The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-10-08
DECREASE IN
VERMONT FARMS
There Are 29,O75. According to Census
Crops of 1919 Valued at
S4S.OO6G2S

WASHINGTON. Oct. S.-The num-
Der OF farms in Vermont. according to
the federal census of 1920. is 29,073.
These farms contain / ,235, 81 acres, OF
which 1861 .595 acres are improved
land. Since 1910. the number OF farms
has decreased Ill per cent and the to-
tai acreage % per cent, but the i'm
proved acreage has increased 80 per
cent. Seventy-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
500, 1875. -. as compared with $145,-
300, 72S in 1910, an increase of 3D. per
cent. The value of land and buildings
is $3.50. III, 139; of implements and ma
chinery. -$21 234, 100: and of live stock,
| $40 3S5. 331. As compared with 1910
the value of land and buildings for 1920
shows an increase of Alb per cent; Of
implements and machinery, 10S.S per
cent; and of live stock, S7.2 per cent.
| The average value of land and buildings
per farm is $5,473, as against $3,442
in 1910.
The value of the 1854 farms for
which complete mortgage reports were
secured is SCI 069. 552 and. the amount
of the mortgage debt is S23.J75. us, or
3SG per cent of the value. The aver
age 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 46.9 per
| cent in 1910.
The number of white farmers is 90
| O47, Of which $50 are native and g.
| 7G7 foreign-born. OF the native white
| farmers. 21,719 are owners, 5O6 mana
gers and 3.OJ5 tenants. OF the foreign
| born white farmers 1881 are owners,
| % managers and 327 tenants. The IS
colored farmers comprise p owners. )
managers and tenants. The number
of female farmers is 1,191. including
| / $40 owners, six managers and 80 ten
| ants.
The value of all crops for Vermont
| in 1919 was $4S006.62S The total
value of cereals was $5,171,75S; of hay
and forage, S29.5S1 ,464; of potatoes,
| S5.O1O,252; of other vegetables, S2,377,-
| pared with 1909, the total value of crops
! shows an increase of 1926 per cent ;
| cereals. $50: hay and forage 81 per
| cent; potatoes. 1874 per cent; and
| fruits. 114.9 per cent.
The acreage Of corn in 1919 was 81
| 1876 which represents a decrease Of 5O.6
| per cent. as compared with 42.SSI acres
! in 1909 The acreage of oats in 1910
| was S3,097. a against 11.5lO in 1909,
| IN increase Of 1852 per cent. The acre
| ogc Of wheat was 1926 in 1919, as COM
pared with CTS in 1908: and that of
| barley. S.D!4 III 1919 and ID,0SO IN I9OJ.
| The average WELD of corn per acre in
| 1919 was 40 bushels; of oats, 2S.S
| bushels; of wheat. 1916 bushels; and of
| barley. 22 9 bushels.
| In 1919. 991,757 acres We're in hay
| md forage. including 1890 acres IN
| timothy G2G.I41 in timothy and clover
mixed, $3.50. in clover. 147.731 acres in
! ,ther tame grasses and 49.S72 acres in
! ,ilage crops The production of siIagc
! vas 4T5.161 tons. The total acreage of
| hay and forage in 1909 was 103O,G1S
| .crcS.
There were 24.1S2 acres in potatoes
| in 1919, as compared with 26,Sj9 acres
| in 1909. n decrease of 10 per cent. The
average yield in 1919 was 94.2 bushels
| yer acre, as against 154.3 bushels per
! 1cre in 1909. Other vegetables raised
| or sale in 1910 included 154 acres in
| 'ahhage and 1923 acres in sweet corn.
| The number of farms reporting maple
| sugar or syrup in 1919 was 103f0. OF
| $50 per cent of all farms. as compared
| with 10,OGG or 30.S per cent of all
| arms in 1909 The number of trees
| appel in 1919 was j.935,513 as com.
| Jared with 3,3S5 $50 in 1909. The value
| # sugar and syrup was S3,5S0.369 IN
| 1910 as against S1.0S6,933 in 1909.
The production Of strawberries in 1911?
was 42S.3S5 quarts. of raspberries III
| - quarts of blackberries and dPwher-
les 1920 quarts, Of APPLES $50. %
bushels, and of pears 1880 bushels.