Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-10-15
VERMONT FARMS ARE
WORTH $222,736,62O
Big Gain Over 1919 Despite Nu-
meTiCaI Decrease
Farms and Farm Property

of which 1891 ,j95 acres are improved
land Since 1910, the number of farms
has decreased ILL per cent and the
total acreage 92 per cent, but the
improved acreage has increased 80 per
cent Seventv-two and ive-tenths per
cent of the land area of the state is in
farms, and 1919 per cent OF the farm
+ land is improved
The value Of all farm property is
S222 ,736620, as compared with Sll5,
39952S in 1910, an increase Of 532 per
cent The value of land and buildings
is Si59,ll7lj9; of implements and
machinery, 1884, 1870; and of live
stock, S42,3S5,33l As compared with
1910, the value of land and buildings
for 1920 shows an increase of Alb per
cent; of implements and machinery
l0SS per cent and of live stock, So
per cent The average value of land
and buildings per farm is S5413, as
against S3,442 in 1910
The value of the ll,54 farms for
which complete mortgage reports were
~ lred is SCI ,069,5j2 and the amount
II the mortgage debt is S23,j7j,77S or
3S6 per cent of the value. The average
rate of interest paid is "a per cent
Fifty and two tenths per cent of all
farms operated by their owners are
mortgaged, as compared with 469 per
cent in 1910
The number of white farmers is
29O47, of which 25,2S0 are native and
3,767 foreign-born OF the native
white farmers 2l,719 are owners 500
managers, and 1866 tenants. OF the
4 io1eign-b born white farmers, 1881 are
owners, SO managers, and 327 tenants.
The % colored farmers comprise 81
owners, managers and 4 tenants. The
number of female farmers is l,l9l, in
Gliding LAG owners 6 managers, and
36 tenants.
Crops
The value of all crops for Vermont
i in 1919 was S4S006,62S The total value
Of cereals was STILES; OF hay and
forage, S295Sl ,464 of potatoes, 5000
252; of other vegetables, 1902; and
4 Of fruits, 81 ,957 ,5l5 AS compared with
A 1909 the total value of crops shows an
k.ncrease of 1926 per cent cereals, $50;
nay and forage, 81 per cent; potatoes,
1874 per cent and fruits, ll4.9 per
cent
The acreage of corn in 1919 was 2l,-
1856, which represents a decrease OF
500 per cent, as compared with 42SS7
acres in 1909 The acreage of oats in
1919 was S3,097, as against 7l,5l0 in
1909. an increase of 1862 per cent. The
acreage of wheat was 1926 in 1919,
y as compared with 67S in 1909; and that
Of barley. 1854 in 1919 and 1886 in
1909. The average yield of corn per
acre in 1919 was 442 bushels; of oats,
28.8 bushels of wheat, l56 bushels;
and of barley, 229 bushels
In 1919, 991,757 acres were in hay
and forage including ll3,469 acres in
timothy, 626,54l in timothy and clover
N mixed, $3.50 in clover l47,73l acres in
other tame grasses, and 1882 acres in
silage crops. The production OF silagc
was 475,lOl tons. The total acreage
of hay and forage in 1909 was 1885,
6l8 acres
There were 24,lS2 acres in potatoes
in 1919 as compared with 26,S59 acres
IN 1909, a decrease of 100 per cent
The average Weld in 1919 was GAP
bushels per acre, as against l54.3 bush
els per acre in 1909 Other vegetables
-aised for sale in 1919 included l54
acres in cabbage and 1923 acres in
sweet corn.
The number of farms reporting
maple sugar or syrup in 1919 was TO-
$40 or 1876 per cent of all farms, as
compared with l0056, or 30S per cent
of all farms. in 1909 The number of
trees tapped in 1919, was 5,9j5,5l3 as
compared with 5,5S5,632 in 1909 The
value of sugar and syrup was $780,
800 in 1919 as against Sl,OS6933 in
1909.
The production of Strawberries i'll
1919 was 42S,335 quarts, OF raspberries
1855 quarts of blackberries and
dewberres 1920 quarts, of apples
960252 bushels and Of pears 1850
bushels.
Live Stock and Livestock Products
Of the 29.O75 farms in Vermont, d.
269 report domestic animals. Horses
are reported by 25,7S9, mules by $685.
cattle by 26050, sheep by 3,05l, and
hogs by 1856
The number of horses in Vermont is
1921, which includes 72,709 horses 2
years old and over and 1872 colts
from | to years old and $3.50 colts
under / year old The total valve re-
ported for horses is S1042l ,l41, an
average of S13493 per head The num-
Der of horses on April IS, 1910 lex
Guiding spring colts in order TO make
fair comparison with the figures for
January l. 1920 was S0556.
The total number of cattle is 49,
4SO including 1920 beef cattle and
A., $50 dairy cattle. Dairy cows alone
number 290,12 The value reported
for all cattle is $2S.5O2 SOB the t-t1l
value of dairy cows, S23,025 200, an
average of S7937 each. The number
of cattle in 1910 Excluding spring
calves was 362,H1
OF the 62756 sheep in the state -,
$40 are lambs under / year old; 4IONS
ewes year old and over; and 2,72N
rams and wethers. The total valu,
reported for sheep is $7236S", an aver
age Of Sll53 per head
The 72,7Gl swine reported include
46 3S6 pigs under 6 months old, 10