The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-01-30
VERMONT YIELDS
BETTER THAN IN
OTHER STATES
This States Averages All Near
Top of List
OUR DEATH RATE IS LOWER
Only Four States of the Union Have
A Lower Death Rate Than
Vermont

The latest bulletin of the United
State Department. of Agriculture
gives the estimates of crop yields
and prices for 1913 based on reports
from five Independent sources oil in.
formation, making this altogether
The figures for Vermont are as fol
lows: In the matter OF corn, Yer
mont ranks ninth in yield of bushels
per acre, with an average yield OF 81
bushels compared with an average OF
23.l bushels for the United States.
Only one of the great corn growing
States Of the Union exceeds this
yield. The Vermont price per bushel
Dec. l was 81 cents while the aver
age price for the entire count y was
69.1 cents.
The value of Vermont's hay crop
in 1913 was $lS,560,000. Only eleven
States in the Union surpassed the lii
tie State of Vermont in the value of
this crop, and those States were New
York. Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois,
Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan. Iowa,
Missouri, Washington and California.
Only fifteen States raised more tons
CT hay than Vermont, although this
State ranks forty-second in area.
Only fou, States raised more bush
els OF spring wheat per acre than
Vermont and taking spring and win
ter wheat together only five States
exceeded Vermont's yield per acre.
which was Pas bushels. The United
States average for spring wheat was
IL bushels per acre. The average
yield OF the great wheat growing
states was as follows North Dako.
ia. lO.5; South Dakota. bushels /;
Minnesota, lG.2 bushels; Washington
IL bushels: The Dakotas are by far
Tie greatest OF the spring Wheat
States and Vermont's yield is more
than twice as large.
Vermont ranked ninth in yield of
bushels OF oats per acre, the average
being 80 bushels compared with an
aVe'age Of 29.2 bushels for the Unit.
ed States. Nermonts average price
Dec. / was - cents and the average
for the whole country, 39.2 cents.
Vermont ranked ninth in bushels
OF potatoes per acre with an average
OF l27 bushels compared with 90 for
the United States. The price Dec. !
was ~ cents, compared with aS.7
cents for the entire country.
Only one State raised more pounds
OF tobacco per acre than Vermont.
only six States raised more
bushels OF barley per acre than Yer.
mont The yield in this State was 20
Bushels. which was just four times
the yield of Kansas. The average
yield for the United States was s3.S
bushels. Only two States reported n
higher p.ice. The Vermont average
was 80 cents and that for the United
States, 53.7 cents.
Vermont ranked ninth in bushels
OF rye per acre with a yield of IS
bushels. compared with an average
OF ls.2 bushels for the whole conn.
try. The Vermont price was 90
cents and that for the United st,tes
63.4 cents.
Vermont ranked third in bushels
Of buckwheat per ace, with a
yield OF 25 bushels compared with
a yield of l7.2 bushels for the Unit.
ed States. The Vermont price was
so cents and that for the whole conn.
Try. 15.5 cents. Only four States 70.
ported higher price.
The mortality statistics for 1919
have just been issued by the Director
Of the United States Census in .
table showing the standardized death
rates pc, LOCO OF population for regis
tiation States. This registration area
comprises nearly two-thirds OF The
total estimated population of tho
United States for 1912. and only rour
states. Minnesota. Montana. Utah
and Washington show a lower death
rate than Vermont