37S Agricultural Manual, 



In Jefferson County axe more than 100 milk establishments 

 collecting milk from over 55,000 cows. About 239,000,000 

 pounds of milk is delivered at the plants, a considerable amount 

 of which is shipped as market milk and cream. The county 

 ranks Becond in the state in the manufacture of cheese, making 

 13,000,000 pounds, over 9,000,000 pounds of which is American 

 cheese. Other manufactured products include a half million 

 pounds of creamery butter, 10,000,000 pounds of condensed milk, 

 and a large amount of powdered whole and skim milk. The 

 county ranks first in the manufacture of fancy cheeses and second 

 in the manufacture of Limburger. 



There are two canning factories in the county. 

 The agricultural organizations are as follows: 



Cape Vincent Agricultural Society. 



Cooperative Farms Association. 



Granges: Pomona and thirty-three subordinate granges. 



Jefferson County Agricultural Society. 



Jefferson County Beekeepers' Association. 



Jefferson County Dairymen's League. 



Jefferson County Farm Bureau Association. 



Jefferson County Holstein-Friesian Breeders' Association- 

 Jefferson County Sheep Growers' Association, Inc. 



Mannsville Dairy Corporation. 



North Country National Farm Loan Association. 



Patrons of Industry: Three associations. 



EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES 

 An approved course in agriculture is given at Belleville. 

 Schools registered as having suitable facilities for maintaining 

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

 Adams, Adams ( 'enter. Alexandria Bay. Antwerp, Belleville, 

 Black River, Brownville, Cape Vincent, Carthage, Chaumont, 

 Clayton. Dexter, Evans Mills, Felts Mills, Henderson, La Farge- 

 ville, Mannsville, Philadelphia, Redwood, Sacket Harbor, Smith- 

 ville Plats, Theresa, Three Mile Bay, Watertown, and Carthage. 



STATUS OF AGRICULTURE IN 1910 



(Taken from U. S. Census of 1910) 



Land in farms 732, 861 acres 



Number of farm- 5. 778 



Per cent of farm land improved 68 . 4 



