808 Agricultural M \nual 



AVAILABLE MARKETS 



Wyoming County is largely devoted to dairying, and has the 

 excellent market facilities provided by the Merrill-Soule Company 

 with their powdered milk plants at Arcade, Attica, Warsaw, 

 and" Gainesville; also the Richardson-Beebe Company, located 

 in the Javas; and the Borden Company, which owns several 

 plants in the county. 



Hay, potatoes, Leans, wheat, and fruit are some of the products 

 that are purchased by local men and shipped to the large cities. 

 Through the location of the county and its ready accessibility to 

 Buffalo and Rochester, these two cities afford ready market for 

 all products. 



The railroads make good connections for shipment of milk and 

 other produce to New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washing- 

 ton, and Pittsburgh. 



Probably 40 per cent of the powdered skim milk manufactured 

 in the state is made in Wyoming County. The milk establish- 

 ments of the county handle large quantities of cream. Powdered 

 whole milk and cream is manufactured, besides about 600,000 

 pounds of American cheese, some foreign type cheese, and 

 quantities of Swiss cheese, the county ranking first in the pro- 

 duction of the latter article. 



There are two canning factories in the county. 



The agricultural organizations are as follows : 



Granges: "Pomona and lfi subordinate granges. 



Perry Farmers' Co-operative Association, Inc. 



Silver Lake Agricultural and Mechanical Association Society. 



Wyoming County Agricultural Society. 



Wyoming County Dairymen's League. 



Wyoming County Farm Bureau Association. 



Wyoming National Farm Loan Association. 



EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES 



Approved courses in agriculture and home making are given 

 at Castile, Perry, and Wyoming. 



Schools registered as having suitable facilities for maintaining 

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

 Attica. Castile, Gainesville, Wyoming, Perry, Pike, Yarysburg. 

 and Warsaw. 



