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The products of the county are many and varied. Among 

 the most important may be mentioned shoes, rope, cotton 

 cloth, rubber products, boxes, crates, shooks and shoemaking 

 tools. 



The important farming products are hay, potatoes, cranber- 

 ries and miscellaneous vegetables. Dairying is not now a very 

 important industry, and is becoming less so year after year. 

 Stock and poultry raising is practiced to a slight extent. 



Along the seashore are many fine summer resorts. Hundreds 

 of fine residences have been built, and these resorts are con- 

 stantly attracting people in larger numbers to enjoy the ocean 



nery for which the shores of eastern and southern Plymouth 

 County are justly famous. 



Topography and Soils. 



Running practically the entire eastern length of the county, 

 along the coast, and extending inland roughly about 5 miles, is 

 a strip of rolling, knobby land with basin-like intervales. The 

 hills are mostly rounded, irregular of distribution, and in very 

 rare cases rise beyond 100 feet in altitude. This strip is made 

 up of, a terminal moraine, and is more rugged than the other 

 sections of the county. 



The remainder, which means practically the whole of the 

 county, is made up of a level to gentle rolling topography. The 

 elevation of the hills ranges from 100 to 200 feet. Numerous 

 ponds abound, among the principal of which may be mentioned 

 Assawompsett, Long Pond and Quittacas, all situated mainly 

 or in part in the town of Lakeville. Several swamps of large 

 areas also occur, the Great Cedar Swamps of Bridgewater and 

 Middleborough being the most important. 



The drainage of the county is effected mainly through several 

 small rivers and their tributaries. TheWeweantic River drains 

 to the south into Buzzards Bay. The Taunton River, empty- 

 ing into Mount Hope Bay, drains part of the western and cen- 

 tral areas. Weir and Fresh rivers are the principal streams in 

 the north, while North, South and Jones rivers drain to the 

 east. Other important streams are the Mattapoisett, Wankinco, 

 Agawam and Sippican. Many of the ponds and lakes through- 

 out the county have no apparent outlet, and it is possible, par- 



