Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-11-30

county ranks fourth with 2.S3o iar"i7 NC
ing surpassed by Windsor ORANGE "''u
.'utiano counties Windsor county a'9o
Ieans In area Of land in farms WIN 900
VIZ acres. Rutland. Addison o'a'ise'
Winoham and Orleans also surpasS
washington. the last named county nav
ING So''o4o acres in farms. Windsor County
the largest In land area In the state
leads In area Of woodland in farms WIN
i'4'Al acres. Windham county ranks sec
ond and Washington county third with
l39954 acres.
IN the value Of all farm property IN
Guiding land, buildings, implements ana
machinery. and domestic animals poui-
try and bees. Addison county leads the
state The figures for the various coun-
Ties are as follows: Addison, Sl6'loi''So;
Bennington, sS,117,2oo; Caledonia, sos62' =
2lo; Chittenden sl3,56iii Essex. s2,S3I,-
COS; Franklin, sl4959,o5S; Grand Isle 49,
85h5il; Lamoille. $685., 123: Orange, &c.
tl5'6S7; Orleans. sl1,Sl911S; Rutland, 3d.
5S66S; Washington, s1l179,5S3, Windham,
S''2l9'ni; Windsor. N4,l9i,i7S 1t VIII he
seen that the rank Of washington county
Is seventh
Franklin county leads in the number Of
'"'''V anu the hummer Vi uaiiN ''"S'
Washington county's rank Is seventh.
Addison county leads in number Of
horses and Washington county ranks
ninth. Addison county also leads in num-
Der OF sheep with Washington county
IN eighth place. Franklin county ranks
first In number of swine. but Washing
ton county is close second Windsor
county is the largest poultry raising
county in Vermont, Washington county
ranking fourth Addison Is far ahead
or any other in number of colonies of
Ices, Washington county holding ninth
place with only "A colonies reported.
Windham county reports the largest
amount expended for fertilizer. $5999S,
and Grand Isle county the smallest, 81,
80. The rank Ct Washington county is
seventh Windsor county surpassed all
others in bushels, of corn raised. Wash
ington county ranking eighth Addison
county is far in the lead If all others
I'm bushels of oats raised. Washingtor
county being tenth In the list. Although
very little wheat was raised in the State
every county reports few acres cult.
Nated Addison county ranked first, rails
Ing nearly half of Nermont's total crop
washington county raised only so bu
shells. Addison county stands first ir
bushels of barley raised and Washing
ton county seventh bennington Is tn,
banner buckwheat county in the state
Washington being tenth in the list Lit.
| tie Grand Isle leads all the rest in rails
ing beans. growing nearly half the pro
! duct of the state. Rutland county witt
a crop of nearly half a millions bushels
ranks first with Washington county sec
| ond. 4"6.l9o bushels being reported
One of the principal Vermont crops !.
| hay. and Franklin county leads, Wash
| ington county ranking eighth. Only II
| tons of alfalfa are reported. but every
| county is represented with the excep
| ton of Orleans. Washington county re
| porting two tons.
| 'hese are only dry figures hut tn,
| statistics tell the story of Vermont
| agricultural status in unmistakable terms
| I'arts of the story are very credltabl,
| and other parts by no means are encour
! aging. 1t is by the contemplation of on
| weaknesses that we grow stronger AM
| Nermonters ought to show their abilit,
to extract inspiration ever from censu
| tabulations.