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available markets 

 Saranac Lake and the Adirondack resorts are the best local 

 markets, better prices being realized at these points than else- 

 where in the county. Saranac has a floating population of from 

 1,200 to 1,500. 



Malone is also a good market. Here are located railroad shops, 

 and two woolen factories making men's garments. 



At Malone Junction is a* large pulp mill, also a bronze factory 

 that has recently been established. 



Chateaugay is an excellent potato market. At this place the 

 Sheffield Farms Company handle large quantities of milk which is 

 made into the condensed or evaporated product. 



Potatoes, butter, and milk are extensively shipped to New 

 York and to the Xew England cities. 



Large receiving plants for milk are located in the towns of 

 Chateaugay, Brushton, Moira, Bombay, Malone, Bangor, Burke, 

 and Fort Covington, at several of which milk is condensed for 

 market. 



About 25 per cent of the milk collected is sold as market milk. 

 There is manufactured within the county over 500,000 pounds 

 of butter ; nearly 1,000,000 pounds of cheese, including Ameri- 

 can and foreign types, and 25,000,000 pounds of condensed and 

 evaporated milk. 



The agricultural organizations are as follows: 

 Franklin County Agricultural Society. 

 Franklin County Dairy Improvement Association. 

 Franklin County Dairymen's League. 

 Franklin County Farm Bureau Association. 

 Franklin County National Farm Loan Association. 

 Franklin County Poultry Association. 

 Franklin County Seed Potato Growers' Association. 

 Franklin-Meridale Dairy Improvement Association. 

 Granges: Pomona and eleven subordinate granges. 



EDUCATIONAL FACHJTIES 



Approved courses in agriculture are given at Brushton, 

 Chateaugay, and Malone. Courses in home making are included 

 at Brushton and Malone. 



Schools registered as having suitable facilities for maintaining 

 courses in high school and academic work are located as follows: 



