The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1913-09-18

rhyd lands cos, fifty dollars per
acre un II costs six hundred dol
lars freight 90 put carload ot Ore
gon or Washington apples into New
.uk ,.y. II c,e,s Us here IN Yer
mont fIlU dollars freight on similar
ear load Into New York" "A, w Col
nngw God, editor Of the Rural New
., ket y quoted az saying II
we're young man today would
wi.lingly invest every dollar and
dime could get IN hill land IN
i Few England and plant il to an ap-
Pile orchard" An Oregon fruit grow
er is quoted as saying We have
no hesitancy In saying that better
Favored fruit can be produced In
sections with winters like those In
Vermont than IN sections like Ore
gon and Washington where the win
te1s are mild. The cold acts upon
the trees as Il does upon the human
system tending 10 invigorate the
tree In every way and destroying the
fungi and larvae which are Injurious
to the tree. Good bearing orchards
ange in price from $1,000 TO $4,000
per acre In Washington and Oregon
but this price does not Include
buildings. Irrigation is necessary
ana expensive problem to be con.
sidered. What in the West would
buy one or two acres would pur-
chase In the East an average sized
farm with buildings where irrigation
is unnecessary We firmly believe
that an acre In the East can bt
made to clear as great nroit NJ
an acre in the West by applying
western principles to fruit growing
Il is the easterners that are max
ing Oregon what II Is. Why Dol
they not put forth this effort to
deyelop their native states where
everything is In favor Of fruit cul'
ttire."
Attention Is called Vermonts great
advantage over the Pacific coast
states In nearness OF markets. 1t Is
shown that within radius OF 300
miles from Montpelier there is an
urban population exceeding 2l,ooo,-
600 or at least half the urban popu-
lation OF the United States. For
the benefit OF those who fear the
danger Of over production of apples
attention is called TO the fact thal
beween 1899 and 1909 the apple
crop of this country decreased "a
S75,2s2 bushels and during the san
decade there was a decrease Of 30, |
All 900 apple trees. During that
period the population OF the coun-
try gained 15,947, ,69l There was
remarkable growth In the apple
canning industry and attention If
,alled to the possibility with bet
ter system of distribution of fooc
products of vastly increasing the
market for fruit.
Articles are furnished on the agri-
'cultural schools at Randolph and
Lyndon and on the State Agricui-
tural College. Several pages are
devoted to examples Of successful
Vermont farming.
The text closes with the following
paragraph. This book opened with
the question, What indncement can |
Vermont offer an ambitious, wide
awake farmer to settle In the Green
Mountain State?' That portion of tho
book following this question Is de-
voted almost entirely to an attempt
% answer It. Whether the question
has been answered satisfactorily or
unsatisfactory, whether the show
ing made for the state Is good,
bad or Indifferent, are matters
which must be left to the judgment
OF the individual reader. A few
facts stand out so clearly that they
cannot well be challenged. The
fertility OF the soil OF Vermont Is In
dicated by report OF crop yield
made by the United States gov
ernment, covering a period OF more
than forty years, which show that
very few states In the Union equal
Vermont in the average yield pc
acre OF staple crops or In the aver
age price received from the same.
vermont's proximity TO markets re-
quires only a rudimeDtary knowl-
edge of geography to demonstrate
The comparatively low price OF YER
mont farm lands, coupled with the
great agricultural opportunities OF
the state, certainly furnish In
ducements that no prospective pur-
chaser tof a farm can AFFORD TO is-
more. There Is money to be made
and comfort 10 be enjoyed In farm