Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-01-29
PROSPEROUS YEAR FOR'
VERMONT FARMERS
Most Crop Yields in 1919 Ahead
of Those of Previous Year
and in Excess Per Acre of
Those of the Country as a
Whole

So far as crops go, Vermont farmers
had a much more prosperous year in 1919
than did the farmers of some other States,
according to the government reports, just
compiled. Vermont was near the head
of the list in the production per acre of
nearly all Of the important crops, and
did surprisingly we'll on wheat, corn and
many others. The total value or the
crops on which data were collected is
shown to be s45,77S2oo. In apples the
receipts are shown to lave doubled and
In pears the increase was In about the
same proportion.
While Vermont ranks And in the States
in area and population. it ranks end in
the value of its hay CROP according to
the government reports relating to crop
yields during the year 1919 The hay crop
is given as 1,45G,00o tons. with an esti-
mated value of 500, $4,000.
The corn crop will surprise most peo-
pie. There was the same acreage as the
year previous, 10000 acres, but the total
yield was 2,12OOoO bushels. compared with
100000 in 1918 The price was s1.75 per
bushel as compared with $40 a year ago
on December /, so the Vermont farmer
won all around. The average value per
acre in Vermont was 1925. compared with
an average of s32 10 over the country and
s6460 in 1918 in Vermont. The total corn
crop is valued at s3,710,000, compared with
$2,5S4 900 in 1918. Only three States in the
Union report larger yield per acre.
The oat crop was not as good as in the
previous year In both years the acreage
was 10000 acres. The average yield last
year was Sc as compared with Al in the
year previous. This. however, was much
better than the average yield over the
country, which was 294. The price was 90
cents bushe the same as the year pre-
vous. The total farm value of oats was
about half million dollars less than In
1918. being s3,56i,O00, while it was Si,059,cC
in 1918. Only four States report a larger
yield per acre of this crop
The barley crop last year was worth
$500 900 compared with $4,000 in 1918. the
buckwheat $3.50, 900, compared with 1896, 00o
the rye $4,000 compared with $4,000 and
the spring wheat $572 600 compared with
$780, While rye and barley were less
profitable than in the year previous
only two States report a larger yield per
acre. In wheat the only States to report
larger yield Were in the irrigated sec
tons of the West, and only one State
reported a larger value per acre. Both
Nermont's yield and value per acre were
more than twice the figures reported for
the United States as whole.
| Vermont was fifth in the list on the
total yield of potatoes. The acreage last
year was 5000. less by 1000 than the
year previous. The average yield was
12j bushels, instead of 1870 in 1918. The av-
erage over the country was 49, bushels
The production last year was 3125,oU
bushels and the value 81. 100000 nearly a
million dollars less than the year previ-
GUS for the price was not SO high With
one exception Nermont's yield was the
largest per acre of any state east of the
Rocky Mountains
BY the following table the total values
are shown to be $i5.77S 800, divided fol