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I >n pro red Highways 



Improved highways connect all important points in the county. 

 Two of these extend across the county on each bank of the Mohawk 

 River. Other roads run north from Herkimer and Little Falls, 

 connecting with Dolgovillo, Salisbury, Fairfield, the villages of 

 tho rich dairy section of the West Canada Creek valley, Old 

 Forge and other points. Roads built and now under construc- 

 tion run south from Little Falls, Mohawk, Ilion, and Frankfort, 

 traversing the rich farm districts of tho southern towns and reach- 

 ing Richfield Springs, West Winfield, and other points. East 

 and west roads connect those mentioned at all important 

 points. A road from Utica extends north through Oneida County 

 and enters Herkimer near McKeever, running from that point to 

 Old Forge. Another from Utica extends south to West Winfield. 



There arc in the county 145 miles of completed improved high- 

 ways, 1l' miles additional being under construction. 



AVAILABLE MARKETS 



Little Falls, Herkimer, Ilion ami Frankfort, Herkimer County, 

 and Utica, Oneida County, are the principal local markets. In 

 the city of Little Falls, dairy machinery is among the most 

 important of its manufactured products. New York City con- 

 sumes a large quantity of the milk produced. 



About half the milk produced in the county is sold as market 

 milk and cream. During the summer and the hunting seasons 

 a considerable quantity is consumed within the county. Nearly 

 2.OOII.OD0 pounds of cheese is manufactured, also nearly 29,000,- 

 000 pounds of condensed and evaporated milk. 

 There are two canning factories in the county. 



The agricultural organizations are as follows: 



Fort Dayton National Farm Loan Association. 



Granges: Pomona and twenty-two subordinate granges. 



Herkimer County Agricultural Society. 



Herkimer County Beekeepers' Society. 



Herkimer County Dairymen's League. 



Herkimer County Farm Bureau Association. 



Herkimer County Holstein-Friesian Breeders 1 A isociation. 



Herkimer County Milk Producer:-' Association. 



Old Manheim Cheese Association. 



ind Herkimer Cooperathe Association, Enc. 



Van Hornesville Cheese and Milk Products Association. 



