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.1 variable Markets 



Buffalo, by virtue of its situation, has vast commercial enter- 

 prises. It has become not only the greatest grain depot in the 

 world, but also one of the largest cattle markets. Electric power 

 from Niagara Falls is used extensively, and manufactures of 

 various kinds are important Buffalo is the seat of a state hos- 

 pital and of a state normal school. 



Lackawanna, which is a great iron and steel manufacturing 

 center, and Tonawanda, a railroad center and lake port, are both, 

 excellent local markets. 



About 183,000,000 pounds of milk is collected annually by 

 the various milk establishments. Considerable market milk is 

 sold in Buffalo and in Xew York. In 1919 the county produced 

 more creamery butter than any other county in the state, quan- 

 tities of cream for that purpose being shipped into the county. 

 Over two and a quarter million pounds of American cheese 

 is made, besides considerable Swiss, brick, Italian and Greek 

 cheese. About 32,000,000 pounds of condensed and evaporated 

 milk is also manufactured. 



Six canning factories are located in different parts of the 

 county. 



The agricultural organizations are as follows : 



Chautauqua and Erie Grape Company. 



Collins Center Cooperative Dairy Association. 



Erie County Agricultural Society. 



Erie County Dairymen's League. 



Erie County Farm Bureau Association. 



Erie County Growers' and Shippers' Association. 



Erie County Sheep Growers' Cooperative Association, Inc. 



Granges: Pomona and twenty-one subordinate granges. 



Jersey Cattle Club of Erie County, Elma. 



Niagara Frontier Fanciers' Association. 



Poultry Producers' Association of Collins Center. 



South Shore Growers' and Shippers' Association. 



EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES 



Buffalo is the seat of the University of Buffalo and of Canisius 

 and D'Youville colleges and the Martin Luther Seminary. An 

 approved course in agriculture is given at Alden. 



Schools registered with the regents as having facilities suitable 

 for maintaining approved courses in high school and academic 



