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AVAILABLE MARKETS 



Within the county the greatest amount of farm produce is sold 

 at Mecklenburg and Burdett. Outside the county both New York 

 and Philadelphia are important markets for potatoes, fruit, and 

 hay. The milk produced is sold largely as market milk. 



The agricultural organizations are as follows: 



Granges: Pomona and fifteen subordinate granges. 



Hector Fruit Growers' Association, Inc. 



Schuyler County Agricultural Conference Board. 



Schuyler County Agricultural Society. 



Schuyler County Dairymen's League. 



Schuyler County Farm Bureau Association. 



Schuyler County Sheep Breeders' Cooperative Association, Inc. 



Townsend Cheese Association. 



EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES 



Schools registered as having suitable facilities for maintaining 

 courses in high school and academic work are located at Burdett, 

 Montour Falls, Odessa, and Watkins. 



STATUS OF AGRICULTURE IN 1910 

 (Taken from U. S. Census of 1910) 



Land in farms 190, 032 acres 



Number of farms 1, 920 



Per cent of farm land improved 79 . 2 



LIVE STOCK PRODUCTS 



Milk sold 297.485 gal. 



Cream sold 6 , 439 gal. 



Butter fat sold 103, 820 lbs. 



Butter produced 641 , 743 lbs. 



Eggs produced 605, 807 doz. 



Wool produced 15, 881 fleeces 



LIVE STOCK AND POULTRY 



Number 



Horses 5, 392 



Cattle 10, 127 



Sheep 22, 982 



Swine 5.401 



Poultry 88, 114 



BEES 



Number of colonies 1, 929 



