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BULLETIN 409 



The valley soils are mapped as of the Chenango and Genesee series. 1 

 They are by far the more productive soils of the county, altho in some 

 places adjacent, to the rivers they are so low that crops are sometimes 

 damaged or destroyed by floods out of season. 



The land back from" the valleys is rolling to steep. Much of the area is 

 in woods, and a large proportion is suitable only for grazing. The highest 

 elevations are in the southern part of the county, where the average level 

 of the hilltops is about 1500 feet, altho the highest point is over 2000 feet. 



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FlG. 51. CONDENSARIES, IQI8 



St. Lawrence County has also 19 combination milk stations and 

 condensaries 



Aside from small areas of alluvial soils in the stream valleys, the upland 

 soils are generally of one type, Volusia silt loam. Thi ; is the most exten- 

 sive and least productive type in the county. Its distinguishing character- 

 istics are low humus content and low lime content. he compact subsoil 

 or rock, generally lying close to the surface, makes drainage conditions 

 unfavorable to the best crop production. 



Weather records give the mean annual temperature at Binghamton, 

 871 feet above sea level, for the years 1890 to 1916 inclusive, as 46.8 F., 



1 Field operations of the Bureau of Soils. United States Agr. Dept. Report n : 71-96. 1905. 

 Soils of the United States. United States Soils Bureau. 6111.96:744. 1913. v 



