Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-12-23
WHAT OUR NEICHBORS SAY
VernOpt's Road to Wealth and why
II should Ne Followed.
(From the Bennington Banner)

as assured that therA will be steady
progress during coming years but the
market is developing so much faster than
the production Of food stuhs that 1t IL
not likely that there will be any lowering
OF prices except for brief. temporary per-
iods when the market may be glutted by
exceptional crops of some one kind. In
fact II is much more probable that prices
Will go higher rather than lower for the
Foreign market Is gradually extending
For this reason 1t is practically sure
mat farming will become constantly
more desirable as a business for the aver
age man. Farm education will there
fore become more important and in prac-
/ 1icslly every State In the MON there Is
renewed Interest In agricultural schools.
! It will, however, be several veors at tho
best before it will be possible to get asri-
cultural schools on a practices, basis into
working order. hut in the meantime
farmers and others who wish to make
themselves independent and moderately
prosperous through cultivation Of the su.l
can mako an early start on the road to
success with li,tlc cost 10 themselvs e
by starting evening classes IN various
branches of agriculture.
In cities and large towns ambitious
wo-kner who wish to bet.er tha!r condi-
tion= or it themselves tor mors hiyhiy
prii sus ion form Cicsses and hire ez-
Netts ard Instructors to tesch them this
tNln"s winch they desire to learn Why
shouldn't V"rl ont fair9er- in every town
and village In the Stat" 'orrn clas"e. In
the aar'r way and hive competent men to
tea"h thcn' how 70 produce the goods
that rln- tho h-s; D-ices'
Some "epls aFo rHft"r huvr- from
Vernon rlr't prosperous 'cvr-. loctt-
Cd In the Conncc lest rive" valley nnd
visited tho srocrry rtc-cs th.rc 70 bny
what bu'ter lhnv ooulc ,r,rc from The
demands Of tor,l trade At -h,t time
tho best butter SOLD FOR 4 cents re,
pound and VARYING Trad>s from that
down 70 Il ccnts A. one e,ors ithici ths
BUYER visited ho hou:rt e""cnte-r io.s
Of butter md ~ ne s-rtn.rcn lo-s oniv
two brought he ton Price Eight IF the
So ti..e'n lots BROUGHT only 'hc lowest
price
Tho makers Of this poor butter m
dOuhtedlv worked fu., about rs hard as
those who got the highest price yet re.
celved only hall AZ much .or their labor
Simply thev di1 not know how to make
good butter. or a. least how 70 make the
kind Of butter that the market demands
. som- Of thess people ve-e possibly too
shlftlass or stupid to learn hut II Is res-
sorabe 10 believe that ee-fourth. Of
r th"w cou4d have learned in a few les
. sons from Competent dairy butter max
er that woula haye practically doubled
the income From their COWS
! Similar conditions prevail in other
. branches of farming. Three fourths Ct
the farmers in bennington county have
j son Of The ye.r. yet. Morris Finn. who
g lives N shaftsbury Valley and who h.,
no spcciHl facilities and only limited
training in poultry raising. Is brinsln.
into Bennington market thirty dozer
e. fresh laid eFs. every Friday from his
; flock of 100 hens. Aince the first OF De-
, cemher he las been taking home s15 In
- cash every Friday nicht from the sale
G his eggs. Mr. Finn Is not even a farm.
= or by training. being printer bv trade
who was driven out of the city into thu
country few wears ago in order that ar
invalid IN his f'n1ilv might he properly
cared for
Il Apple culture Is some talked about II
q Vermont and n start i. being made bu
with painful s'owness There arc apple
! orohor7. IN Oregon that have he.n SOLD
= at 'oNo m acre lust IS good apple
$ Land IN Vermont can be BOUGHT at from
s. to s15 uer acre. Oregon apples have t.
be brought Thousands Of miles to market
Vermont Is loss than 900 miles from
IS New York and Boston
- Porl, Is worth from II to a cents ne,
hound in Vermont markets. The aver
are Vermont farmer turns off from tive
&c to six Eat hogs = wear. He might tus
as well turn off two or three 4 month
y that would bring him in from 800 to 5.
- each. ana two-thirds pront. i, he only
II I'p through western Vermont there is
c famou. Aroostok potato REGION Of Maine
- YET few potatoes are raised hero. cor,
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