54 Nl-^V VOkK STATI-: ML'SKUM 



Details as to the pruductioii of salt in 1907 and 1908 are given 

 herewith. The various grades listed as common fine, common 

 coarse, table and dairy, coarse solar and packers are those employed 

 in the trade and are based upon the methods of manufacture ahd 

 purposes for which the salt is used. Table and dairy salt includes 

 the finest grades of artificially evaporated salt, specially prepared 

 for the table and for butter and cheese making; it brings the 

 highest price in the market. Under common fine is listed the other 

 grades of fine, artificially evaporated salt that are not specially pre- 

 pared. Common coarse represents the coarser product from arti- 

 ficial evaporation, while coarse solar is that made by the solar 

 process. This process is used only by the manufacturers in Onon- 

 daga county. Packers salt includes the product sold to meat pack- 

 ers and fish salters. Under " Other grades " are listed agricultural 

 salt and other kinds not specified in the returns from producers, 

 as well as the entire output of rock salt and of salt in brine used 

 for the manufacture of soda products. As will be observed the 

 salt thus listed bears a much smaller value per barrel than the 

 grades first mentioned, due largely to the fact that the salt con- 

 sumed in brine is giv^en only a nominal valuation. 



Of the different counties .that were represented in the returns 

 received for 1908, Onondaga held first place in regard to output, 

 though most of its production was made by the Solvay Process Co. 

 and was not marketed in the form of salt. The relative rank of the 

 counties according to their output of marketable salt was as fol- 

 lows : Livingston, Wyoming, Tompkins, Schuyler, Onondaga and 

 Genesee. 



Livingston county furnished the entire product of rock salt. The 

 Retsof Mining Co. operated the mine at Retsof and the Sterling 

 Salt Co. the mine at Cuylerville. The latter mine began produc- 

 tion in the fall of 1906. Alines were opened several years ago at 

 Livonia and Greigsville, but they have not been recently active. 

 The single manufacturer of brine salt in Livingston county was the 

 Genesee Salt Co. with works atPififard. The combined output of 

 rock and brine salt from the county in 1908 was valued at 

 $842,594. 



Wyoming county, represented by the Iroquois Salt Co. of Perry, 

 the Rock Glen Salt Co. of Rock Glen and the Worcester Salt Co. 

 of Silver Springs, made an output valued at $352,281. 



In an accompanying table is given the production of salt in New 

 York State during the period of 25 years from 1884 to 1908 in- 



