Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-09-05
PROSPERITY FOR FARMERS

PROSPERITY FOR FARMERS.
Vermont farmers In common with those
OF other States are assured a good sca-
son on the whole in spite Of the dry
spell following the long. cold spring The
prices Of dairy products have kept ND to
remarkab bic degree. and the chances are
that the scarcity Of hay in different nar+s
OF the country VIII mean continuance
Of the present abnormal1y high value of
That product. other farm stuff Is sIso
bringing rcnunera tive prices. and while
not weather sufficient for the best devel.
opInent Of corn has not been forthcoming.
there Will he no shortage throughout the
country.
hdvices from different parts OF the
United States Indicate that while the
phenomenal yield of corn and wheat last
year may not he quite equaled, this sea
son the output will exceed the average of
recent years, and At the same time the
likely to far more than offset the decline
in the aggregate yield. According to fig
ures Of the Manufacturers Record of Bal
tmore. there may he q decrease in whea
OF possibly 10000 bushels, but with the
price more than twenty cents n bushal
above the corresponding time last year
there ought TO he net increase of SO
oIo,ooo TO S1o0,noO1O in the value of the
wheat crop over that Of 1895. With an
the falling off in these crops will likewise
be doubtless offset by their higher values.
Thus the farmers Of the country are onro
more to be blessed with vast income
an income so great as compared with five
or six years ago that It is difficult to
comprehend the magnitude OF the gain.
The value of farm products in different
years has been as follows:
Years.
1SS".,,,,.... ......... ......,. s., 212, On on1
lS'o'''''.. .....'....,... ......... 2466, 90 1~
,on- Wv,
l"'''.''''... '.....'.... ......... GAS, 100 0h
1905 ......... ........... .. & 7oa an, M,
l9o7,........ ............ - 900, 900 010
ES''fna''a'
"'S' injuries p''"S ou' several remark
a"ie iac's' Between lSNo ana 1880 there
was a gain In the value OF farm products
OF only SZ'''""""' Between 1880 and 1890
,l,ar H-n- ut, % ,l
'''''' H'''iS 'e''
'''''e' de- '''''''' vi s-'-'"'''0'"' h"t pos
''''' '''e '''o'' ''''N'''s '"'t IN th'S re-
''''rN"'''c '"''"'' Oh increasing prosperity
OF the farmers is that the gain in the last
sew" S'"''' "''" '''' ana 'N' OF S2'2S3-'
'' ' '' 'e'' INA" 'h'
'o'"' S'lh ol twenty years between 1850
ana l'"' Inc increase IN the last seven
years OF sZ'-A"'"o"o Is n gain OF nearly
'o per cent IN mat tilne' TINS gain in
seven years Is almost equal to the total
VAIN" OF the farm products of the coun-
Try IN lH'o In the latter year the per
capita production Of all engaged in agrl-
culture was S2s', almost exactly tho same
as IN $780, while Mt the present time the
per capita OF all engaged in agriculture is
about 5000,
These conditions are in marked con.
trast to those that prevailed a decade OF
so ago, A host OF Vermont lenders have
reason to recall that Mt the time In ques-
tion both the South and the West were
burdcncd with farm mortgages, but now
no'h sections are remarkably free from
d"ht' their aggregate of farm loans being
smaller probably than at any time since