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concern in the county. The Maydole hammer factory at this 

 place is one of the Largest and best known establishments of its 

 kind. 



More than 192,000,000 pounds of milk, the production of 

 about 50,000 cows, is collected at the various milk establishments 

 of the county. About GO per cent, of this quantity is sold as 

 market milk and cream. Over 500,000 pounds of butter, more 

 than 1,500,000 pounds of American cheese, and 50,000,000 

 pounds of condensed and evaporated milk, besides some powdered 

 whole and skim milk, are among the manufactured products. 



The agricultural organizations are as follows: 



Afton Driving Park and Agricultural Association. 



Bainiiridgo Farmers' Creamery.- 



Chenango County Agricultural Society. 



Chenango County Beekeepers' Society. 



Chenango County Dairymen's League. 



Chenango County Farm Bureau Association. 



Chenango County Sheep and Wind Growers' Association. 



Chenango National Farm Loan Association. 



Chenango Valley Poultry and Pet Stock Association. 



Coventryville Cooperative Butter and Cheese Company. 



Granges: Pomona and fifteen subordinate granges. 



Independent Producers, Inc. 



Madison-Chenango Counties Uolstein-Friesian Breeders' Club. 



New Berlin Cooperative Creamery Company. 



North Chenango Dairy Improvement Association. 



Oxford Rural Produce Company. Inc. 



Pharsalia National Farm Loan Association. 



South New Berlin Creamery Company. 



Tri-C'ounty Holstein-Friesian Breeders' Association. 



EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES 

 Approved courses in agriculture are given in schools at Greene 

 and Oxford, the former including a course in home making. 

 Schools registered as having facilities suitable for maintaining 

 approved courses in high school and academic work are located at 

 Afton, Bainbridge, Greene, Guilford. McDonough, Mount Upton, 

 New Berlin, Norwich, Oxford, Sherburne, Smyrna, South New 

 Berlin, and South Otselic. 



STATUS OF AGRICULTURE IN 1910 

 (Taken from U. P. Census of 1910) 



Land in farms 539, 084 acres 



Number of farms 4, 258 



Per cent of farm land improved 65.6 



