110 Agricultural Manual 



DESCRIPTION BY TOWNSHIPS 



Alfred: The surface is generally hilly, broken by narrow 

 valleys. 



The highest summits are 500 to 800 feet above the streams. 

 Caneadca Creek is the principal stream. The soil on the hills is 

 a clay or shaly loam, and in the valleys a gravelly loam. 



Products: Dairy products, oats, hay, potatoes, barley, and 



buckwheat. 

 The average value of farm land is $55 an acre. 



Ai.lex : The surface is a hilly upland divided into ridges by the 

 valleys of the streams. The highest summits are 500 to 700 feet 

 above the valleys. "Wigwam Creek, a tributary of the Genesee, is 

 the principal stream. The soil on the uplands is clay underlaid 

 by hardpan. In the valleys it is a gravelly loam and alluvium. 



Products: Dairy products, hay, oats, barley, and buckwheat. 

 The average value of farm land is $16 an acre. 



Alma: The surface is broken and mountainous. Honeoye 

 Creek and its branches, which flow through deep narrow ravines, 

 form the drainage of the town. The soil on the uplands is a clayey 

 and sandy loam. In the valleys it is a gravelly loam and alluvium. 



Products: Oats, barley, buckwheat, dairy products, potatoes, 



and oil. 

 The average value of farm land is $41 an acre. 



Almond: The surface is mostly an upland separated into dis- 

 tinct ridges by the deep valleys of Canistoo River and smaller 

 streams. The highest summits are 500 to 800 feet above the val- 

 leys. The soil is a gravelly and clayey loam.- 



Products: Dairy products, potatoes, poultry, oats, and garden 



truck. 

 The average value of farm land is $27 an acre. 



Amity: The surface is hilly and broken, the summits rising 

 500 to 800 feet above the valleys. The Genesee River and its 



