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Probably throe-quarters of the milk collected at the various 

 milk establishments is sent to New York City as market milk. 



Over 1,000,000 pounds of American cheese is made in the 

 county, and malted milk and powdered whole and skim milk is 

 manufactured. The first powdered milk made by the Ekenberg 

 process was manufactured in Cortland in 1905. 



There are two large canning factories in the county. 



The agricultural organizations are as follows: 



Beardslee Cooperative Creamery Company. 



Cortland County Agricultural Society. 



Cortland County Dairymen's League. 



Cortland County Farm Bureau Association. 



Cortland County Maple Sap Products Cooperative Association, Inc. 



Cortland County Seed Growers' Cooperative Association. Inc. 



Cortland County Sheep Breeders' Cooperative Association, Inc. 



Cortland Holstein Club. 



Cortland Union Beekeepers' Association. 



Oranges: Pomona and twenty subordinate granges. 



Marathon Cooperative Farmers' Association, Inc. 



McGrawville Dairy Cooperative Association, Inc. 



Patrons of Industry: one association. 



Sears Dairy Products Cooperative Association, Inc. 



Tioughnioga National Farm Loan Association. 



EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES 



Cortland is the seat of a state normal school and the Cortland 

 Conservatory of Music. 



Schools registered with the regents as having facilities suitable 

 for maintaining high school and academic courses are located at 

 Cincinnati's, Cortland, Homer, MeGraw, Marathon, and Truxton. 



STATUS OF AGRICULTURE IN 1010 

 (Taken from U. S. Census of 1910) 



Land in farms ( acres ) 299, 707 



Number of farms 2, 610 



Per cent of farm land improved 66 . 5 



LIVE STOCK PBODUOT8 



Milk sold 13, 740, 015 gal. 



Cream sold 4, 143 gal. 



Butter fat sold 216, 367 lbs. 



Butter produced 144, 343 lbs. 



Cheese produced 165 lbs. 



Eggs produced 1, 033. 049 doz. 



Wool produced 1,913 fleeces 



