Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1910-12-23
INCREASE $IS,74LOOO
Big Cain in 10 Years in the VaIu.
alton of Vermont Farms
Census Bureaus Agricultural Statistics
for This State Show Remarkable Ad-
Vancement.

! the first official statement from the
census bureau relative to the agricultural
statistics of the state Of Vermont coll
lected at the 18th decennial United
states census, April 10 last.
1t is pointed out in the statement that
the principal rates OF increase in Yer
mont in 1910, as against 1900, are: In the
total expenditure for labor, 81 per cent;
in the total value Of all farm buildings
alone, 40 per cent, in the total value oi
all farm implements and machinery. IS
per cent; I'm expenditures for fertilizers
Is per cent; in the total value Of all
farm land and buildings, % per cent;
in the average value per acre Of farm
land and buildings, % per cent; in the
total value Of all farm land alone, four
per cent; in the number OF farms con-
Quoted by managers, two per cent; in the
number Of farms conducted by the AL
owners class, one per cent: and In the
average acres per farm, one per cent
The principal rates OF decrease during
| the decade occurred in the total improved
farm acreage, 20 per cent; in the number
OF farms operated by the "all tenants"
class, Il per cent; in the total farm acre
age, two per cent, and In the whole num-
Der Of farms. two per cent
The statement shows in detail that
the number OF farms reported in 1910 Nas
32'59S, as compared with 33.1O4 In 1900,
a decrease Of SOC, or two per cent
INCREASED VALUES.
The total value Of farm land and build
ings was given in 1910 as t1Ol. Sl3 600. as
against $50. 072. 600 in 1900, an increase OF
S1S,74l. 600. or 90 per cent.
The total value OF farm land alone was
reported In 1910 as Si7,741,O 900. as com
pared with $45,sl4. 900 in 1900. a gain OF
Sl9270OO or per cent.
The total value OF farm buildings alone
was given In 1910 as S54072,O 900. as
against S,53S, 900. in 1900. n gain Of 81 264.-
Sl6.Sl4,00O, or As per cent
In 1910 the value OF the farm land
alone constituted AZ per cent OF the total
value Of farm land and buildings. as
compared with 50 per cent IN 1900
The reported value OF farm indictments
and machinery was S1O1G2. 900 In 1910. as
against $I53S0O0 in 1900 a gain Of S2G4.-
600, or IS per cent.
The total acreage reported I'm 1910 was
l4,6o3,OOO acres, as compared with l472i-
600 In 1900. a decrease Of II 900 acres. or
. per cent.
The improved acreage was returned in
1910 as amounting 10 1623.Ooo acres. as
against 2l2G000 in 1900 decrease OF
$4,000 acres. or % per cent
The improved acreage formed So per
cent OF The total acreage in 1910. rs COM
pared with i5 per cent In 1900
Inc average acres per farm reported in
1910 was l48. as against 142 in 1900. a
gain OF acre. or / per cent
AVERAGE VALUE PER ACRE.
The average value per acre of farm
land and buildings in 1910 is stated as 500.
as against SIS I'm 1900 a rise Of 81 or %
per cent
No increase occurred IN the average
value per acre OF farm land alone. the
amount being reported as $40 for both
1910 and 1900.
or the whole number. 82.59S. Of farms
reported In 1910 there were 32,57S operat-
ed by white farmers and 20 colored
farmers, as compared with total OF
53lOi In 1900. Of which 80 096 were con-
Quoted by white farmers and s by col
ored The decrease In the number OF
farms OF white farmers during the decade
amounted 10 SIS. or per cent. while
there was an increase In the number OF
farms OF colored farmers amounting to
70. or $50 per cent
The total number Of farms operated in
1910 by owners. part owners. and owners
and tenants, comprising the all owners
class was 27,9So. an increase Of 81. or
per cent
The total number OF farms conducted
In 1910 by cash tenants share tenants
and cash and share tenants. COMPRISING
the AL tenants class. was 2. $50. as
against 1870 in 1900, loss Of $50. or Il
per cent
MORE FARM MANAGERS.
The total number OF farms operatcd
by the AN owners" class constituted Sc
per cent Of the whole number Of farms
in 1910. and 50 per cent in 1900: those
operated by the "all tenants" class 70
per cent. in 1910 and 10 per cent in 1900.
ana those operated by managers. . Der
cent in both 1910 and 1900
or the total number, 1850 OF farms
operated in 1910 by the IAN owners"
class there We're 1869 or SO per cent
owned, free Of incumbrance. and 1211-
or ~ per cent mortEaged
The census bureau has no Information
respecting the number of mortgaged
ARMS leased to tenants, nor figures for
I'oo available for comparison with the
1910 data as to incumbrance.
ACCORDING TO ACREAGE.
The statement. relative to farms dis
trihuted according to certain acreage
groups. shows that those OF 10 acres and
under numbered 4,499 in 1910 and 2 gS5
IN 1900 a gain Of lea or 81 per cent.
Of 20 to 40 acres. 3.467 I'm 1910 and 3511
In 1900. decrease OF A. or one per cent.
OF 90 to % acres, 5,904 in 1910 and 6.513
IN 1900, decrease Of COG, or Q per cent.
OF 100 to ia acres. 94S7 i'm 1910 and
lo'2l5 In 1900, decrease Of 72S, or : per
cent; Of l75 to 400 acres. $50 i'm 1910 and
S,943 In 1900, a decrease of 433. or ( nor
cent; Of 500 to 500 acres. GO7 in 1910 and
oS6 in 1900, an increase OF Il, or 10 per
cent; and 1000 acres ond over. 1924 in 1910
ana lOl In 1900, an increase of % or % per
cent. -
The largest per cent Of increase in 1910 |
was IN the 10 acres and under group 81
per cent; next in the 1000 acres and over
group % per cent; and in the 5OO-999 |
acres group, 10 per cent
The principal decreases for 1910 oc |
CURED In the 5000 acres group. amount |
ing TO per cent; in the 1OO-174 acres |
group per cent; in the 1898 acres |
group 5 per cent and in the 2O-49 acres
group l per cent.
ACREAGE GROUP PROPORTIONS.
or the whole number Of farms in 1910
those OF 10 acres and under formed IA
per cent; 20-49 acres 10 per cent: 5000
acres, is per cent; 1O0-174 acres, 20 per
cent; l75-499 acres, 26 per cent 500 800
acres per cent; and those OF 1000 acres
and over 0.4 per cent
The expenditure for labor in 1910 reach
ed the sum OF $4,739, 900 as compared with
3d. 1873 900 In 1900, an increase of 81, 6O6, 900
or 81 per cent
The expenditure for fertilizer amount
ed IN 1910 to $3.50, 900 while in 1900 I'm was
S4HOOO' gain of 1923, 900, or 2S per cent.
Henry Farman at Etampes, France.
saturday, In competition for the Michelin
cup, kept his biplane in flight eight hours
ana IL minutes, but his progress was
slow, owing to a heavy wind. He COW
ered 2S' miles, being less than two miles