844 



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Bases county, 287-302. 



climate and rainfall, 289, 290. 



educational facilities, 299. 



historical associations, 287, 288. 



industry, development of, 288, 

 2 SO. 



location and extent, 287. 



marketing conditions, 298, 299. 



milk and milk products, 299. 



population, 287, 822. 



statistics, 299 -302. 



topography and natural char- 

 acteristics, 290. 291. 



townships, description by, 291- 

 97. 

 Explorations, 54-59. 

 Extent of state, 16. 



F 

 Farm bureau managers, list of, 90, 



91. 

 Feeble-minded children, state insti- 

 tution for, location of, 497. 

 Pish, shipments from Suffolk county, 



691. 

 Fishkili, state capitol at, 2.19. 

 Five Nations, or Iroquois, 53, 54. 

 Flag, American, first, 470. 

 Flax, early production of. 64, 94, 581. 

 Fordham University, location of, 121. 

 Forest arboretum, first, where 



located, 801. 

 Forest resources, 78, 79. 

 Forestry, State School of, 498, 606. 

 Foreword, 13, 14. 

 Fort Edward, 758. 

 Fort Orange, settlement of, 54, 93. 

 Franklin county, 303-14. 



climate and rainfall, 305. 



educational facilities. 311, 312. 



historical associations, 303, 304. 



industry, development of, 304. 



location and extent, 303. 



marketing conditions, 310, 311. 



milk ami milk products, 311. 



population, 303. 822. 



statistics, 312-14. 



topography and natural char- 

 l isties, 305, 306. 



Franklin county — continued 



townships, description by, 300- 

 10. 

 Franklinville, 146, 14-7. 

 French, settlements of, 55, 369, 383, 



487, 488, 599. 787. 

 French and Indian war, attjivitries in 



Herkimer county, 355. 

 Frosts, 39, 40. 



Fruit, counties leading in production 

 of, 70, 75-77. 

 importance of, in Monroe county, 

 424. 

 in Niagara county, 458. 

 in Ontario county, 503, 504. 

 in Orleans county, 532. 

 Fruit, raising of. in early years, 64. 

 Fruit trees. tiec Trees. 

 Fruits, small, importance of, in Erie 

 county, 274. 

 in Ulster county, 734. 

 Fulton, city of, 551. 

 Robert, 94, 218. 

 Fulton Chain of lakes, 349. 

 Fulton county, 315-24. 



climate and rainfall, 316, 317. 

 educational facilities, 321. 

 historical associations, 315. 

 industry, development of, 316. 

 location and extent, 315. 

 marketing conditions, 320, 321. 

 milk and milk products, 321. 

 population, 315, 822. 

 statistics, 321-24. 

 topography and natural char- 

 acteristics, 317, 318. 

 townships, description by, 318- 

 20. 

 Fur farms, 289. 

 Fur trading, importance of, 273. 



G 



Garden seeds, where produced, 424. 

 Garnet, mining of, 82. 

 Gas, natural, 82. 



Gates. General, in Saratoga county, 

 618. 



