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Agricultural Manual 



EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES 



A state normal school is local ed at Plattsburg. Approved 

 courses in agriculture and homemaking are given in a school at 

 Chazy. The schools registered with the regents as having facili- 

 ties suitable for maintaining hi<rh school and academic courses 

 are located at Champlain, Chazy, Dannemora, Ellenburg, Lyon 

 Mountain, Mooers, Morrisonville, Peru, Plattsburgh, Rouses 

 Point, and West Chazy. 



STATUS OF AGRICULTURE IN 1910 

 (Taken from U. S. Census of 1910) 



Land in farms ( acres ) 450, 324 



Number of farms 3, 608 



Per cent of farm land improved 46 . 1 



LIVE STOCK PRODUCTS 



Milk sold 6, 189, 849 gal. 



Cream sold 63, 981 gal. 



Butter fat sold 468, 522 lbs. 



Butter produced 406, 131 lbs. 



Cheese produced 50 lbs. 



Eggs produced 551, 380 doz. 



Wool produced 7, 341 fleeces 



LIVE STOCK AND POULTRY 



Number 



Horses 10, 415 



Cattle 40, 392 



Sheep 11, 069 



Swine 11, 563 



Poultry 98, 617 



BEES 



Number of colonies 1, 829 



SELECTED CROPS 



Cereals: Acres Bushels 



Corn 4, 923 154, 628 



Oats 26, 380 649, 439 



Wheat 84 1, 513 



Barley 1,517 32,853 



Buckwheat 5, 470 102, 833 



Rye 286 3, 232 



Acres Tons 



Hay and forage 91,171 103, 362 



