Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-11-04
CHAMPLAlN VALLEY NOT APPRECIATED by ms OWN.

A wel-known citizen of Grand Isle county, who IS nep.
ali had to wait for the Wrights of Missouri here
ana teach us to appreciate our country as place res
Also They buying farms but they do not CONSOLIDATE
them They developing each farm separately and show
ing our farmers how to make good money at farming
Another resident in speaking YESTERDAY OF the e M
how schwab wizard that industry to the Cham,
plain valley not long ago and purchased valuable iron Ur
who made the sale at what he then regarded as gooa
asked whether he cared take his pay in the STOCK Oh
the but he replied that he did not re Know now h
ing to millions for investors in steel so, ros
offered to resident of the champan valley $4,000 He
did not think the venture worth while but sought
a te Later s n nan 5Sd a To his
surprise he informed he too late Inc owner hao
annual rental se of op more than double the
which could have been purchased entre by the Oha'
The Vermont exhibit apples in Boston last week in
Guided banana apple grown in Addison county although
the ap of this fruit can be judged
from the fact that visitors frequently asked this was not
MsI pu o %as not of art They
looked the fact that art is merely the imitation of nature and
of nature.
Residents of the Champlain valley in isolated instances
beginning to appreciate the wonderful possibilities OF
this region a rutgrowng country, but rule
M to the p ] a n1 ose US by f % tha
best markets for apples in the world
1t sad fact that practically all of the best water
been developed by outside capital while have been send
ing our own money to Oklahoma and Alabama and other
States to help build industries those regions at our
and allowing local to lie dormant
49, We did not begin to appreciate our farming possbi
allowed to become neglected land Since object lessons in
intensive farming have been afforded have stopped
and bounds We have been slow to come into this appreca
ton but now that we have arrived it will be as difficult
to stop the movement as it was to start the same.
There are always noteworthy exceptions to any gen.
era statement of this kind YoT know of individual farm
continuous enjoyment of high degree of success but
they did not exhaust their possibilities by any means
bume and P W. Clement of Rutland who the wonder
full possibilities involved in the linking of the islands in Lake
attractive routes by rail and water in the world
We saying all this to impress upon the minds of our
and particularly the Chapan region, including both lakes
and Many of you do not need to- be tod 3at
you in but not of it. You simply sitting the
fence and watching the procession Of and pros
that be kicked out of the before the line of prog
rsss continue IF you are should at least get out of
If farmer is your duty to the State if you
do not think enough Of yourself and children to do it,
and two of grain where you producing
to make soil support two frst-cass dairy
If you are capitalist it viii not bother you seriously
to see where you can make more money at home than you
up some other State instead of your, own
The three most promising possibilities for Champlan
trial enterprises and soil culture with the last always first
Every year there an increasing md for farms and
ment in farm methods taking place
We noted with pleasure the other day that farmers of
certain section of Clinton county, the lake. have
pledged themselves to devote certain number of each
year the production of small fruits and vegetables suit
able for picking AS result picking factory has been
established in their community and those farmers rule
will make from the comparatively few devoted
this diversified industry than they have hitherto realized
from their entire farms This has been the rule elsewhere
and Clinton county Chtenden county should not be
exception the rule particularly in view of the rapid in
in the consumption of these products This only
one of numerous possibilities in farming and hope county
farm agents will emphasize these opportunities.
The demand for summer residences on Lake Champan
already exceeds the supply We have heard of number
of prospective residents who unable to
places of this kind Lake Champlan the present year.
Now that the is opening up this whole region
before bank upon the attractions of this region for
summer residents multiplying asset.
Sooner or later the New York Central railroad people
will realize what unusually inviting field they have in the
Isle county and the shores of Lake Cham
plain There other place like anywhere else in the
country especially easily accessible to New York and
Boston, The available sites the shores rapidly be-
ing purchased and if those possessing the wise
enough encourage the prompt development of at least
Of plttinp prOhibtVe