668 Agricultural Manual 



Improved Highways 



The state highway between Albany and Buffalo passes through 

 Seneca Falls and Waterloo. From each of the two latter points 

 an improved highway runs south, the two roads finally converging 

 at a point in the town of Romulus, and continuing south to Lodi 

 and east to Interlaken, thence southeast to Ithaca. 



The total completed state and county roads equal 61 miles; 7 

 miles in addition are under construction. 



AVAILABLE MARKETS 



Geneva, which is the largest local market, is the center of an 

 extensive nursery business for the raising of fruit trees. Seneca 

 Falls and Waterloo are also excellent local markets. 



At Seneca Falls is located the Gould Manufacturing Co., which 

 is the largest pump manufacturing establishment in the world. 



The milk produced in the county is sold as market milk, prin- 

 cipally in the cities of Geneva, Seneca Falls, Auburn, and 

 Rochester. 



Within the county are two canning factories. 



The agricultural organizations are as follows: 

 Granges: Pomona and thirteen subordinate granges. 

 Seneca County Agricultural Society. 

 Seneca County Beekeepers' Society. 

 Seneca County Dairymen's League. 

 Seneca County Farm Bureau Association. 

 Seneca County Hay Growers' Cooperative Association, Inc. 

 Seneca County Jersey Cattle Club. 

 Seneca County National Farm Loan Association. 

 Seneca County Sheep Growers' Cooperative Association, Inc. 



EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES 



Approved courses in agriculture and home making are given 

 at Interlaken. 



Schools registered as having suitable facilities for maintaining 

 courses in high school and academic work are located at Inter- 

 laken, Lodi, Seneca Falls, Ovid, and Waterloo. 



STATUS OF AGRICULTURE IX 1910 

 (Taken from U. S. Census of 1910) 



Land in farms 191 , 105 acres 



Number of farms 2, 085 



Per cent of farm land improved 87 .2 



