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Title: The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Foster, Ellsworth D., ed Hughes, James L. (James Laughlin), 1846-1935
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: Chicago, Ralph Durham Co.
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he output of its quan-ies New York is nextto Pennsylvania and Vermont. Over 5,600,-000 barrels of Portland cement are producedannually, and in this commodity New Yorkranks with the first five states. New Yorkand Michigan are the two leading salt states;both states have been producing over 10,-000,000 barrels annually for years, and theoutput of New York has reached over 14,-000,000 barrels. In the mining of gypsumand the production of fibrous talc New Yorkranks first among the states, and it is alsoa leading state in the production of alum-inum, emer^, abrasive garnet, graphite, mill-stones, feldspar, iion pyrite and infusorialearth. Other important mineral resource?include crude petroleum, natural gas andmineral waters. The Saratoga mineralsprings are world-famous, and there areabout forty similar springs. The total valueof the mineral output is about $50,000,000, Agriculture. More than half of the stateis under cultivation, and New York rankstwelfth among the states in value of farm
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NEW YORK 2551 NEW YORK products. The rainfall is abundant, andthe climate is well suited to all products thatcan be raised in a medium temperate climate.In general, the farms are small and undera high state of cultivation. About 4,500,000acres are devoted to hay, which is the lead-ing crop in value. Among the cereals, oatsand com are most important. New York isthe first buckwheat state, and also first inpotato and apple production. The variety of surface, the means of trans-portation and the variations in climate giveagricultm-e a wide diversity of interests. Thecounties along the lower part of the Hudsonare favorably situated for market gardensand for producing dairy articles for the citytrade. Through the plateau regions, the soiland climate are better suited to the growingof cereals and fruits, and here large quanti-ties of potatoes, com, oats, beans, apples,peaches and plums are raised. In the north-western part, which includes the western slopeof the Adirondack region and the eas

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