Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-09-09 | Page 12 | Farm and Factory

Tnim anil Tactoiy. In 1870 the . nsiis ,u, nt rpnnr, pound of butt,, i,Ue It fa, torhiiS JSW .gii p.un.ls nut of n nT. '.' of ,07 IKS) W0 '.JVta,' VawlU H00 the factor) poluct of In tie w , 4.0 Ku 000 pound..' nut f a' . nf of uw m M poun I. the facto j ,, ' ' ucl b-lng S8 2 .i , t of th while i h.ese mnk nn- h ws n mill nni i miukablc tranfoimailon In it.o Hi i was no ch making In fi , , rl s irporlcd In H,0 the fa rl s mad inon than one half cuir rti.ne i ond In 1DO0 the farms made but 16 .. i ) p unda or less tnan 6 p r c nt ot th. w h. le produt t of 300 tW) coo pounds. Illustrations might le multiplied ln-deflnllely ln-deflnllely to show the entronchment of the factory upon the funttlon ol the farm Indeed It Is becoming a most dllllcult matter for the census makers to determine white to draw the line between agriculture anl manufactures manufac-tures In man) branches of Industry But the farm I the twin sister of the factor) they flourish or are depressed In smpath) nnd American supiem-ac supiem-ac In manufactures is due In ver) large degree to the abundance of our agricultural products. Oi the taw materials ma-terials consumed in manufactures agriculture ag-riculture supplied tt 910 787 001) In value, or SI 2 tier cent ot the tolol the mines supplied M19 976 000 or 13 1 per tent In value and the forest JUS SoJ 000, or 5 per tent of the total, while fnnn octnn, lake and river came onl) J9C.W000, or 0 01 per cent The faimer and manufacturer manu-facturer are bound by an umbilical cord, and together the) share pioapei-lt) pioapei-lt) or depression ltev lew of lt-v lt-v lew s.