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valley in the eastern part of the town. In the valleys the soil 

 is a rich alluvium and gravelly loam ; that on the hills is a clayey 

 loam mixed with disintegrated slate and shale. 



Products: Milk, potatoes, and hay. 



The average value of farm land is $20 an acre. 



Chenango : The surface includes the intervale of the Chenango 

 River — also several high ridges extending in a north and south 

 direction and separated by the narrow valleys of small streams. 

 The hills rise from 300 to 600 feet above the valleys. Castle and 

 Cattle creeks, tributaries of the Chenango River, are the principal 

 streams. On the hills in the north the soil is a gravelly loam 

 mixed with disintegrated slate and underlaid by hardpan ; further 

 south it becomes a deeper and richer gravelly loam. It is produc- 

 tive, but from its moist character has been largely devoted to 

 grazing. 



Products: Milk, buckwheat, potatoes, hay, and truck crops. 

 The average value of farm land is $35 an acre. 



Colesville : The surface consists principally of a high broken 

 upland divided by the deep valley of the Susquehanna River. The 

 summits of the uplands rise from 400 to 700 feet above the val- 

 leys. In the valleys the soil ig a deep, fertile, gravelly loam. On 

 the summits of the hills it is generally clay and slate. 

 Products: Milk, potatoes, hay, and buckwheat. 

 The average value of farm land is $15 an acre. 



Conklin: The surface consists of the fine broad intervale of 

 the Susquehanna River and the high broken uplands on the west. 

 The summits of the hills are 400 to 600 feet above the valleys, 

 and the slopes are very steep. Little Snake Creek, which flows 

 through the southern part, has a narrow valley bordered by steep 

 hills. The soil on the hills is hard clay and gravelly loam largely 

 intermixed with slate. In the valleys the soil is a deep rich 

 alluvium and gravelly loam. 



Products: Milk, potatoes, hay, buckwheat, oats, and truck 



crops. 

 The average value of farm land is $30 an acre. 



