OTEER RESOURCES 131 



10. Fulton Chain, Herkimer County, 



11. Oneida, Oneida County. 



12. Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County. 



These stations hatch and distribute a large num- 

 ber of species of fish and other water animals suitable 

 for food. In 1913, the total number of fish dis- 

 tributed was 1,287,255,120. In 1918 the number was 

 reduced to 396,319,251. Most of these were put into 

 the streams and lakes. ISTew York is said to lead 

 other states two to one. In 1913 thirty-nine varieties 

 of fish were distributed. The leading varieties were 

 several forms of trout, black bass, river herring, lake 

 and tuUibee fry and pike perch. 



The state owns and leases 31,665 acres of shell 

 fisheries, mostly oysters. These are located on Long 

 Island Sound, Earitan Bay, on the south shore of 

 Long Island and in the mouth of the Hudson Eiver. 



MINES AND QUARRIES 



New York is not a leader in the product of mines 

 and quarries, and yet it occupies a place of consider- 

 able importance. A large variety of materials is pro- 

 duced and in some of these the State is preeminent. 

 In point of value, the most important ore product is 

 iron. The last available figures are for the census 

 year of 1909. At that time the iron ores were valued 

 at $3,095,023, nearly all of which came from the 

 magnetite ores of the Adirondack region. New York 

 is the only state besides Pennsylvania that produces 

 all four kinds of iron ore, magnetite, hematite, limo- 

 nite and carbonate. The last three, however, are of 



