Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-12-25
"sTAY ON FARM" MOVEMENT AND vERMoNTs FUTURE


Washington to promote the movement to stay on the FARMS
have Ohio and other States at large but State begin
ming in very perceptbe to feel the effects of this
ment within own borders.
evidence of this tendency to be found in the largely
increased demand for admission to the State Unversys Col
ege of Agriculture the State Agricultural high school at
Randolph and the Agricultural institute established by Pres
dent Theodore N Vail in Lyndonvle. We informed that
at the last named institution in particular it has been
sary away boys who desired to gain scientific in
structon agriculture All this indicates gratifying in
Of interest the farm movement the part of Yer
mont boys.
Another reassurng indication of the spread of this stay
the farm movement in Vermont is the conspicuous in
the demand for farms Not only in the Champain
valley but throughout all the State that desirable
farms well others having promising possibilities be-
ing snapped up in way TO indicate lively condition in Yer
monts realty market.
This demand for Vermont farms may result in part from
lively anticipation Of profits a result of the grow
ing certainty Of marked appreciation in the price of land in
this State and the migration of people from other States in
der take advantage of this situation We know this is the
particularly in Grand Isle county number of attractive
pieces of lake shore the islands having been purchased in
the past by residents of Western States who to
This particular movement an object lesson which
not fail to have impression youth who
may be contemplating removal to what they have pic
tured inviting fields.
Our young men will naturally that if men Of ma
years who cultivated farms in other States be-
ginning to Vermont to buy land there must be good
sufficient explanation of this movement Certainly if
better bargains could be found in the locations from which
people they would take them in preference to
journey to Vermont.
The increased inquiry orchard land in Vermont
easily be explained The Oregon and Washington adapt
ed to the production of apples has been practically exhausted
and natural such lands command excessive
prices high $4,000 per many instances Orchard
land in Vermont the other hand can be had for
compared with the Pacific slope realty.
In the place good Judges have pronounced apples
in in inp
qualities these points help to make Vermont fruit
popular larger city markets than the Western fruit of
Indifferent flavor.
Moreover the close proximity Of Vermont to large cities
ike New York and Boston and Philadelphia affords apple
markets for their products and that
true not only of winter varieties but also of the earlier apples
This makes it possible for the Vermont to adapt his
varieties to his soil and other conditions
If the young Vermonter other products of the
farm he finds similar advantages and favorable conditions
He discovers that Vermont dairy interests hold the highest
rank that Morgan horses in lively demand at hand
prices that Vermont sheep and Vermont turkeys and
Vermont maple have long been recognized standards
of measure in merit and value that Vermont is furnishing
seed potatoes to various other States account Of the
liar favorable conditions under which they be in
many sections of State; that Vermont is rapidly
coming to the front and that the markets for all of
products have come to be stable we'll as profitable
So much for the agricultural and material side of the
question: Now for glance at the conditions Of home life and
environment If to inquire of the Americans who
selling their lands of the Northwestern and
moving the Canadian boundary you would discover
that they forsakng locations where land has advanced
500 and and going lands that far
behind Vermont in all that helps to make life worth living
Our homes in the rural regions rule not widely
separated We have various facilities and advantages
which many residents Western States strangers The
movements for agricultural extension and for better rural
conditions and social upft have already taken shape and
making gratifying progress.
You find no better investment anywhere to-day than
good Vermont farm at present comparatively low prices
There is therefore why Vermont and
daughters should "stay the farms"