermont has 2S14 manufac
turing establishments with an aggregate
capital OF s23, 800, 224. Of these 2l6 arc
located in Chiitenden county and have a
combined capital Of So, 2G5. 1856 They en-
ploy 246G men, 454 women and ZOE children:
pay out annually in wages S9lS, 400 and for
materials 81 5l3,S70 and the value of their
annual products is SG.244 39l. Windsor |
c )unty leads with $50 manufacturing cstab- |
llshments aud Rutland comes next with 3jS; |
Nlndham stands third, with $40, and consc- |
quently ChiticndcB is fourth. In invested |
capital, however, Chittenden stan,is second, |
Caledonia leading with S3,6D1. 23i. and |
Bennington coming in u close third with |
20, 2G3, I0G. In the number OF employees
leads very largely, Rutland stand
Ing second, with 1874 male workmcn, and |
Windsor third, 1873. In the value of manu-.
lacturcd products Chitenden county also |
has long lead, Windsor standing second,
with "a, 2lS,732 Bennington third with
"a, OO0, l22 Caledonia fourth, with SO,
l3o; Windham fifth, with $4,000 and
Rutland sixth, with s3,01G, 4j2.
Statistics OF indebtedness.
The total net indebtedness of Vermont
state, county, school district, city and town
is "a, 3lS, lGS. The proud prc-cminencc of
being the most deeply in debt is claimed by |
Franklin county, whose total ne, indebted |
ness IS S627, 213. Bennington stands second, |
with debt of 1898, 92S Windsor third, |