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County, and in fact wherever the series is developed, 

 the possibility for the production of grass, hay and 

 forage crops has led to the extensive use of the land 

 for dairying. 



The Coloma series is distributed around the north- 

 ern flank of the Adirondack Mountain area in asso- 

 ciation with the Potsdam sandstone. The hard 

 character and resistant arrangement of that massive 

 formation has resulted in a relatively thin stony soil. 

 The tillable areas are small and irregular and occupy 

 protected hollows and slopes in the rock structure. 

 Large and small bowlders are thickly strewn over the 

 surface. 



The soil and subsoil are a light rusty brown color. 

 Loam and sandy loam types predominate. Drainage 

 is generally good and the lime content is low. The 

 content of organic matter is also relatively low. 

 Consequently, the general agricultural development is 

 low and without special characteristics. Grass and 

 grain do poorly on the soil. The one crop to which 

 it has been found to be preeminently adapted is po- 

 tatoes, of which good yields and excellent quality are 

 secured. The physical properties of the soil, coupled 

 with the cool even climate produced by the latitude 

 and the elevation, combine to give it this favorable 

 relation to the potato crop. The region is developing 

 a reputation for seed potatoes for southern planting 

 and bids fair to compete successfully, though on a 

 smaller scale, with the famous Aroostook district in 

 Maine. 



The Worth series is recognized on the southwest 



