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lo per cent, there is no doubt that a much larger proportion of the 

 product remained unsold at the close of 1910 than at the end of 

 1909. It is estimated that the stocks in the yards at the close of the 

 past season amounted to fully 350,000,000 or nearly one-third of 

 the year's output. About 200,000,000 are estimated as having been 

 carried over from 1909. The actual consumption for the year can 

 be placed accordingly at about 950,000,000. 



The average price realized for the brick at the yard last year was 

 $4.54 a thousand. This was the lowest average in any recent year 

 and represented a decrease of $.74 from the average for 1909. The 

 prices ranged from about $5 in the early months of 1910 to below 

 $4 during the late fall and winter. As a whole the season was an 

 unprofitable one for the manufacturer. Operations, no doubt, will 

 be curtailed during the current year. 



New York prices on the average are about $1.25 a thousand 

 above the prices at the yard. The difference represents the cost of 

 river shipment and commission exacted on the sale of the brick by 

 the New York dealers. 



The leading county in the industry is Ulster, which contributed 

 a production last year of 263,873,000, valued at $1,121,460 against 

 304,904,000 valued at $1,620,468 in 1909. Rockland county is sec- 

 ond and Orange third, the latter displacing Dutchess county which 

 ranked third in the list in 1909. 



Output of common brick in the Hudson river region in ] 



[909 



COUNTY 



NUMBER 



OF 

 PLANTS 



OUTPUT 



VALUE 



AVERAGE 

 PRICE 

 PER M 



Albany 



Columbia 



Dutchess 



Greene 



Orange 



Rensselaer 



Rockland 



Ulster 



Westchester 



12 



5 



19 

 5 

 8 

 6 

 28 

 26 

 8 



80 343 000 



88 026 000 



170 615 000 



42 794 000 

 164 680 000 



19 895 000 

 275 262 000 

 304 904 000 



72 265 000 



$429 554 

 472 280 

 876 207 

 246 982 

 814 440 



102 225 



I 488 457 



I 620 468 



392 577 



$5 34 

 5 36 

 5 13 

 5 77 



4 93 



5 64 

 5 40 

 5 31 

 5 43 



Total 



117 



I 218 784 000 



$6 443 190 



$5 28 



