St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-02-27
Obe Californian.
J-ohn-bury, Thar-dny, Feb. "a, 1890
THE FARMS OF VERMONT

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lington last week by NJ. o. Howe,
agricultural editor of the BrattleborO
Phoenix, and the next state census
supervisor, on THE Farms and Yer
mont" In introducing the speaker
President Buckham said he had been
looking forward to this lecture be
cause he expected some light or the
II question, not whether farming pays,
81 forthat is an admitted fact, but how
well it pays, how it pays in Vermont
as compared with other states, how
well each branch pays and above all
how n we make it pay better.
Mr.. Howe's lecture was largely of
a statistical character. He spoke
II substantially as follows:
. 1t is said that figures will not lie
and the figures furnished by the cen
sus enumcrators show that farms in
Vermont are among the most pro-
ductive of any in the country. This
is not I'm accordance with the gener-
ally understood opinion abroad and
at home. No other state approaches
Vermont in the ratio of emigration
to population. Probably not less
than 200. 900 native Vermonters are
i living IN other states and countries
The population of our state is prob
ably about 100000 today This in
crease of 5000 over 1880 is almost
atIraI- fn,r11 ~ tho cities md VII
lagos, for the farms are no more thick
/ " inhabited now than they were in
1880 Bymcans of charts Mr.. Howe
brought out some statistics of inter
est. Thenativc nonresident per cent
of population in Vermont is 54, New
Hampshire coming next with only
81 per cent. The native resident per
II cent of population in Vermont is So,
New Hampshire coming next with
60 per cent. In the value of agricul-
turaI products to each person engag-
ed in agriculture Vermont heads the
list of 81 states and territories with
$400, Ohio coming next with 1894
to each person Referring to recent
letter of Secretary Proctor, in which
the latter said that Vermont raised
better men than crops, Mr.. Howe
said hat the men must be pretty
good, Judging them by this standard.
Ten states and territories lead Yer
mont i'll the value of agricultural
products to each person engaged III
agriculture, because of surrounding
circumstances, such as differences in
the value ofland, the market price of
produce, cost of farm machinery or
amount of capital invested.
Another chart showed the average
number of mich COWS per farm in
several states. The average was
given as 6.1 in Vermont, 80 in New
/ York and 81 in the United states.
Another chart showed the average
number of pounds of butter made
from a cow, including that made in
creameries. In Vermont it vas 116
Il pounds, Michigan following with
1O1 pounds. In cheese New York
makes on an average $50 pounds to
the farm and Vermont 172 pounds.
The average number of pounds of
butter t o each person engaged in
agriculturein Vermont is457 pounds,
New York coming next with 296
pounds. The average for the United
States is 1O5 pounds. Vermont
makes III pounds of butter to each
farm, New York coming next with
464 pounds. The average for the
United States is POI pounds. In the
average mou of hay raised on
zach farm California stands at the
head with 81 tons, Vermont coming
next with 80 tons. The average
number of tons of hay raised to each
person engaged in agriculture in Yer
mont is 10, California and New York
following with IA tons each.
Vermont leads all states in the
amount of maplesugar manufactured
and makes one-third of all that is
made in the United States. Vermont
has about twice as many COWS to
cdCH I1IIl us lHC average ~ each
farm in the United States. Vermont
leads 30 states in the average value
of five stock to each farm. Vermont
has live stock averaging in value to
each person engaged in agriculture
$40 more than the average for the
United States. Vermont leads Sc
states in the value of forest products
yielding from the farms, without
reckoning maple sugar as one of
| them Vermont generally stands
4 near the head of all the states as to
several products of agriculture per
acre as shown in the reports of the
department of agriculture. 1t has
more than once stood first in the
yield OF corn per acre Our state
stands at the head of 80 states and
territories in the average of property
to each individual.
Fl FEEDING HORSES.
An English veterinary surgeon
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