768 Agricultural Manual 



Additional macadam roads are as follows: From Whitehall 

 to Fort Edward ; from Hudson Falls to Adamsvillc ; from Smiths 

 Basin to Hartford; from Argyle to South Argyle. 



There are in Washington County 94 miles of completed 

 improved highways, with 9 miles additional under construc- 

 tion. 



AVAILABLE MARKETS 



The principal local markets for produce of all kinds are the fol- 

 lowing manufacturing village.-: 



Hudson Falls and Salem are the county seats. A court house 

 is located at. each place, the offices of the county judge and sur- 

 rogate being located at Salem. 



At Hudson Falls and at Fort Edward are large paper mills. 



Whitehall is a lake port, and the terminus of the Champlain 

 Canal ; it also has large silk mills. 



Granville is one of the greatest centers for the production of 

 roofing slate. 



At Cambridge is located a large seed warehouse. Agricultural 

 implements are manufactured at both Cambridge and Greenwich. 



In addition to these towns, Glens Falls, just over the line in 

 Warren County, is an excellent, near-by market. 



The transportation facilities make Troy, Albany, Xew York, 

 Boston and the summer resorts on Lake George, also the mining 

 towns of eastern Pennsylvania, easily accessible, all of which offer 

 good markets. Boston receives a large part of the wool produced. 



Dealers from Troy and Albany send trucks direct to the towns 

 of Easton, Cambridge, Greenwich and White Creek, and a con- 

 siderable amount of potatoes, milk and apples is marketed in this 

 manner. 



The milk establishments of Washington County receive 100,- 

 000,000 pounds of milk annually. Fully two-thirds of this 

 amount is sold as market milk, the greater share going to the 

 city of Boston and the remainder to Xew York City and the 

 capital district or Xew England cities. There is manufactured 

 in the county more than 100,000,000 pounds of American cheese 

 and about 0,000,000* pounds of condensed milk. 



The agricultural organizations are as follows: 



Adirondack Beekeepers' Association. 



Cambridge Valley Agricultural Society and Stork Breeders' Association. 

 . Improvement Association. 



