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EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES 

 A state school of agriculture is located at Farmingdale. 

 Schools registered as having suitable facilities for maintaining 

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

 Baldwin, Farmingdale, Freeport, Glen Cove, Great Neck, Hemp- 

 stead, Hicksville, Lawrence, Lynbrook, Manhasset, Mineola, 

 Oyster Bay, Port Washington, Koslyn, Sea Cliff, Rockville 

 Center, AYestbury, and Woodmere. 



STATUS OF AGRICULTURE IN 1910 

 (Taken from U. S. Census of 1910) 



Land in farms 57 , 770 acres 



Number of farms 1. 017 



Per cent of farm land improved 76.9 



LIVE STOCK PRODUCTS 



Milk sold 619, 585 gal. 



Cream sold 770 gal. 



Butter produced 52, 708 lbs. 



Cheese produced 50 lbs. 



Eggs produced 31S , S38 doz. 



Wool produced 182 fleeces 



LIVE STOCK AND POULTRY 



Number 



Horses 3, 860 



Cattle 3, 351 



Sheep 591 



Swine 2, 698 



Poultry 76,618 



BEES 



Number of colonies 207 



SELECTED CROPS 



Cereals : Acres Bushels 



Corn 5,595 336,173 



Oats 205 4, 361 



Wheat 341 7, 702 



Barley 1 18 



Buckwheat 49 1 , 054 



Rye 662 12,280 



