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available markets 



Kingston, the county seat, from its advantages of situation on 

 the Hudson and on various railroad lines, has an extensive trade. 

 It has extensive manufactories of various kinds, including ship- 

 building. 



Vegetable gardeners in the vicinity of Accord have a splendid 

 market for their products in the boarding sections of Sullivan 

 ( 'ounty. Near Springtown and New Paltz is another garden 

 section, the products of which are marketed principally in King- 

 ston and Poughkeepsie. 



New York City is the market for poultry products, except 

 during the summer season, when the poultry men of the lower 

 Rondout Valley — the big poultry section of Ulster County — 

 send their products to Sullivan County. A large part of the milk 

 produced in the county is sent to New York City. Quantities 

 of fruit are sent to New York by boat. Philadelphia and New 

 England are also important outlets for fruit. 



Within the county are two canning factories. 



The agricultural organizations are as follows: 

 Clintondale Fruit Growers' Cooperative Association, Inc. 

 Farmers' Cooperative Creamery of Hurleyville. 

 Granges: Pomona and twelve subordinate granges. 

 Hudson River Fruit Exchange, Inc. 

 Jewish Farmers' Cooperative Creamery Association. 

 Kingston Milk Producers' Creamery, Inc. 

 Standard National Farm Loan Association. 

 Ulster County Agricultural Society. 

 Ulster County Dairymen's League. 

 Ulster County Farm Bureau Association. 

 Ulster National Farm Loan Association. 



EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES 



A state normal school is located at Xew Paltz. Approved 

 courses in agriculture and home making are given at Highland. 



Schools registered as having suitable facilities for maintaining 

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

 ville, Highland, Kingston, Marlboro, Phoenix, Saugerties, and 

 Wallkffl. 



