728 Agricultural .Manual 



AVAILABLE MARKETS 



The local markets of Tompkins County include the following: 



Ithaca, which is widely known as the seat of Cornell University, 

 has a variety of manufactories, including salt, guns, farm machin- 

 ery, and farm supplies. The Thomas Morse Aircraft Corporation 

 and the Morse Chain Company are both located at Ithaca. Groton 

 and Dryden are also good markets. 



Trumansburg has a pickling plant and a bean-cleaning estab- 

 lishment. 



Most of the milk of the county is shipped to New York City and 

 Philadelphia. 



Direct transportation is afforded over -the Lehigh Railroad to the 

 Buffalo and Rochester markets. 



The city of Ithaca, including Cornell University, .consumes 

 large amounts of milk and dairy products. Considerable quanti- 

 ties, however, are shipped to Xew York City and Philadelphia* 

 The manufactured dairy products include 12,000,000 pounds of 

 condensed milk, and the manufacture of ice cream is an import- 

 ant factor. 



The agricultural organizations are as follows: 

 Dryden Agricultural Society. 



Granges: Pomona and eighteen subordinate granges. 

 Holstein-Friesian Club of Tompkins County. 

 Patrons of Industry: one association. 

 Tompkins County Agricultural and Horticultural Society. 

 Tompkins County Dairymen's League. 

 Tompkins County Farm Bureau Association. 

 Tompkins County Farmers' Company, Inc. 

 Tompkins County National Farm Loan Association. 

 Tompkins County Sheep Growers' Cooperative Association, Inc. 

 Trumansburg Poultry and Pet .Stuck Association. 

 Union Agricultural and Horticultural Society of Ulysses, Covert and Hector. 



EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES 



Ithaca is the seat of Cornell University and the Ithaca Con- 

 servatory of .Music. Approved courses in agriculture and home 

 making are given at Trumansburg. 



Schools registered as having suitable facilities for maintaining 

 courses iii high school and academic work are located at Dryden, 

 Freeville, Groton, Ithaca, Ludlowville, McLean, Newfield, and 

 Trumansburg. 



