The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-10-18
DECREASE in
NUMBER OF
VERMONT FARMS
50 Per Cent Increase in Pro-
perry Value as Shown by
Last Census

The number Of farms in Vermont,
according to the recent census, is
29,075. These farms contain 1,235,8l1
acres, OF which 1851 1886 acres are
improved land. Since 1910, the num-
Der of farms has decreased Ill per
cent and the total acreage 90 per
cent. Seventy two and five -tenths per
cent Of the land area of the State is
in farms, and 39.9 per cent of the
farm land is improved.
The value of all farm property is
1922 1856 500, as compared with
$t45, 399, 1913 in 1910, an INCREASE Of
532 per cent The value of land and
building is $159,117159' OF implc-
monts and machinery, $21234 ,180 !;
and Of live stock, $42, ,3@1. As
compared with 1910, the value Of
land and buildings for 1920 shows an
increase OF Ais per cent: OF nipple
ments and machinery, 1883 per cent;
and Of live stock, G72 per Get. The
average value of land and buildings
per farm is $5,473, as against $3,442
| in 1910.
The value of he l1,5o4 farms for
which complete mortgage reports
were secured is 6l,069,552, and the
amount of the mortgage debt is
$23, 575,778, or 1856 per cent of the
value. The average rate of interest
paid is sd per cent. Fifty and two
tenthS PEI cent of all farm operated
by their owners are mortgaged, as
! compared with 46.9 per cent in 1910.
The number of white farmers is
29,047 of which 1920 are native and
3,7G7 foreign born. OF the native
white farmers, 21,71o are owners,
SOC managers, and 1866 tenants. OF
the foreign born white farmers,
1881 arc owners, SO managers, anil
327 tenants. The % colored farmer
comprise 81 owners, three managers
and four tenants. The number Of
female farmers is 1,191, including
LAO owners, six managers, and 33
tenants.
OF the 29,075 farms in Vermont,
27,269 report domestic animals
Horses are reported by $3.50, mules
by 1888, cattle by, 26050, sheep by
3,051, and hogs by 1856.
The number Of horses in Vermont
is 1921, which includes 72,709
horses two years old and over and
2,272 colts from one to two years
old and 2,250 colts under one year
old. The total value reported for
horses is $10,421, 141, an average of
$134,93 per head The number Of
horses on April Is, 1910 excluding
spring colts in order to make fair
January /, 1920 was 60,556.
The total number of cattle is
435 ,480, including 14,200 beef cattle
and 421 $50 dairy cattle. Dairy COWS
alone number 290,122. The valuc re-
ported for all cattle is S28,502 SOB
the total value Of dairy cows,
$23,927,209, an average of $79.37
each. The number of cattle in 1910
Excluding spring calves was
OF the G2,756 sheep in the State
1890 are lambs under one year OIL
4708S, ewes one year old and over;
and 2,728, rams and wcthcrs. The to-
tol value reported for sheep is
$723,G88, an average Of $11.63 per.
head.
The 78,761 swine reported include |
1886 pigs under six months old, |
1919 sows for breeding, l,0S7 boars !
for breeding, and lA,3O9 other hogs. |
The total production OF milk in |
1919 was 122,095,734 gallons, as
compared with 114,317,169 gallons in
1919 was 117,955 hounds; Of honey, |
234,32G pounds; of eggs, 5,l66,G89 |
dozen, In the same year, 157,482 |
calves, 29,834 lambs, 81 ,288 pigs, and
1,015,Tt2 chickens were raised
The value of all dairv products, OK
Guiding home use Of milk and cream,
was $27,152,954; Of eggs, $2,738,345;
of chickens raised in 1919, et,30o.150.
Domestic animals kept in village
barns, ity stables, and elsewhere not
on farms were reported as follows:
Horses, 12,733 in 1920 a compared
with 1896 in 1910; cattle, 1910, in
1920 and 5,876 in 1910; hogs 6,374 in
1920 and 1892 in 1910.
The value of all cror for Vermont
in 1919 WAS $48,006628. The total
value OF cereals was $5,l71,759' of
hay and forage, S29,581 ,464; of pota-
toes, $5,010,252; Of other vegetables,
S2,377002; and of fruits, $l,957,515.
As compared with 1909, the total
value OF crops shows an increase Of
1926 per cent; cereals, $50; hay and !!
forage, ST. per cent; potatoes, 1874
per cent; and fruits, 114.9 per cent
The acreage Of corn in 1919 was
21,186, which represents a decrease
Of 500 per cent, as COMPARED with
1885, acres in 1909. The acreage of
bats in 1919 was 83,097, as against
1910 in 1909, an increase of 1872
Der cent. The acreage of wheat was
l,276 in 1919, as compared with G78
n 1909 and that of barley, 1854 in
1919 and 1886 in 1909. The average
IcId of corn per acre in 1919 was
l4.2 bushels; Of oats, 1873 bushels; Of
ghcGt, 1916 bushels: and of barley,
'2.9 bushcl.
In 1919, 99l,757 acres were in hay
md forage, including 11@,A60 acres in
lmothy, 626,5tl in timothy and clov-
II mixed, $3.50 in clover, 117731
.crcS in other tame grasses and
1872 acres in Silagc crops, The pro-
uction Of Silagc was 475,161 tons
Thc total acrca"e Of hay and forage