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Of the milk collected at the milk establishments in Broome 

 County two-thirds is sold as market milk or cream. About 20 

 per cent, of the milk is manufactured into condensed and evapor- 

 ated milk, amounting to nearly 10,000,000 pounds. Malted 

 milk is manufactured to some extent. 



The agriculture organizations of the county are as follows: 



Binghamton Industrial Exposition. 



Binghamton, Johnson City, and Endicott Milk Producers' Association. 



Broome County Agricultural Society. 



Broome County Beekeepers' Association. 



Broome County Dairymen's League. 



Broome County Farm Bureau Association. 



Broome County National Farm Loan Association. 



Broome County Sheep Owners' Association. 



Granges: Pomona and twelve subordinate granges. 



Lisle Cooperative Association, Inc. 



Whitney Point Cooperative Dairymen's Association. 



EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES 

 Approved courses in agriculture and home making are given 

 in the higb school at Endicott. Eight additional schools in the 

 county -are registered as having suitable facilities for maintaining 

 an improved course in high school and academic work, located at 

 the following points: Binghamton, Chenango Forks, Deposit, 

 Johnson City, Lisle, Endicott, Whitney Point, and Windsor. 



STATUS OF AGRICULTURE IN 1910 

 (Taken from U. S. Census of 1910) 



Land in farms 411,475 acres 



Number of farms 4,017 



Per cent of farm land improved 73.4 



LIVE STOCK PRODUCTS 



Milk sold 11, 381, 529 gal. 



Cream sold 2, 213 gal. 



Butter fat sold 547, 404 lbs. 



Butter produced 410, 291 lbs. 



Cheese produced 2, 964 lbs. 



Epgs produced 1. 318. 670 doz. 



Wool produced 5. 645 fleeces 



LIVE STOCK AND POULTRY 



Number 



Horses 8, 672 



Cattle 45, 620 



Sheep 9.600 



Swine 7, 615 



Poultry 184, 377 



