Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-18
INCREASE IN VERMONT CROPS
Ten of Them Last Year Valued
at S32,0OO,OOO.
Apple Crop Alone Amounts TO I,IOl,OOO
Barrels, or More Than Three
Times That Of the
Previous Year.

The Vermont crop report for l9lG. just
issued in II publication of the United
stats department OF agriculture, shows
that i5,W0 acres of corn were grown com
pared with i70oo in 1915. The yield per
acre was ~ bushels, compared with a.
in 1915. The average yield in the United
/ States was PA bushels and only one
! State in the Union exceeded Vermont's
yield per acre. The total Waite Of Ver-
monts corn crop is cstimatel at s212s-
coo.
ihe area ON which oats were raised was
so'wo acres. compared with 81 ,Op acres in
l"iH' the yield per acre was % bushels.
compared with - in 1915 This Weld was
surpassed by sixteen states The average
yield throughout the country was 3ol
bushels per acre The estimated value o.
the crop III this State is Sl,6iG,OO
inc area devoted to rye was 1000 acres,
the figures for 1915 being the same. Tho
Yield per acre was twenty bushels, COM
pared with II bushels for 1915. Only one
state surpassed Vermont in the yield per
acre and this State by only n half bushel.
The avera ge yield for the United States
was i5.@ bushels. The value of Ncrmont's
rye crop is estimated al $4,000
An area of Loo acres was sown to
spring wheat, the same area given to this
| crop in 1N5. TIE yield per acre was .
bushels compared with thirty bushels in
iHi5. Only two States surpassed Nermonts
yield in bushels per acre. The average
yield for the country at large was SIS
bushels and the value % the crop is es-
tinated at 81 co
I've barley area OF vermont in 'a,G was
ia,0N acres. compared with 12.0C0 acres in
1915. The yield per acre was 21.5 bushels.
compared with s., bushels in 1915. The
Vermont yield was surpassed by Il
States. The average yield for the entire
country was SO bushels per acre. The
value Of Nermont's barley CROP was Ai2,-
600.
The area devoted 20 bucliwheat in this
State last year was l2Up acres. compared
with 500 acres i'll l91j. The yield per acre
was rs bushels, compared with = bushels
in 1915. Vermont was surpassed in yield
by II States. The average yield for the
United States was IA bushels per acre.
The value of Vermont's buckwheat crop
vas estimated at $4,000
An area of eco acres was devoted to
rotato growing In Vermont last year.
compared with 2i.O0 acres in 1915. This
! stare was surpassed in yield per acre by
Is states. The average yield for the coun-
| try at large was Sct bushels. The value
! of tho crop is estimated at G5al 90 Al
| though the yield per acre in 1914 was l6S
bushels and the total production for that
| year was i.90,0O bushels, the total value
! of that crop. $4,000. was materially
less than last years crop.
| In lHlG. Nermont's hay growing area was
! nearly 100000 acres, $4,000 10 be exact
compared with a70UD acres in 1915. The
! Weld per acre was Ia tons, compared
, with l35 tons in 1915. Only thirteen States
! surpassed Vermont in the Yield per acre
| Tho average yield throughout the coun-
| try was | ca tons. Tho value of the States
| hay crop is placed at SJ0.o32.Ot. Vermont
ranked 18th in total production and 18th
! in the value Of the crop.
1 The tobacco area of Vermont last year
was 100 acres. the same as the area Of
! 1915. The yield per aero was 100 pounds,
compared with 100 pounds in 1915. Only
, three States surpassed Vermont in yield
| per acre. The average yield for the Uni
ted States was Sl5 pounds per acre. The
| value of Nermonts tobacco is estimated
ut $4,000
The apple crop for this State last year
is said to have been l,lO40cp barrels, COM
| pared with $4,000 barrels in 1gl5. or a
crop more than three times as large as
that of tn previous year. The quality is
J said to have been ninety per cent. No
State ranked higher, and only five
| States. South Dakota, Arizona, Nevada,
! Washington and Oregon, had the same
rank The average price per barrel De-
cen her /. was 500. The average price
in Oregon was t2E,; that Of WASHINGTON
80 while il must be remembered that
those far-ueatern States are obliged To
ship their apples nearly 3cm miles far
thor than Vermont. The value OF Yer
mont'S crop, using the number OF bar
| rels given and the average price per bar
rel is 80 90, go comp red with Sgl3,GD in
1915. u viii be seen that the value of the
19l6 crop in this state exceeded the val
! ne Of the crop OF the previous year bN
more than s20O0Ui. Oregon's output this
year Was l. ~ Uo barrels and the value
of the crop was S3,31f,15a. Washington
outpu, was ?~,5.0y' barrels this year and
the value OF the crop was s. 7tb.tO' 1t vii
be seen that Vermont ranked close tc
Oregon both in total number of barrels
produced and total value of crop, while
that Of Washington was little more
than twice the yield ana value Of Yer
munt's crop.
The total value Of ten staple crops il
Vermont, corn. oats. rye spring wheat
barley. buckwheat, potatoes, hay, tobaH
60 ANA apples, was s32-U1a2,S'0 The tota
value of Ve1mont's crops in 49, was 81 =
81 $50 The total value oe Normont'
crops in 1911 was s2j.3li,.'".
The last available figures for the pro
, duction of gold and silver in this coun
try are for the year 1oH VeImonts ha,
crop last year was almost as valuable n!
CALIFORNIA; gold output for 1918, which
vas 81 5A7,40o The total value OF Yer
nont's crops for 1916 amounted to nearly
as much as the value of the total outpu
of silver produced in the United States
and Alaska for 1915, which was $T, S7 800