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EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES 



Poughkeepsie is the seat of Vassar College, and St. Stephens 

 College is located at Annandale. Approved courses in agriculture 

 and homeinaking are maintained in the Millbrook High School. 



Schools registered with the regents as having facilities suitable 

 for maintaining approved courses in high school and academic 

 work are located at Amenia, Beacon, Dover Plains, Hyde Park, 

 Millbrook, Millerton, Pawling, Poughkeepsie, Red Hook, Rhine- 

 beck, Pine Plains, Staatsburg, Madalin, and Wappingers Falls. 



STATUS' OF AGRICULTURE IN 1910 

 (Taken from IT. S. Census of 1910) 



Land in farms 



Number of farms 



Per cent of farm land improved. 



464,2.02 acreff 

 3,600 

 73.6 



LIVE STOCK PRODUCTS 



Milk sold- 12,942, 250 gal 



Cream sold .... 

 Butter fat sold. 

 Butter produced 

 Cheese produced 

 Eggs produced . 

 Wool produced . 



LIVE STOCK AJ*D POULTRY 



Horses . 

 Cattle . 

 Sheep . 

 Swine . . 

 Poultry 



47, 957 gal. 



431,094 lbs. 



434,589 lbs. 



1, 824 lbs. 



1,482,737 d'oz. 



7, 676 fleeces 



Number 

 10, 945 

 48, 351 

 14,719 

 19, 798 



236,074 



Number of colonies. 



2,070 



SELECTED CROPS 



Cereals: 



Corn 



Oats , 



Wheat 

 Barley 

 Buckwheat 

 Rve , 



Acres 



Bushels 



21,508 



744, 303 



19, 351 



468, 039 



1,704 



32, 920 



35 



554 



2,705 



54. 504 



6,449 



80. 229 



