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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Details 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  salt 
  in 
  1907 
  and 
  1908 
  are 
  given 
  

   herewith. 
  The 
  various 
  grades 
  listed 
  as 
  common 
  fine, 
  common 
  

   coarse, 
  table 
  and 
  dairy, 
  coarse 
  solar 
  and 
  packers 
  are 
  those 
  employed 
  

   in 
  the 
  trade 
  and 
  are 
  based 
  upon 
  the 
  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 
  price 
  in 
  the 
  market. 
  Under 
  common 
  fine 
  is 
  listed 
  the 
  other 
  

   grades 
  of 
  fine, 
  artificially 
  evaporated 
  salt 
  that 
  are 
  not 
  specially 
  pre- 
  

   pared. 
  Common 
  coarse 
  represents 
  the 
  coarser 
  product 
  from 
  arti- 
  

   ficial 
  evaporation, 
  while 
  coarse 
  solar 
  is 
  that 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  solar 
  

   process. 
  This 
  process 
  is 
  used 
  only 
  by 
  the 
  manufacturers 
  in 
  Onon- 
  

   daga 
  county. 
  Packers 
  salt 
  includes 
  the 
  product 
  sold 
  to 
  meat 
  pack- 
  

   ers 
  and 
  fish 
  salters. 
  Under 
  " 
  Other 
  grades 
  " 
  are 
  listed 
  agricultural 
  

   salt 
  and 
  other 
  kinds 
  not 
  specified 
  in 
  the 
  returns 
  from 
  producers, 
  

   as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  entire 
  output 
  of 
  rock 
  salt 
  and 
  of 
  salt 
  in 
  brine 
  used 
  

   for 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  soda 
  products. 
  As 
  will 
  be 
  observed 
  the 
  

   salt 
  thus 
  listed 
  bears 
  a 
  much 
  smaller 
  value 
  per 
  barrel 
  than 
  the 
  

   grades 
  first 
  mentioned, 
  due 
  largely 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  salt 
  con- 
  

   sumed 
  in 
  brine 
  is 
  given 
  only 
  a 
  nominal 
  valuation. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  different 
  counties 
  that 
  were 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  returns 
  

   received 
  for 
  1908, 
  Onondaga 
  held 
  first 
  place 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  output, 
  

   though 
  most 
  of 
  its 
  production 
  was 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  Solvay 
  Process 
  Co. 
  

   and 
  was 
  not 
  marketed 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  salt. 
  The 
  relative 
  rank 
  of 
  the 
  

   counties 
  according 
  to 
  their 
  output 
  of 
  marketable 
  salt 
  was 
  as 
  fol- 
  

   lows 
  : 
  Livingston, 
  Wyoming, 
  Tompkins, 
  Schuyler, 
  Onondaga 
  and 
  

   Genesee. 
  

  

  Livingston 
  county 
  furnished 
  the 
  entire 
  product 
  of 
  rock 
  salt. 
  The 
  

   Retsof 
  Mining 
  Co. 
  operated 
  the 
  mine 
  at 
  Retsof 
  and 
  the 
  Sterling 
  

   Salt 
  Co. 
  the 
  mine 
  at 
  Cuylerville. 
  The 
  latter 
  mine 
  began 
  produc- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1906. 
  Mines 
  were 
  opened 
  several 
  years 
  ago 
  at 
  

   Livonia 
  and 
  Greigsville, 
  but 
  they 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  recently 
  active. 
  

   The 
  single 
  manufacturer 
  of 
  brine 
  salt 
  in 
  Livingston 
  county 
  was 
  the 
  

   Genesee 
  Salt 
  Co. 
  with 
  works 
  at 
  PifTard. 
  The 
  combined 
  output 
  of 
  

   rock 
  and 
  brine 
  salt 
  from 
  the 
  county 
  in 
  1908 
  was 
  valued 
  at 
  

   $842,594. 
  

  

  Wyoming 
  county, 
  represented 
  by 
  the 
  Iroquois. 
  Salt 
  Co. 
  of 
  Perry, 
  

   the 
  Rock 
  Glen 
  Salt 
  Co. 
  of 
  Rock 
  Glen 
  and 
  the 
  Worcester 
  Salt 
  Co. 
  

   of 
  Silver 
  Springs, 
  made 
  an 
  output 
  valued 
  at 
  $352,281. 
  

  

  In 
  an 
  accompanying 
  table 
  is 
  given 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  salt 
  in 
  New 
  

   York 
  State 
  during 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  25 
  years 
  from 
  1884 
  to 
  1908 
  in- 
  

  

  