Niagara County: Its Agriculture and Its Farm Bureau 2085 



Marketing advantages 



Niagara County is favorably located for shipping its products. Fruit 

 may reach the New York market within forty-eight hours, and the 

 Chicago market within about the same time. At shipping points there 

 are a large number of storage buildings of the types used for both common 

 and cold storage. Both the Ontario Division and the Falls Road branch 

 of the New York Central Railroad run the length of the county (Fig. 2). 

 Thirty freight trains go through Niagara County on the tracks of the New 

 York Central Railroad each day. A branch of the Eric Railroad and three 

 electric roads add to the shipping facilities. An automobile express ser- 

 vice runs daily between points in the county on the Ridge Road and 

 Buffalo. Gardeners in the western part of the county are within driving 

 distance of Buffalo. 



Electric power derived from Niagara Falls is in great demand, and 

 consequently within Niagara County itself there are three manufacturing 



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FALLS ROAD 



N. TONAWANDA 



Fig. 2. 



Niagara County at the present lime, showing the location of 

 railroads and tmvnships 



cities having some three hundred and fifty establishments, which engage 

 13,000 persons. These three cities have a total population of about 

 70,000. Not only do these cities furnish excellent local markets, but 

 their manufacturing establishments demand good railroad service for the 

 county. 



present status of agriculture 

 Niagara County has 4346 farms, covering an area of over 305,800 

 acres, of which 92.5 per cent was reported as improved land in 1910. 

 This was a larger percentage of improved land than was reported by any 

 other county in the State. The average size of the farms of Niagara 

 County is 70.4 acres, with 65.1 acres of improved land. The average 

 value of all property per farm is $9127. 



