. A survey, a review of the past; a glimpse at the present; plans for the future . ake to a point about one and one-half miles belowthe falls, the volume of water going over the falls has beenmuch diminished. The electrical power generated by this fall of water istransmitted to many nearby villages though the chief objectof the promoters is to supplement the electrical power trans-mitted from Niagara Falls to the central part of the State,which purpose is being splendidly realized. This hydro-electric plant is, with the exception of Niagara Falls, thegreatest in the State of New York. Redfield
. A survey, a review of the past; a glimpse at the present; plans for the future . ake to a point about one and one-half miles belowthe falls, the volume of water going over the falls has beenmuch diminished. The electrical power generated by this fall of water istransmitted to many nearby villages though the chief objectof the promoters is to supplement the electrical power trans-mitted from Niagara Falls to the central part of the State,which purpose is being splendidly realized. This hydro-electric plant is, with the exception of Niagara Falls, thegreatest in the State of New York. Redfield lake formed by this piece of construction isover 8 miles long with an area of BVz square miles, and hassubmerged many of the best farms in the town of Redfield aswell as some land in Orwell. This lake when frozen over isthe scene of many winter sports. The leading industries of the district are farming,lumbering and manufacturing. Farming is carried on alongits varied lines. Stock breeding, dairying, fruit raising, poul-try raising and sugar making each engage many persons. 14. 15 The introduction into this region, in 1876, of Imported Hol-stein-Friesian stock by the late Henry Stevens determinedto a large extent the industry of the locality and the farmof Henry Stevens & Son now carries 175 head of purebredcattle while nearly every farmer is the owner of some Hol-stein-Friesian stock. It is conservatively estimated thatthe annual sales of pure blood Holsteins from the districtamount to $100,000 or more. In this connection it may be mentioned that this districtis the home of a Holstein advertising bureau, whose special-ties—pedigrees, catalogs and public sale management, arecontributing to the success of the Holstein industry through-out the United States. This unique business, which affordsemployment for a dozen clerks and typewriter operators, isconducted by E M. Hastings of Lacona, and the large amountof printing to which it gives occasion, is handled by theCorse Press of
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