The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-01-05

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cereals and other products, including
wool, doubtless brought the total value
of the productions of Vermont farms
above $20,000,000
More attention was paid to butter
making last year than ever before. and
the farmers are beginning TO realize that
dairying is paying branch of agricul-
ture. Many farmers turn the entire but
ter producing product of their diaries
over to creameries operated on a large
scale. The Franklin County Creamery.
at st. Adams, is a conspicuous illustra-
ton of butter making by modern meth
DDS. The factory disposes of the cream
of from $1,000 to 1900 cows, gathered
within radius of 80 miles by team and
train. The creamery has a capacity of
$4,000 pounds of butter per day, and is
the largest one in the world. A large
part of its product is sold in Boston, and
it commands the highest price in the
market.
The Mckinley law has been of much
benefit to the farmers of Vermont, af-
fOrding, as it has, such ample protection
from competition with the productions
of Canadian farms Under the benefi-
cent provisions of the Mckinley bill the
duties imposed on imported butter was
9 cents pound; wool, II cents pound;
hay, "a. ton; potatoes, % cents a
bushel; oats, corn and buckwheat, Is
cents a bushel; eggs cents dozen;
wheat, 20 cents bushel, and other pro-
ducts in proportion to the items named.
The imports of the principal farm pro-
ducts has been greatly essened since the
law went into effect, resulting in an i'm
proved horne market and consequent
better prices. The Wilson bill proposes
radical reduction of duties in many
items and the enlargement of the free
list, apples, eggs, wool, beef, mutton,
pork, lard and tallOw being made free.
The basis of duties is also changed from
specific to advalorem, which is detri-
mental to the interests of the American
farmer.
Notwithstanding the hard times, the
material prosperity of most of the larger
and some of the smaller towns of the
State has been quite marked during the
year now drawing TO a close. Many new
dwelling houses have been built in St.
Adams, Brattleboro, Montpelier and
Bennington especially, while Burlington.
Bellows Falls, St. Johnsbury, West Ran
dolph, Barre, Mddlebury and other
places have added to the number of their
residences, ST. Adams probably leads in
the number of new houses built, having
90 recorded to it's credit. ST. Adams has
had Congregational church, an opera
house, a county jail and a Federal build
ing, begun or finished during the year.
An Opera House has been built in Ben
nington, st. Johnsbury Newport. and
Enosburgh Falls. Public school build
ings have been erected in Burlington and
Bradford, hotels at Walliugford and
Ludlow have been built, and electric
light plants have been constructed at
Colchester 1.-THE Gorge, Swanton and
Enosburgh Falls. An addition to the
Vermont Asylum for the insane, at
Waterbury, has been built at an approx
innate cost of $4,000.
Other Improvements noted are the
building of six miles of road bed for a,
double track between Swanton Junction
and st. Adams, and the replacing of a
half dozen old bridges with substantial
iron structures by the Central Vermont
Railroad; the substitution of the trolley
electric system for horse power on the
Burlington and WinOoski Street Rail-
road, the building of National Fish
Hatchery at st, Juhnsbury, and at last,
but not least, the work of constructing
barracks, quarters and other buildings
for the new United States military post,
near Essex Junction.
The last Legislature passed law pro-
viding for three terms of the Supreme
Court to be held at the capital annually,
instead of one term in each county dur
ing the year Under this new law the
general sessions of the Supreme Court
will be held in Montpelier, beginning
January 9, May 8, and October9, 1894
This system will assure the hearing of
all cases appealed from the County
Courts by the full bench of Judges. in-
stead of by three or four Judges as here
tofore.
The number of cases entered on the
law doCkeJs of the several County Courts
for trial each year is gradually growing
less, and the aggregate number of causes
set for trial by jury is much less to-day
than it was twenty years ago. While lit
igation is lessening, lawyers seem to be
increasing in the State. The last Bar
Association adopted new rules of prac-
lice in the State Courts which will great
y facilitate the trial of causes and pre-
vent the continuance from term to term
Of litigatiol as heretofore.