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the ordinary form of scove kiln. Coal is used entirely for fuel. 

 The wire-cut plants use shale or a combination of shale and clay, 

 grinding the crude product in dry-pans, screening, storing in bins, 

 forming with an augur machine, drying in direct-heat tunnels and 

 burning in permanent rectangular downdraft kilns, continuous or 

 semicontinuous kilns. The entire product is disposed of in the 

 local markets. 



The following table gives the output of common building brick 

 by counties for the last two years. 



Froduction of common building brick by counties 



COUNTY 



1914 



1915 



Number 



Value 



Number 



Value 



Albany 



58 625 000 



a 

 820 000 

 3 740 000 



a 



a 

 44 705 000 

 91 580 000 

 40 015 000 

 25 604 000 



a 



11 330 000 



a 

 15 352 000 



a 

 6 450 000 

 21 800 OOO 



a 



75 500 OOO 



5 025 000 



29 583 OOO 



150 183 OOO 



a 



51 916 OOO 



a 



12 800 OOO 



a 

 202 366 OOO 



a 



a 

 56 289 OOO 

 29 076 OOO 



$301 512 

 a 



4 740 



34 726 



a 



a 



198 866 



430 269 



244 166 



123 475 



a 

 63 650 



a 

 88 300 



a 

 43 000 

 147 250 



a 



319 500 



28 OOO 



119 232 



747 026 



a 

 248 412 

 a 

 69 300 

 

 895 126 

 a 

 a 

 302 656 

 188 700 



68 112 000 



a 



I IOO OOO 

 3 905 OOO 



a 



$392 344 

 a 



Cattaraugus 



Cayuga 



6 100 



Chautauqua 



31 187 

 a 



Chemung 



Clinton 





Columbia 



57 766 OOO 



108 459 OOO 



28 807 OOO 



27 555 000 



a 

 7 738 OOO 



a 

 13 783 OOO 



a 

 22 200 OOO 

 22 635 OOO 



a 

 84 997 OOO 



a 

 38 341 OOO 

 87 917 OOO 



a 

 53 39° 000 



271 672 

 491 156 

 176 OIO 

 130 093 



Dutchess 



Erie 



Greene 



Livingston 



a 



Monroe 



38 690 



a 



Montgomery 



Nassau 



86 747 

 a 



Niagara . . . 



Oneida 



154 200 



Onondaga 



Ontario 



155 376 



a 



Orange 



Rensselaer 



461 233 

 a 



Richmond 



176 657 



Rockland 



446 583 



St Lawrence . . . 



a 



Saratoga 



267 Q^O 



Steuben 



a a 



Suffolk 



Tompkins 



11 100 000 J 66 600 



a a 



Ulster 



211 230 OOO 



a 



a 

 47 619 OOO 

 38 072 OOO 



I 059 377 



Warren 



a 



Washington 



a 



Westchester 



278 955 



Other counties 



277 804 



Total 



932 759 000 



$4 597 856 



934 726 000 



$4 886 734 





o Included under other counties. 



