St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-08-16
MORE ABOUT FARMING.
How Vermont Ranks With Other
Eastern States.

MORE ABOUT FARMING.
How Vermont Ranks With Other
Eastern States.
Census Director Durand has is
sued the first official statement from
the census bureau relative to the
agricultural statistics for the North
Atlantic division of States collected
at the 18th decennial United States
census, April Is, 1910. The North
Atlantic division includes Maine.
New Hampshire, Vermont, Massa-
chusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island,
sylvania All of the data in this
statement have been reported sep
arately for the states named above.
The census of agriculture was
taken primarily for the purpose of
obtaining an accurate inventory of
all classes of farm property existing
on April Is, 1910; a complete ex-
hibit of farm operations during the
year ended December 81, 1909; and
a statement of the number and value
of domestic animals in cities and viii
lagos on April Is, 1910.
1t is pointed out in the statement
that the rates of increase for the
North Atlantic division of states in
items in the first part of the table,
in the order of their Importance,
are: In the total expenditures for
fertilizers, IS per cent; in the total
expenditures for labor, 81 per cent;
in the value of implements and ma
chinery, AZ per cent; in the value
of buildings, "a per cent; in the
average value per acre of farm land,
including value of buildings, 80 per
cent; in the average value per acre
of farm land exclusive of buildings,
27 per cent; in the total value of
farm land and buildings, 81 per
cent; and in the total value of farm
land value, % per cent.
The decreases among the items in
the first part of the table, in the or
der of their Importance, are: In the
total improved farm acreage, 6 per
cent; in the total number of acres
in farms, per cent; in the total
number of farms, 4 per cent; and
in the total average acres per farm,
1 per cent.
The statement shows in detail
that the number of farms reported
in 1910 was 653,623, as compared
with 677,506 in 1900, decrease of
1883 farms, or per cent.
Each of the states shows a de-
crease in the number of farms ex-
cept Maine, which gained 1 per cent.
The decreases during the decade in
the order of their Importance, are:
New Hampshire, 8 per cent; Rhode
Island, per cent; New York, per
cent; New Jersey, 4 per cent; Penn
syIvania and Massachusetts, each 3
per cent; and Connecticut and Yer
mont each 2 per cent.
The total amount of land includ-
ed in farms in 1910 was reported as
62,79O,00O acres, as compared with
SIS, 409, 900 acres in 1900, decrease
of 2,619, 900 acres, or per cent.
This decrease is due to the increased
areas used by the cities, transpor-
tation right of ways, etc., and to
the fact that considerable land re-
ported as in farms in 1900 and used
for grazing purposes was held for
forest and game purposes and
Country places" in 1910 and was
not reported as in farms.
Each of the states in the division
shows a decrease in the total farm
acreage. The largest relative de-
creases are in New Hampshire and
New Jersey, each of which shows a
decrease of 10 per cent. Then comes
Massachusetts, with a decrease of
per cent; Connecticut, 6 per cent;
Pennsylvania, per cent; New
York and Rhode Island, each with
per cent. Vermont, 2 per cent;
and Maine with o. per cent.
The improved acreage formed So
per cent. of the total acreage in 1910
and 60 per cent. in 1900.
The total value of farm land and
buildings was given in 1910 as 3d.
136,583.O0O, as against $2,477,-
100000 in 1900, an increase of
200, or 27 per cent.
The total value of all farm land
alone was reported in 1910 as ST.
| 5O3,389, 900 in 1900, gain of $685.
5O9,OOO or % per cent. The great
est percentage gain in the value of
farm land alone is in Maine, IA per
cent. The other increases, in the
order of their Importance, are: Con-
necticut, SO per cent; New Jersey,
81 per cent; New York, 20 per
cent; Vermont, 27 per cent; New
Hampshire, rs per cent; Massachu-
sets, 20 per cent; Rhode Island,
II per cent and Pennsylvania, 9 per
cent.
Farm Ownership.
The total number of farms oper-
ated by owners, part owners, and
owners and tenants, comprising the
''all owners class was 52O,748 in
1910, as compared with 523,605 in
1900, decrease of ASST. The total
number of farms conducted in 1910
by cash tenants, share-cash tenants,
comprising the 'sall tenants" class
was 1858, as against 140,782 in
1900, a decrease of 22.104. The