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roads, and plans are under way for a still greater extent of these 

 privileges. The number of miles of completed improved highways 

 in the state is approximately 7,300, with 300 miles additional 

 under contract. Besides these, approximately 10,000 miles of 

 roads are macadamized by local authorities and are practically 

 as good as the macadam roads built by the state. It is estimated 

 that 200.000 automobilists from other states take advantage of the 

 improved roads of New York annually for the purpose of touring 

 the state. 



One of the notable changes that has been brought about by the 

 construction of improved highways is in the distribution of milk. 

 Large motor trucks may now travel long distances and carry 

 large quantities of milk, thereby effecting a much more efficient 

 distribution than was formerly possible. 



Facts Concerning New York State 



Total papulation of New York State ( 1915] 9,087,744 



Number of first-class cities ( 175,000 and over) 3 



Number of second-class cities (50,000 to 175,000) 7 



Number of third-class cities (less than 50,000) 40 



Numbpr of incorporated villages 473 



Acres in farms ( 1910) 22,030,367 



Number of farms (1910) 215,597 



Average number of acres per farm 102 



Miles of steam railroads 8,351 



Mile9 of electric railways 2,020 



Miles of improved state and county highways 7,300 



Miles of additional macadam roads 10,000 



Miles of gravel roads 20,000 



Total number of miles of roads, including dirt roads in varying 



conditions of surface 80,000 



Number of rural mail routes 1,791 



Miles covered by these routes 45,629 



MARKETS WITHIN THE STATE 



With the excellent marketing facilities so readily available to 

 all parts of the state, New York has in her 56 cities and 

 473 incorporated villages a complete system of markets, demand- 

 ing, on all sides, farm produce of every description. These 

 markets being established and their requirements being constant 

 throughout the year, sales are practically assured. New York 



