﻿Report 
  of 
  Charles 
  T. 
  Russell. 
  

  

  Hon. 
  Charles 
  A. 
  "Wietikg, 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture: 
  

  

  Dear 
  Sir. 
  — 
  Herewith 
  I 
  respectfully 
  submit 
  my 
  second 
  annual 
  

   report 
  as 
  Assistant 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agiiculture 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  per- 
  

   formed 
  in 
  the 
  Department 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  terminating 
  September 
  30, 
  

   1899, 
  in 
  this, 
  the 
  sixth 
  division 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  comprising 
  the 
  coun- 
  

   ties 
  of 
  Broome, 
  Chenango, 
  Ct)rtland, 
  Madison, 
  Onondaga, 
  Tioga 
  

   and 
  Tompkins. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  agricultural 
  industry 
  of 
  this 
  division 
  the 
  dairying 
  inter- 
  

   ests 
  predominate, 
  not 
  alone 
  as 
  regards 
  capital 
  invested, 
  but 
  in 
  

   the 
  production 
  and 
  shipping 
  of 
  milk 
  and 
  its 
  manufactured 
  pro- 
  

   ducts. 
  The 
  excellent 
  railroad 
  facilities 
  of 
  this 
  district 
  for 
  ship- 
  

   ping 
  milk 
  to 
  the 
  Xew 
  York 
  markets 
  have 
  resulted 
  in 
  building 
  up 
  

   a 
  large 
  and 
  increasing 
  shipping 
  business, 
  in 
  which 
  respect 
  the 
  

   sixth 
  division 
  ranks 
  second 
  to 
  none 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  CENSUS 
  OF 
  BUTTEE 
  AND 
  CHEESE 
  FACTOEIES. 
  

  

  A 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  butter 
  and 
  cheese 
  factories 
  of 
  this 
  division, 
  to- 
  

   gether 
  with 
  a 
  census 
  of 
  their 
  product, 
  has 
  never 
  heretofore 
  been 
  

   correctly 
  and 
  accurately 
  made, 
  and 
  by 
  your 
  request 
  several 
  weeks 
  

   Avere 
  spent 
  in 
  this 
  work, 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  of 
  great 
  

   value, 
  not 
  alone 
  for 
  statistical 
  purposes, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  assistance 
  

   which 
  it 
  has 
  afforded 
  to 
  our 
  work 
  in 
  this 
  district. 
  

  

  The 
  tabulated 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  census 
  of 
  butter 
  and 
  cheese 
  facto- 
  

   ries 
  in 
  this 
  division 
  shows 
  the 
  following 
  result 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  number 
  

   of 
  factories 
  in 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  counties: 
  Broome, 
  46; 
  Che- 
  

   nango, 
  84; 
  Cortland, 
  5fi; 
  Madison, 
  64; 
  Onondaga, 
  20; 
  Tioga, 
  28, 
  

   and 
  Tompkins, 
  17. 
  Total 
  for 
  the 
  sixth 
  division, 
  315 
  factories, 
  

  

  340 
  

  

  