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Fig. 550. Columbia University — the Library 374 



Fig. 551. Corn Crop on Good Land in New York State .379 



Fig. 552, Farm Land in the Hudson Valley 383 



Fig. 553. Forty-six Bushels of Wheat per Acre 387 



Fig. 554. Type of House and Barn on Cheap Land in New York State. 392 



Fig. 555. Type of Buildings on Good Farms in New York State 393 



Fig. 556. The Dairy Type 397 



Fig. 557. Sanitary Stable at State Agricultural Experiment Station, 



Geneva 401 



Fig. 558. Different Types of Sanitary Milk Pails 403 



Fig. 559. A Modern Vegetable House 407 



Fig. 560. Simplest Form of Manure Hotbed 409 



Fig. 561. A Greenhouse Crop of Tomatoes at Irondequoit 411 



Fig. 562. Matchless Carnations Originated 1)y Cottage Gardens Co... 417 



Fig. 563. Examining the Brood Frames 419 



Fig. 564. Queen, Worker, Drone 421 



Fig. 565. Brood Frames Showing Queen Cells 422 



Fig. 566. Out-Apiary of W. D. Wright, Altamont, N. Y 424 



Fig. 567. Hive with Movable Frame 425 



Fig. 568. ^Machine for Extracting Honey from Comb 425 



Fig. 569. Beeswax Pressed into Foundation for Honeycomb 426 



Fig. 570. The Beef Type of Cattle 427 



Fig. 571. Diagram Showing Difference Between Fresh and Rotted 



Manure 432 



Fig. 572. Potato Field of H. F. Horton, Stephentown, N. Y 437 



Fig. 573. Celery on Muck Land 439 



Fig. 574. Map of New \"ork State Showing Fruit Districts 443 



Fig. 575. Productive Pear Orchard in Colimibia County 445 



Fig. 576. Baldwin Trees, Orchard of Edward van Alstyne, Kinderhook, 



N. Y 447 



Fig. 577. Wayne County Orchard 449 



Fig. 578. Y'oung Orchard Interplanted with Beans 451 



Fig. 579. Exterior of Central Packing House 456 



Fig. 580. Interior of Central Packing House 456 



Fig. 581. TTsual Floor Plan of Packing Houses 458 



Fig. 582. Arrangement of Graders in Packing House 458 



Fig. 583. Skylight Directly Over Graders 460 



Fig. 584. No Posts to Interfere with Team Delivery 460 



Fig. 585. Packing House of Kinderhook Fruit Company 464 



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