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directions, as shown on the accompanying map. There arc in the 

 county 195 miles of improved highway with four miles additional 

 under construction. 



AVAILABLE MARKETS 



The three cities in the county, Albany, Cohoes, and Watervliet, 

 which have a combined population of 116,400, form excellent local 

 markets. The neighboring cities of Troy and Schenectady are 

 also favorable markets within easy reach. 



Albany is the seat of the state government and one of the 

 oldest of American cities. Lying at the point where great natural 

 trade routes meet, it has an unusually favorable location as a 

 trading center, not only by means of the Hudson River and the 

 Barge and Champlain canals, but also by means of the various 

 railroads that center here, as well as by the three electric roads. 

 The Albany market is one of the best to be found in the eastern 

 part of this country. 



Albany is the headquarters of the University of the State of 

 New York and of the -State College for Teachers and the State 

 Library School, as well as several other excellent schools. Dudley 

 Observatory is located here. The city is also the location for 

 extensive repair shops of the New York Central Railroad. 



Cohoes has an immense water power and is extensively engaged 

 in the manufacture of hosiery and knit goods. The city also con- 

 tains many other factories, including foundries and machine 

 shops. 



'Watervliet has a large lumber trade and numerous manufac- 

 tories. It is said that the Watervliet arsenal manufactured the 

 largest gun used in the recent World War. 



The cities of the capital district absorb most of the milk pro- 

 duction of the county in the form of market milk or cream. 

 About one-fourth of that collected at the milk establishments !• 

 made into creamery butter, and a considerable amount of Italian 

 and Greek types of cheese is manufactured. 



The agricultural organizations of the county are as follows: 



Albany County Agricultural Society and Exposition. 



Albany County Dairymen's League. 



Albany County Farm Bureau Association. 



Albany County Sheep Breeders' Cooperative Association, inc. 



Albany Market Growers' Cooperative Association, inc. 



Bethlehem Mutual Protective Association. 



Capital District National Farm Loan Association. 



Collar City National Farm Loan Association. 



