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Improved Highways 

 State and county highways centering at Syracuse traverse 

 nearly all sections of the county and form direct routes to lioch- 

 r, Oswego, Watertown, Utica, Albany, New York, Cortland, 

 Ithaca and Auburn and other points west to Buffalo. 



Onondaga County has 204 miles of completed improved high- 

 ways, and 19 miles additional under construction. 



AVAILABLE MARKETS 



Syracuse is the principal market. This city is an important 

 railroad and canal center, the railroad yards at East Syracuse 

 being among the largest in the world. There are important manu- 

 facturing interests, of which the largest is the Solvay Process 

 Company with over 3,000 employees. This company is one of 

 three making use of a secret process for the manufacture of soda 

 both for baking and washing purposes. 



Other well-known manufacturing firms are the following: 

 Franklin Automobile Works; John Deere Plow Company; 

 Pierce, Butler & Pierce (heating systems) ; the Halcomb Steel 

 Company ; two pottery factories ; the L. C. Smith Typewriter 

 Company; and several large gear factories. The Merrill-Soule 

 Company are extensive manufacturers of powdered milk and 

 mincemeat. 



Syracuse is the seat of Syracuse University, one of the well- 

 known institutions for higher education. 



The State Institution for Feeble Minded Children is located at 

 Syracuse, and the county of Onondaga has recently established a 

 tuberculosis sanitarium. 



A large part of the milk produced is sold as market milk either 

 in Xew York or Syracuse. About 800,000 pounds of creamery 

 butter and nearly one-half million pounds of cheese are manu- 

 factured. 



There are nine canning factories within the county. 



The agricultural organizations are as follows: 



Baldwin gville Milk Company, Inc. 

 Clay Milk Producers' Association, Inc. 

 Granges: Pomona and 33 subordinate granges. 

 Granby Seed Potato Association. 

 Onondaga County Beekeepers' Society. 



