482 Agricultural Manual 



It is one of the greatest copper manufacturing cities in the 

 country. Among* the other manufactured products are a wide 

 variety of iron and metal articles. The canning factory business 

 is a very important one. 



Rome i> also the seat of the Slate Custodial Asylum. 



Utica is the gateway to the Adirondacks, and a center for the 

 railroads that furnish the only means of reaching a large number 

 of the lake towns'in northern New York. To the south there are 

 two lines of steam railroad and trolley connections that extend to 

 Oneonta. There is also half-hourly trolley service eastward a3 

 far as Little Falls and westward to Syracuse. 



The excellent railroad service makes Utica an important ship- 

 ping center, and Xew York City may be reached within five and a 

 half hours by rail. 



It is one of the greatest cotton manufacturing centers of this 

 country. It is also a center of the knit goods industry and con- 

 tains one of the largest woolen cloth factories in the state. There 

 are several other extensive manufactures, including hot air fur- 

 naces, cast iron pipe, and other iron and brass products. 



A state hospital is located at Utica. 



There are over 100 establishments handling milk and milk 

 products in Oneida County, which is a great cheese-making sec- 

 tion. Among the products are more than 3,000,000 pounds of 

 American cheese, about 2,500,000 pounds of Limburger and 

 quantities of brick, Munstcr and Swiss cheeses. In the manufac- 

 ture of Limburger cheese, Oneida County ranks first in the state. 

 About half the milk produced Ls shipped as market milk, largely 

 to Xew Y>rk City. Nearly 2,000,000 pounds of condensed milk 

 is manufactured. 



There are 16 canning factories in the county. 



The agricultural organizations are as follows : 

 Black River Produce Exchange. 

 Boonville Fair Association. 

 Central Milk Producers' Association, Inc. 

 Central New York Poultry and Pet Stock Association. 

 Farmers' Cooperative Company of Oneida County, Inc. 

 Granges: Pomona and twenty-one subordinate granges. 

 C,v ;n<r Milk Co., Inc. 



Holland Patent Milk & Cream Company. 



