ONEIDA LAKE 



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ONION 



In 1879, on the advice of Noyes, the Com- 

 munity abandoned its system of complex mar- 

 riage as a concession to public opinion. Two 

 years later it was entirely reorganized and in- 

 corporated as a joint stock company, which has 

 since paid good dividends to its stockholders. 

 The only feature now suggesting the original 

 plan is the cooperative dining room, laundry 

 and library. Its factories are located at Niag- 

 ara Falls, Ontario, and Kenwood, Sherrill and 

 Niagara Falls, N. Y. 



ONEIDA LAKE, a lake in Central New 

 York, northeast of Syracuse, in the group of 

 so-called Finger Lakes, although not so large 

 as the five lakes commonly known by that 

 term. It is about twenty-five miles long and 

 four miles wide. Its outlet is by the Oneida 

 and Oswego rivers into Lake Ontario. Before 

 railroads were built Lake Oneida was a well- 

 known commercial highway; it is now one of 

 the natural sections of the New York State 

 Barge Canal (which see). A former village of 

 the Oneida Indians was built on the shores of 

 this lake. 



ONEONTA, oneon'ta, N. Y., a city in Ot- 

 sego County, situated southeast of the geo- 

 graphical center of the state, and on the Sus- 

 quehanna River. Albany, the state capital, is 

 eighty-two miles northeast and New York City 

 is 224 miles southeast, by rail. Transportation 

 is provided by the Delaware & Hudson, the 

 Ulster & Delaware and the Otsego & Herkimer 

 railways; electric lines extend to cities north. 

 In 1910 the population was 9,491 ; in 1916 it was 

 10,962 (Federal estimate). The area of the 

 city is nearly four square miles. 



Industrially, Oneonta is largely dependent on 

 the Delaware & Hudson Railway, the immense 

 repair shops and the offices of this company 

 being located here. About 700 citizens serve 

 the corporation in the capacity of engineers, 

 firemen and trainmen, and about 800 are em- 

 ployed in the shops. Besides these, the city 

 has three large wholesale feed and milling com- 

 panies, and two large wholesale grocery houses, 

 poet office, high school, municipal building 

 and a $400,000 hotel, modern structures erected 

 since 1906, Oneonta State Normal and Train- 

 nik' School, Amelia Fox Memorial Hospital, a 

 state armory and a public library, arc all note- 

 worthy. 



The site of Oneonta was settled before the 

 Revolutionary period, and the place has been 

 known successively as Montgomery, Milfords- 

 ville and Klipnockie. It was incorporated as 

 a village in 1848 and as a city in 1908. 



growth of the place began with the establish- 

 ment of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad in- 

 terests here in 1870. P.S.C. 



ONION, un'yun, a common garden vegetable 

 with a strong taste and odor, widely used as 

 seasoning and highly nutritious, whether eaten 

 raw or cooked. It belongs to the same botani- 

 cal family as the beautiful lily. 



THREE VARIETIES 



From left to right: yellow globe, white, extra 

 early red. 



The edible part is its underground coated 

 bulb. Above ground the onion is a plant with 

 hollow, tubular leaves, shorter than the flower 

 stalk, which is also hollow, and is swollen at 

 the middle. The flowers are small and white, 

 and appear in rounded clusters. The strong 

 odor of onions, extremely disagreeable to many 

 people, is due to a volatile oil which has 

 mildly stimulating properties. This oil, es- 

 caping into the air when onions are being 

 peeled or cut, affects nerves in the nostrils 

 which connect with the eyes, and causes the 

 tears to flow. 



Numerous varieties of onion are known. In 

 shape they are round, oval or flat, and in color 

 red, yellow or white. The small reddish onions 



New YorK 

 955 



Tevas 



Ohio 

 858 



Massachusetts 



Indiana 



Illinois 

 5V7 



Figures Represent Thousands of Dol lars 



ONE YEAR'S CROP 



six principal onlon-produoinjr Mates; fig- 

 ures represent the average annual yield. 



a stronger, sharper taste than those of 

 larger size. Some onions are picked when 

 young and green and are sold in bunches. 

 Eaten in that way, thnr food value is more 

 than half that of boiled potatoes. Mature 



