Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1890-09-26

COmmissiOner VaIenIine's Report.
The report of Hon. A. B. Valentine,
Commissioner Of Agricultural aud Manu-
featuring Interests, under the law of 1888,
is a document Of great interest In open
ing his report tn" commissioner shows the
difficulty experienced in gaining the ac
cnrate and satisfactory detailed informa.
ton in regard to farms and farm products,
manufactures and their products, mines
aud quarries and their products, which the
law contemplates. This is not surprising
because the listers, through whom the in
formation is sought, are paid nothing for
the extra work required, and there is moth
ing compulsory on anybody's part about
answering the questions. The experience
of the United States census bureau and of
the state of Massachusetts, in this direction
shows that the only reliable way to get this
information is by a personal canvass. Mas
sachusetts was the first state to establish
systematic method in this respect She
gathers this information through her "bu
reau OF statistics" aud her board of agri
culture, the former of which costs Sl7.-
300 year and the latter SAG, 900. Twenty
states east and west boye no,,. f,no,,.al t,o,
oxor,,,l., and o,,,;,,I ,.,,. ,,.,.,..I.
T,farr,o,i,,, aI,,.,,. ,,,,...:.,
,o,,,,,,i..;,,,,,.. ~, ,.';,,, W,
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shown that there are more than 1000 farms
in Vermont, formerly cultivated but now
deserted, one half of which have buildings
~, tho,, i, r,;, ,,,,l;.;,, M.
,r.o,,ata ol.,,,. tts nno - s,-,,e.
oonIl H., l,,,,,t,, &c.. 20 =. 5. ','''
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ao.os 90 soar'I ~, wa" ''','"
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PS' VI i'r '"e ne" lah"s III
"7 "'i"e'.o" oesah as lar
80 ,,' ,'''' Low 'o."u ''e '''e i"'rlE
~ ',''''' n ,S. was '''nci'rnt win the
P''''' ""!'n 'ioSeu n'ahuIac-
''' ,'' ''''''' U''e '"'"e market ana
wa, 'se III business
'"'' '"'''e''o" MT, Na'eh
f"'''' ,e,''' i'o'ii 'ne la'e E'u"aru
49,. - nv ,''' '"e 'uaiseu
'"'e' ~ '''o Wv" VI MARI,
IN ' 'o,s a la III vi io'f an"
'o' - VI, WI '9i' n' Town was lot
''''S o"e Vi eau az, iou''urai ana general
- "eS'eih ieNer
' - "'o'' ''''' "uS 'he most marked ana
r"P'i changes 'ooh pace aiter 1000 or loOO,
anu 'o,i'i"ue" w" Il 10 'nree OF lour years
as'' O''Soy eNP'esses' III cohclusloh'
'no ol,'"ion he'u oy most careIul observers
. ','''. Wv f''"' HaS Oee" 'eacneu' anu
.N'V "e"'e''''n we shaii see gradually
''"P ~, 'o"n'''on oi 'nings'
'ei VI Pu"'io ianuS ny tne general
eo'ei "'''e"' AZ noiii'uai price, Ihe COM
missioner goes on TO say, was an important
factor in determining the tide of emigra-
ton toward the West But more than this
wos tho ,rar for tho Ir,i,,, ,,.L;.L III
60, o. ono -
1', y'""s men in'o tle army,
thousands Oh "hoh dled on the held OF
battle, thousands were grievously wounded
and other thousands, with little money
saved, did not return to the homes of THAR
fathors but d,;s,od go, =. iii, ~.
away ~ '"'aee' c'ly'
VI 1ic lal W est 10 Jake advantage oil the
act OF Congress making their period of
army service count upon the time required
to secure a quarter. section for a bome.
stand - Tho cor,,,,issi,,,o. o..i,,,..,- 49,,
r-,, anu
Pio"""'S '"iIeeV'y' Ihau uut Ior the war
vermont would have today population of
at least 40, 600 more than her present num-
bers
Will nc hoe hoa,, .o;5 mo. e A.
L1-1 -. Wv
VI s'o" 4ua'i'y anu
can pe reauly converted INTO productive
farms, there are some exceptions. One of
these executions specially noted is of local
interest and Wa ouote in fuu Tho f.
a,oo = 80 ounce =, ,l,, 49,, = So
~" " ''' "''o" :
neie - Oo"n III " lhuhAh county
maze historic as oeihg the town on the sum
u'l. VI t,'e I''oeu , mountains Where eb-
s'TI' III Ihe log caoih campaign OF lS4O,
uSiNeIeu an u'aS on oelore an asselholage
i, S Snan 1870 'nen anu women
nscticut ria r,aaj,, ,,'ha., " S''e ~. III
with the orchard near at hand are nov,
grown up to trees, some of them evidently
more imam AZ years Gi age The house he
by an roL - s oT . ne ios raoln, u[a"n