100 Agricultural Manual 



Fruit is an important product of the township, although general 

 agriculture is tie main industry. Dairying is becoming a 

 prominent feature in the vicinity of Feura Bush. 



Products: Fruit and general farm crops. 

 The average values of farm land range from $5 to $200 an 

 acre. 



Rensselaerville : The surface is mostly uplands broken by 

 ridge? from the Helderberg Mountains, which extend north and 

 south and rise from 1,800 to 2.000 feet above sea level. The nar- 

 row, fertile valleys are watered by the rapid streams, including 

 Catskill and Tenmile creeks. The greater part of the soil is clay 

 and gravel lying on hardpan, that in .the valleys, as well as in 

 some of the highlands, being made up of gravelly and alluvial soils. 

 General farming is the dominant type of- agriculture, sheep raising 

 being followed quite extensively. Fruit raising and dairying are 

 extensively carried on in the southern part of the town, which is 

 well adapted to this type of agriculture. 



Products: Fruit and general crops. 



Average values of farm land range from $5 to $50 an acre. 



Westerlo: The surface is broken and hilly, with a southerly 

 inclination. The highest points on the northwest* are 1,600 feet 

 above sea level. The valleys are narrow ravines. The soil of this 

 township is similar to the other townships lying in the Helderberg 

 Mountains, varying from a stony el ay loam to gravelly loam. This 

 is a good agricultural township, but the location is so far distant 

 from markets as to render the land less desirable than in some 

 other sections. General agrieulture predominates. Although the 

 township is well adapted to dairying, this industry is not exten- 

 sively followed. With the improvement of facilities for carrying 

 produce to the cities this line of agriculture* will increase greatly 

 in its extent. 



Products: General farm crops. 



The average values of farm land range from $5 to $75 an 

 acre. 



