Madison County 419 



Canastota leads in handling hay, celery, and onions. In 

 Canastota and Bouckville are extensive plants manufacturing 

 cider vinegar. 



Both Syracuse and Utica are good nearby markets. New 

 York City, however, is the greatest market for products not 

 consumed within the county, including large quantities of milk. 



Over two-thirds of the milk produced in Madison County ia 

 shipped to New York City in the form of market milk. Manufac- 

 tured daily products include 2,000,000 pounds of cheese and 

 12.500,000 pounds of condensed and evaporated milk. Cream- 

 cry ltutter is manufactured to some extent. 



There are eight canning factories in the county. 

 Bridgeport Milk. Association. 

 Brookfield-Madison County Agricultural Society. 

 Central Xew York Milk Producers' Association, Inc. 

 Chenango National Farm Loan Association. 

 DeRuyter Co-operative Milk Producers' Association. 

 Four-County Fair Association. 



Granges: Pomona and thirteen subordinate granges. 

 Madison-Chenango Counties Holstein-Friesian Breeders' Club. 

 Madison County Farm Bureau Association. 

 Madison County Dairymen's League. 

 Madison County National Farm Loan Association. 

 Madison County Pea Shippers, Inc. 

 Morrisville Agricultural Society. 

 Oneida Poultry Association. 



EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES 



Hamilton is the seat of Colgate University, and Morrisville 

 of the State School of Agriculture. 



Schools registered as having suitable facilities for maintaining 

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

 Brookfield, Canastota, Cazenovia, De Ruyter, Earlville, Eaton, 

 Erieville, Georgetown. Hamilton, Leonardsville, Madison, Morris- 

 ville, Munnsville, New Woodstock, North Brookfield, Oneida, 

 Perryville, Peterboro, and Chittenango. 



STATUS OF AGRICULTURE IX 1910 



(Taken from U. S. Census of 1910) 



Land in farms 381,434 acres 



Number of farms 4,042 



Per cent of farm land improved 74 . 3 



