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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



• All of the principal grades of salt are made in New York, in- 

 cluding coarse solar, common coarse, common fine, table and 

 dairy, packers and rock salt. The coarse solar is produced en- 

 tirely at Syracuse where great areas of land are given up to its 

 manufacture. Rock salt is mined in quantity at Retsof and 

 Livonia. Most of the 'remaining product is marketed as common 

 fine, common coarse and table and dairy salt. 



Production and trade in 1904. During the year 1 904 there were 

 30 companies engaged in manufacturing salt in the State. Of this 

 number Onondaga county was represented by 23, Wyoming and 

 Tompkins county by two each, and Genesee, Livingston and 

 Schuyler by one each. The National Salt Co- is included under 

 Tompkins county, but it has operated also in Scftuyler and Wyom- 

 ing counties. No new companies entered the list of producers 

 during the year. 



The total output of salt in 1904 amounted to 8,724,768 barrels 

 of 280 pounds. In the total, account is taken of the amount of 

 salt utilized in the form of brine for the manufacture \°f soda 

 products, which is a very important item. The value of th^ ou -t- 

 put was $2,102,748 or 24 cents a barrel. The following f-able 

 shows the production distributed among the various grades as 

 marketed. 1 

 Production of salt by grades in 1904 \ 









Value 





Barrels 



Value 



per 



r_ 







barrel 



Common finea 



1 309 53 1 



$409 498 



$.31 



Common coarse 



423 686 



142 357 



•33 



Table and dairy 



1 160 423 



518 742 



• 45 





459 1S6 



i75 93i 



.33 





46 178 



14 180 



•3i 



Other grades 



5 3 2 5 794 



842 040 



.16 





8 724 768 



$2 102 748 



$.24 



a The common fine salt includes some coarse salt, so that the division for these grades is 

 not quite exact. 



The total for "other grades" is made up principally of rock 

 salt and salt used for soda manufacture, but includes other kinds. 

 It will be noted that the value of this salt is much lower than 

 the general average. 



Of the total output, Onondaga county contributed 3,456,337 

 barrels valued at $233,477, while the remainder, consisting of 



