Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-03-01
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
More about Vermont.


information about the state of Yer
mont that Vermonters should know.
1t shows first that with the exception
of sheep the average farm value of
live stock i'm the United States was
higher on January l. 1911, than at any
other time since 1870. In Vermont
everything including sheep, is higher
than at any time since 1870.
The average farm value of horses
in the United States on January l,
1911 was S111.67, in Vermont it was
S12l. 90, in Kentucky "a state noted
for its horses) it was $108.
The average farm value of r~ilch
cows in the United States on the same
date was S40.49, IN Vermont SAG, in
Wisconsin (another noted dairy slate)
S42 SO.
The average value of other cattle
on the same date ia the United States
was $20.85, in Vermont $40, in Texas,
"a great beef producing state) $l6.7O
The average farm value of sheep in
the United States was So. 70, in Ver-
mont $500, in Wyoming, "a great
sheep producing state) $3.50.
The average farm value Of swine in
the United States was $685., in Yer
mont $1,000, in Iowa, Ga great hog
1t will be noted that in every CLASH
fication of live stock the average farm
value in Vermont is higher than it is
for the United States and with the
exception of hogs the value in Yer
mont is higher than in states noted
for the production of that kind of live
stock. Of course that does not prove
that the production of horses, cattle
and sheep in Vermont is more profit
able than in the states named, because
the cost of raising them here may be
more than in these states. But it
does not hurt Vermonters to know
that compared with other states they
are getting good prices and should en-
courage Vermont boys to accept YER
mont opportunities st. Johnsbury
CaledOnian.
The Growth of the Churches.
Some interesting facts and figures
are brought out and some erroneous
ideas are corrected in an article pre-
pared by H. X. Carroll, LII. D., in
which is given an analysis of the
+ statistics of the churches of the
United States from the Genus of 1910.
DR.. Carroll, who was in charge of the
government census of churches in 1890,
is an expert and authority in this line
of work and his figures, which include
comparative showing for the past
two decades, are to be accepted as
authentic and conclusive.
The impression has gained currency
chiefly through magazine articles,
/ that the churches in the United States
were decadent and that there was a
falling off IN church growth and man
/ bership. The detailed statistics given
by DR.. Carroll show that this is not
so, but that on the contrary there has
been substantial and gratifying
! increase.
The grand totals for the various
religious bodies in the United States
in 1910 are as follows: 1901 mini
sters, 218, 147 churches and IS, 1872, TIC
communicates. Comparing this grand
total of church membership with the
total population Of the country, up
ward Of $4,000, 0G0, it will be seen
that in every ZOO of the population,
Including infants and young children.
1886 are communicates or members of
some religious body.
The federal census Of 1890 was the
first to furnish a complete basis for
comparison, and it is interesting to
note the growth during the twenty
year period. For the first decade
there was an annual average gain of
3,216 ministers, 1851 churches and
GIG, Sag communicates. In the second
decade, ending in 1910, there was an
annual average gain of 2,695 mini
sters, 2, 773 churches and 795, 897 com
munlcants. So that the percentages
Of increase In the twenty years are IS
follows: In ministers So per cent. ;
churches, 80; in communicates, II.
This percentage of increase in
church membership greatly exceeds
the percentage of increase in popula-
ton for the twenty wears, which was
| At per cent. In 1890 one in every
3 inhabitants of all ages was mem
ber of some religious body, in 1900
one in every 2.8 inhabitants, and in
1910 one in every 26 inhabitants,
showing steady and encouraging pro-
portionate gain as compared with total
population.
The largest gals for last year are
I reported for the Catholic bodies at
ITO. 100; the next largest, the Methou-
ist bodies. 1G8, TIC: third. the Discip-
les of Christ, 9,759; fourth, the
Baptist bodies, 85,828 fifth, tine
4 Lutheran bodies, 70, 1879
The hgures would seem to indicate
that the Catholic bodies are not max
ing the same relative gain, except
through accretions from immigration,
as the evangelical bodies and the per
cent of growth has been less in the
past few years than formerly. The
Lutheran bodies are the ones in the
Protestant list that gain the most
through immigration and they have
become the leading Protestant body
in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North and
South Dakota and rank second in
Iowa. Michigan. Nebraska and Penn
sylvania.
Taken altogether the statistics from
. the census of 1910 are decidedly en-
couraging and show that the church i.
: marching on with increasing vigor ant
, numerical strength. -Enosburg Stand
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