442 Agricultural Manual 



Two improved highways converge at each of three points in 

 the .Mohawk Valley — Sprakers, Canajoharie, and Fort Plain — 

 these roads covering the south and southwestern portions of the 

 county. 



There are in Montgomery County 105 miles of completed 

 improved highways with 9 miles additional under construction. 



AVAILABLE MARKETS 



Amsterdam is the principal local market within the county. 

 This city is noted for its knitting mills and for the manufacture 

 of carpets and rugs. Johnstown and Gloversville, manufacturing 

 cities lying in Fulton County, furnish excellent markets for gar- 

 den surplus and truck crops. 



A large portion of the milk produced is sent to New York, 

 Albany, and other cities by special milk trains. 



About two-thirds of the milk produced is sent to New York, 

 Amsterdam, Schenectady, Albany, and other cities by special 

 milk trains. Manufactured dairy products include 1,000,000 

 pounds of cheese and more than 6,000,000 pounds of condensed 

 and evaporated milk. Creamery butter is manufactured to some 

 extent. 



There is one canning factory in the county. 



The agricultural organizations are as follows: 



Canajoharie Milk Company, Inc. 



Fort Dayton National Farm Loan Association. 



Fort Plain Milk Co., Inc. 



Fulton and Montgomery County Beekeepers' Association. 



Granges: Pomona and thirteen subordinate granges. 



Mohawk Valley Xational Farm Loan Association. 



Montgomery County Agricultural Society. 



Montgomery County Hay and Produce Cooperative Association, Inc. 



Montgomery County Dairymen's League. 



Montgomery County Farm Bureau Association. 



Montgomery County Holstein-Friesian Breeders' Association. 



Tribes Hill Creamery Co. 



EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES 

 Schools registered as having suitable facilities for maintaining 

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

 Amsterdam, Canajoharie, Fonda, Fort Plain, Fultonville, and 

 Palatine Bridge. 



