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A road from Barrytown through Red Hook and Pine Plains 

 connects with the Harlem Valley road south of Millerton. 



There arc in the county 158 miles of completed improved high- 

 ways, and 34 miles additional under construction. 



Waterways 



A considerable amount of freight is carried by the numerous 

 steamboat lines on the Hudson River, by means of which New 

 York and other markets are easily reached. Ferries cross the 

 river from Beacon, Poughkeepsie, and Ivhinecliff. 



AVAILABLE MARKETS 



Poughkeepsie, which is widely known as the seat of Vassar 

 College, the first of women's colleges, is the most important local 

 market. There are several important manufacturing industries 

 in the city, especially those of farm machinery, among which 

 may be included the De Laval separator works and the Moline 

 plow works. The Hudson River State Hospital is located in 

 Poughkeepsie. 



Beacon has important manufactories, including fine wool hats, 

 silk, brick, tools, and machinery. 



Large quantities of produce are sent to New York, especially 

 milk and fruit. Apples are largely exported, many of them going 

 to England. Violets find a market, not only in New York and 

 other cities of the state, but also in New England and as far 

 west as Chicago. 



The greater part of the milk produced in the county is sold in 

 the form of market milk. Some butter and American cheese, 

 also some fancy cheese and condensed milk are manufactured. 



There are two canning factories in the county. 



The agricultural organizations are as follows: 



Charlotte Precinct Fruit Growers' Cooperative Associations, Inc. 



Dutchess County Agricultural Society. 



Dutchess County Dairymen's League. 



Dutchess County Farm Bureau. 



Dutchess County National Farm Loan Association. 



Dutchess County Sheep Breeders' Cooperative Association, Inc. 



Fanners' Cooperative Milk Company, Inc. 



Granges: Pomona and twenty-six subordinate gran.' 



Red Hook Apple Growers' Cooperative Association, Inc. 



silver Lake Cooperative Creamery Company. 



