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Agricultural Manual 



Monroe County Sheep Breeders' Cooperative Association. 



Rochester Industrial Exposition. 



Rochester National Farm Loan Association. 



EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES 



Rochester is the scat of the University of Rochester, Rochester 

 Thelogocial ^Seminary, and St. Bernard's Seminary. A state 

 normal school is located at Brockport. At Spencerport there 

 are given approved courses in agriculture and home making. 



Schools registered as having suitable facilities for maintaining 

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

 Churchville, East Rochester, Fairport, Hilton, Honeoye, Ironde- 

 quoit, Rochester (3), Penfield, Pittsford, Scottsville, Spencerport, 

 and Webster. 



STATUS OF AGRICULTURE IN 1910 



(Taken from D. S. Census of 1910) 



Land in farms 385,296 acres 



Number of farms 5,971 



Per cent of farm land improved 89 . 3 



LIVE STOCK PRODUCTS 



Milk sold 2. 543,202 gal. 



Cream sold 12, 994 gal. 



Butter fat sold 359. 539 lbs. 



Butter produced 1, 2S1, 766 lba. 



Cheese produced 4, 930 lbs. 



Eggs produced 1 . 791 , 106 doz. 



Wool produced 17, 484 fleeces 



LIVE STOCK A_XD POULTRY 



Horses 20, 639 



Cattle 27, 858 



Sheep 30, 700 



Swine 21 , 786 



Poultry 300, 139 



BEES 

 Number of colonies 2, 724 



SELECTED CROPS 



Cereals: Acres Bushels 



Corn 19,584 779,032 



Oats 39,300 1,385,560 



Wheat 35. 177 866, 903 



Barley 2, 795 73, 960 



Buckwheat 614 11,631 



5. 392 101, 586 



