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Index 



Blind, State School for, location of, 



331. 

 Blue Mountain Lake, 349. 

 Bolting Acts, 454. 



Brant, General, invasion of Herkimer 

 county by, 355. 

 of Orange county, 516. 

 of Otsego county, 556. 

 Bronx county, 121. 

 Broom corn, early production of, 64., 



65. 

 Broome county, 122-33. 



climate and rainfall, 124. 

 educational facilities, 131. 

 historical associations, 122, 123. 

 industry, development of, 123, 



124. 

 location and extent, 122. 

 marketing conditions, 129-31. 

 milk and milk products, 123, 131. 

 population, 122, 822. 

 statistics, 131-33. 

 topography and natural char- 

 acteristics, 125. 

 townships, description by, 125- 

 29. 

 Brooklyn. See Kings county. 

 Brown, John, home of. 288. 



tract, 383, 384. 

 Bryant, home of, 446. 

 Buckwheat, counties leading in yield 

 of, 69, 72. 

 importance of, in Cayuga county, 

 152. 

 in Steuben county, 674. 

 Buffalo, 273, 274, 283. 

 Burgovne in Saratoga count v, 618. 



Cabbage, counties leading in yield 

 of, 6!), 74. 

 importance of, in Ontario 

 county, 504. 

 in Suffolk county, 690. 

 <::'■ !>,.'_•(• -ceil, whore produced exten- 

 sively, 235. 

 Calf raising, decrease in, since 1900, 

 63. 64. 



Canal locks at Waterford, height of, 



626. 

 ( anals, building of first, 61. 

 Canandaigua, 502, 503, 511. 

 Canastota, 418, 419. 

 Canning crops, counties leading in 

 yield of, 69. 74. 

 importance of, in Livingston 

 county, 400. 

 in Oneida county, 471. 

 in Orleans county, 532. 

 Canton, 612. 



Capital, state, at Albany, 102. 

 at Pishkill, 259. 

 at Kingston, 733. 

 at New York City, 454. 

 at Poughkeepsie, 259. 

 Carding machine, first, where located, 



759. 

 Carthage, 377. 



Castle Island, settlement of, 93. 

 Catharine, Queen. See Montour, 



Catharine. 

 Catskill mountains, 337, 33S. 

 Cattaraugus county, 134-150. 



climate and rainfall, 137, 138. 

 educational facilities, 147. 

 historical associations, 134, 135. 

 industry, development of, 136, 



137. 

 location and extent, 134. 

 marketing conditions, 145-47. 

 milk and milk products, 147. 

 population, 134, 822. 

 statistics, 147-50. 

 topography and natural char- 

 acteristics, 138. 

 townships, description by, 139- 

 45. 

 Cattaraugus Indian Reservation, lo- 

 cation of, 274. 

 Cattle, counties leading in number of, 

 71, 77. 

 number of. in St. Lawrence 

 county, 602. 

 Cauliflower, importance of, in Suffolk 

 county, 690. 



