546 State Board of Agkiculture, &c. 



the value of such products in Massachusetts, and small com 

 pared with what it should be, and may be twenty-five years 

 hence. 



The census reports the value of manufactured products in 



1850. 1860. 1870. 



Vermont, $ 3,500,000 $ 16,000,000 | 32,000,000 



Mass., 65,000,000 266,000,000 553,000,000 



K H., 23,000,000 45,000,000 71,000,000 



The product of manufactures in New Hampshire is more 

 than double that of Yermont. It is about seventeen times 

 greater in Massachusetts, and yet, says J. S. Adams : "The 

 State of Massachusetts, glorious old Commonwealth that she 

 is, has not one single advantage over Yermont, except her 

 seaboard position, that can account for such a difference. 

 Her soil is naturally less fertile, her forests are far less luxu- 

 riant and imposing, her hills and mountains are far less 

 abundant and towering, and, of necessity, her natural facih- 

 ties, in the way of water power for manufacturing purposes, 

 are inferior to those of Yermont. It may be doubted if 

 anywhere on the face of the earth can be found a section of 

 country where the conjunction of a rich soil, an abundance 

 of the finest forests, and a universal distribution of water 

 power, all indicate more plainly than in Yermont, an adap- 

 tation for an unlimited development of manufacturing 

 industry." 



The value of the annual product of manufactures in Mas- 

 sachusetts is more than one-fourth of the value of all the 

 real and personal property in that State. It is more than 

 double the whole value of all the real and personal property 

 of Yermont. If an amount of manufacturing was carried 



