INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT 



This list of agricultural organizations includes 1,096 active 

 town, county and state societies, which have been established for 

 the purpose of advancing one or more phases of agriculture in 

 the state of Xew York. The names and addresses of the prin- 

 cipal officers are given; also the date of organization, number of 

 members and time of meeting, when known. The information is 

 as complete and accurate as the department was able to secure 

 from tlie officers of the societies and is for the year 1911. 



At the head of the list stand the state organizations, the two 

 largest of which are the Patrons of Industry, with more than 

 20,000 members, and the State Grange, with a membership of 

 nearly 100,000, which includes the members of all subordinate 

 granges. The other thirty-nine organizations are interested 

 chiefly in agricultural affairs throughout the entire state or a part 

 of the state exceeding a county. 



The organizations concerned in the agricultural interests of 

 counties and smaller districts follow the list of state organiza- 

 tions and are arranged alphabetically by counties. 



An average of one organization to each one hundred and ninety- 

 three farms in the state is shown. The societies may be classified 

 as follows: One State Grange; 48 county, or Pomona, granges; 

 766 subordinate granges ; 1 State Patrons of Industry ; 35 subordi- 

 nate Patrons of Industry; 94 county and town fair associations; 

 23 farmers' clubs; 9 cooperative associations; 24 associations for 

 ]X)ultry; 11 for fruit; 15 for dairying; 11 for stock breeders; 8 

 for bee-keepers; 7 for plant breeding and crops; 10 governmental, 

 educational and experimental organizations; 13 cow testing asso- 

 ciations; 13 horticultural and agricultural societies; 4 driving 

 clubs ; 1 drainage club ; 1 hop-growers' club ; and 1 housekeepers' 

 conference (see table, pages 908, 909). 



The members of these organizations form an army of earnest 

 men and women who are giving time and thought to the better- 

 ment of agricultural conditions. The value of this united en- 

 deavor to promote every phase of agriculture can scarcely be esti- 



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