The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-10-19
NUMBER OF FARMS LESS
BUT VALUE IS GREATER
Census Report for Vermont Products
Shown increase in Number
and Value

The number Of farms in Vermont, ac-
cording to the recent census, is 05,O75.
These farms contain 1926 81 acres, of
which l,691,595 acres are improved
land. Since 1910 the number of farms
has decreased i'll per cent and the
total acreage go per cent, but the inn
proved acreage has increased 35 per
cent. Seventy.two and five,tenths 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
,s222,796,620 as compared with S145,-
399, 72S IN 1910, an increase Of 43.2 per
cent The value of land and buildings
is $3.50, 117,l50; of implements and ma
chinery $2l,2Sf1S0; and OF live stock,
$42.3S5.S31 As compared with 1910.
the value of land and buildings for
1920 shows an increase OF 41.S per cent
of implements and machinery 1888
per cent; and of live stock S7.2 per
cent. The average value of hand and
buildings per farm is SEATS, as against
$3,442 in 1910. itil
Tho, value of the 1854 farms for
which complete mortgage reports were
secured is SCI ,069, $50 and the amount
of the mortgage debt is $23, 575,77S,
or $50 per cent Of the value. The aver.
age rate OF interest paid. ga per
cent Fifty and twO-tenths per cent
of all farms operated by their owners
are mortgaged, as compared With 400
per cent in 1870
The number of white farmers is 90
O47, of which 25,2S0 are native and
3767 foreignborn OF the native white
farmers 2L7l9 are owners, 500 mana
gers and 3,055 tenants OF the foreign
born white farmers, 1881 are owners,
So managers, and 327 tenants. The 2S
colored farmers comprise u owners
three managers and four tenants. The
number OF female farmers is 1,19l, in
Guiding Lac owners, six managers
and SO tenants.
OF the 20075 farms in Vermont 27,-
269 report domestic animals. Horses
are reported by 25,1S9, mules by 1893,
cattle by 2G,050, sheep by S051, and
hogs by 1856
Tie number of horses in Vermont is
77,2Si, which includes 72,7O9 horses
two years old and over and 2272 colts
from one TO two years old and 2,250
colts under one year old. The total
value reported for horses is $10,42l,-
III, AN average Of S143.93 per head.
The number Of horses on April 10. 1910
excluding spring colts in order to
!. make fair comparison with the fig
ures FOR January i 1920 was S0,556.
The total number of cattle is 1885,
! $50, including 14,200 beef cattle and
sallS0 dairy cattle Dairy COWS
alone number 290.122 The value re.
ported for all cattle is S2S,5O2 500;
the total value OF dairy COWS, S2S027,-
POO, an average of S79,S7 each The
number OF cattle in 1910 Excluding
spring calvesl was 962,741.
OF the 62,756 sheep in the State H.
$40 are lambs under one year old
470SS. ewes one year old and over;
and 2,72S, rams and wethers. The to-
tai value reported for sheep is $723,-
6SS. an average of $11.5S per head.
s, K The 72761 swine reportedi include
46gS6 pigs under six months old, To-
779 sows for breeding, 1,OS7 boars for
breeding and 1860 other hogs
The total production of milk In 1919
was 122,095,734 cations, as compared
with ll4317169 gallons in 1909 The
production of Wool In 1919 was 41I955
pounds; Of honey. 23@326 pounds; of
eggs, 5t666S9 do2eM IN the same
year l574S2 calves. 29,S34 lambs
sI.2SS PIGS, ard t0l5,742 chickens
were raised,
The value Of all dairy products, ex
Guiding home use of milk and cream
was S27152954; Of eggs, $2.73S.Si5;
OF chickens raised in 1919. $1,000, 100
Domestic animals kept in village
barns city stables, and elsewhere
not on farms We're reported as fol
lows: Horses 1878 in 1920 as com
pared with 1896 in 1919; cattle 7.g4C
80 1920 and 5,S76 in 1910; hogs 6,s74
IN 1920 and 1922 in 1910.
The value of all crops for Vermont
IN 1919 was S4s.006,62S. The total
value of cereals was S517l7 5S: OF
hay and forage, S29,5S146i; of lota
toes, S5010,252, of other vegetables
$2,S17002; and of fruits. ilgII5i5. As
compared with 1909 the total value OF
crops shows an increase OF i01.C
per cent; cereals, $50; hay and for
age, Sill per cent; potatoes, 1877 nel