VERMONT 



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VERMONT 



Climate. The long, snowy New England win- 

 ters are characteristic of Vermont, where in the 

 mountains the cold is often severe. The aver- 

 age January temperature is 17, and the mean 

 snowfall, ninety inches. The summers are cool, 

 and the temperature in all sections is subject 

 to sudden changes. The average temperature 

 for July is 68. The rainfall is heaviest in the 

 southern part of the state and during the sum- 

 mer months. The clear, pure air, the invig- 

 orating freshness of the cool summers and the 

 beautiful scenery of the woods and mountains 

 have made the state very popular as a summer 

 resort. 



ing the Morgan, Messenger and Black Hawk 

 stocks. 



Forests. The woodland area or Vermont is 

 very extensive. The virgin growth of pine has 

 been nearly exhausted, but spruce and hem- 

 lock are abundant. The state is famous for 

 its sugar maples, and is the chief source of the 

 maple sugar used in the United States. The 

 maple syrup and sugar products of the state 

 :uv valued at over a million dolla/s a year. 

 In 1915, the legislature authorized cities and 

 towns to buy land for forestry purposes. Tracts 

 of over forty acres are under the supervision of 

 the state forester. The Federal government 



THE MINES 



Slate 

 Granite 

 Marble 

 THE FACTORY 



Print ing,Publishing 

 Railroad ShopWorK 

 Men's Clothing 

 Patent Medicines 

 Furniture, etc. 

 Hosiery, Knit Goo 

 Fbundry.Machine Shop 

 Paper,Wood Pulp 

 Flour.Grist 

 WoolensWorsted,Felt 

 Butter 



Lu mbeT,~Rm ber 

 Marble,StoneWork 



VERMONT PRODUCTS CHART 



Figures Based on U.S. Government Reports 



Millions of Dollars Annually 

 10 8 64 2 I 



111 



THE FARM 



Timothy, Clover 



Butter 



MilK 



Cattle sold 



Butter Fat 



Potatoes 



Coarse Forage 



Cultivated Hay 



Corn 



Oats 



Eggs 



Or earn 



Apples 



Maple Sugar, Sy rup 



Hogs slaughtered 



Garden Vegetables 





Agriculture. Every uncultivated hill, valley 

 and plain of Vermont is a meadow or wood- 

 land, and only the highest regions are .stony 

 and sterile. About four-fifths of the area is 

 farm land, the best agricultural sections being 

 in the valley of Lake Champlain. Although 

 Vermont's agricultural products are small when 

 compared with those of the Central and West- 

 ern states, they are of importance among the 

 states of New England. In 1914 Vermont 

 ranked thirty-seventh among the states in the 

 value of crops. Hay gives over half the value ; 

 of the other crops potatoes are the largest, 

 followed by corn, oats, apples and miscellane- 

 ous vegetables. Dairying is the most impor- 

 tant branch of agriculture, and in the quantity 

 of butter produced in proportion to the farm 

 area and population, Vermont leads all of the 

 states. The Green Mountain State is famous 

 for the breeding of fine racing horses, includ- 



cooperates with the state in systematic pro- 

 tection from forest fires, and there is also an 

 organization of private timberland owners for 

 the same purpose. 



Minerals. No other state of the Union quar- 

 ries as much granite and marble as does Ver- 

 mont. All known kinds of granite except red 

 varieties are found in the state, including a 

 very fine white variety and a green syenite 

 known as "Windsor green granite." The larg- 

 est quarries are near Barre, which is the center 

 of the industry. Vermont's annual output of 

 granite is valued at over $3,000,000, and is fif- 

 teen per cent or more of the total supply of 

 the United States. The Green Mountain State 

 also produces nearly one-half of the marble 

 used in the United States. The largest quar- 

 ries are in Bennington, Rutland and Addison 

 counties, but fine-grained white, red, yellow, 

 pink, green and blue marbles are found gen- 



