The Mehits ok our State. 541 



Iowa " 544 



Micliii^an " 435 



Illinois " 560 



Minnesota " 445 



Kansas " 377 



Tims Vermont exceeds all those States in the value of 

 her farm products to each inhabitant engaged in farming. 

 When compared by this test, only four States east of Kansas 

 have a larger product. 



By the census of 1860, Vermont produced, according to 

 population, the most butter, cheese, wool and maple sugar. 



By the census of 1870, it produced, in like manner, more 

 butter, cheese, maple sugar and potatoes than any other 

 State. 



According to the number of acres of improved land, only 

 one State made more butter, only two States produced more 

 hay, one State more potatoes, and three States more wool. 



Without regard to size or population, only eight States 



produce more butter ; only two States more cheese, and 



none as much maple sugar by more than 2,000,000 pounds. 



That Vermont exceeds in productiveness the other New 



England States, is generally understood, 



The product of butter and cheese in the New England, 

 Btatcs, in round numbers, is, by the last census, in 



BUTTER. CHEP:SE. 



Vermont, 18,000,000 lbs. 8,000,000 lbs. 



Mass., 6,500,000 " 4,000,000 



N. n., 6,000,000 " 1,000,000 



Maine, 11,500,000 " 1,000,000 



Conn., 7,000,000 " 2,000,000 



R. Island, 1,000,000 " 82,000 



