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It is to be noted that not all of the salt reported as above 

 was actually marketed in that form. A very considerable part 

 of the brine pumped from the wells each year is employed 

 without evaporation for the manufacture of soda products. 

 The Solvay Process Co., the principal manufacturer of such 

 products in this country, has a number of wells in the town of 

 Tully, Onondaga co., which supply brine to its works near 

 Syracuse. The salt contents of this brine are included in the 

 production. The small valuation placed upon the salt thus 

 used reduces the average well below the actual value of the 

 marketable product. 



There were about 30 mines and works which contributed to 

 the production last year, as compared with 32 in 1908 and 33 

 in 1907. Onondaga county alone was represented by more 

 than one half of the number. The manufacture of salt by the 

 solar process has long been centered in that county where it is 

 carried on by individuals and companies operating in a rela- 

 tively small way. The output has been marketed for many 

 years through the Onondaga Coarse Salt Association. The 

 operative plants in the other counties were distributed as fol- 

 lows : Livingston 3 ; Schuyler 2 ; Tompkins 3 ; and Wyoming 3. 

 The International Salt Co., the largest producer of evaporated 

 salt in the State, maintained three plants in operation, one each 

 at Ithaca, Myers and Watkins. No new firms were added to 

 the list of producers during the year. 



The accompanying tables furnish details as to the production 

 of salt in New York. In the tables for the years 1908 and 1909 

 the output is distributed among the several grades recognized 

 in the trade. The classification is based upon methods of 

 manufacture and purposes for which the salt is used. Table 

 and dairy salt includes the finest grades of artificially evaporated 

 salt, specially prepared for the table and for butter and cheese 

 making; it brings the highest market price. Under common 

 fine, is listed the other grades of fine, artificially evaporated salt 

 that are not specially prepared. Common coarse represents the 

 coarser product from artificial evaporation. Coarse solar salt is 

 made by evaporation of brine in shallow pans exposed to the 

 sun's heat. This process, as already stated, is used by manu- 

 facturers in Onondaga county; it can be carried on. of course, 

 only during the summer months. Packers salt includes the 

 product sold to meat packers and fish salters. Under " other 



