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INDEX 



" Orange County red " onions, 



169 

 Orchard cover crop, buck- 

 wheat. 160 

 Orchard grass, 148 

 Orchard inspection, 303 

 Organizations, agricultural, 347 

 Outlook on New York agricul- 

 ture, 355 

 Ovid Academy, 83 

 Oxen, place in state, 221 

 Oyster beds, 131 



Packing houses, central, 265 



fruit, 178 

 Palisade region, 6 



elevation of, 12 



formation of, 18 

 Palatines, 62 

 Panama rocks, 16 

 Papakating soils, 115 



for celery, 170 

 Parmenter, Mr., and grape 



growing, 186 

 Pasture, 150 



and hog area, 202 



value of, 204 

 Patrons of Husbandry, 87 

 Patroons, Dutch, 69 



settlements of, 61 

 Peaches, area in, 179 



districts growing, 179 



leading varieties, 180 

 Pearl ash, 74 

 Pears, leading varieties, 181 



production of, 180 

 Peas, dry and green, 165 

 Peat deposits, 28 

 Peat soil crops, 169 

 Peoples' College, 84 

 Peppermint for oil, 198 

 Physiography of State, 4 

 Percheron horses, 225 

 Petroleum. 133 

 Phelps, Oliver, 72 

 Physiography and industry, 37 

 Plains, Hempstead, 112 

 Plank road, 66 

 Plant industries, 138 



bureau of, 303 

 Plateau region, climate, 49 



soils of. 94 



for buckwheat, 160 



Plateau, southern, 12 

 Plums, 181 



Polish settlements, 63 

 Political divisions. 294 

 Population, center of in New 

 York. 246 



distribution of, 37 



Indian, 59 



rural, 40 

 Portages, early, 65 

 Portage, reservoir site, 33 

 Potash, early production, 74, 



119 

 Potatoes, production, 142, 161 



soils for, 106 

 Potsdam sandstone, 19, 105 

 Poultney, Sir William, 72 

 Poultry, types of breeds, 241 



production of, 238 

 Powdered milk. 282 

 Prairie tracts, 74 



land. 113 



Hempstead, 118 

 Precipitation, 50 

 Preemption right of Massa- 

 chusetts, 63, 72 

 Proteiti production per acre, 



163 

 Protestant settlements, 62 

 Prince nurseries, 192 

 Prunes, 181 

 Public Service Commission, 



252 

 Puritan settlements, 62 



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Quack-grass. 168 

 Quaker settlements, 62 

 Quarries. 131 

 Quince production, 183 



R 



Rainfall. 50 



abnormal. 54 



and bean production, 166 

 Railroads, early routes, 68 



electric, 68 



mileage, 35, 249 

 Rank of state in crop produc- 

 tion- 140 

 Raspberries, 183 

 Rf-ading course bulletins, 339 

 Red soils, 96, 115 



