128 Agricultural Manual 



of Xantieoke Creek, which flows south through the center. 

 The soil on the hills is a slaty loam underlaid by hardpan. 



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

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



Fenton : The surface consists of a high rolling upkmd on the 

 east bank of Chenango River. The Chenango valley is very nar- 

 row, the hills rising abruptly to an elevation of 500 to 700 feet 

 above the river. Pago Brook flows south through the center of 

 the town, dividing the uplands into two distinct ridges. The soil 

 in the valleys is a fine rich gravelly loam and alluvium. On the 

 hills it is a clayey and slaty loam underlaid by hardpan. 



Products: Milk, hay, and potatoes. 



The average value of farm land is $22 an acre. 



Saitcobd: The surface is principally occupied by the high, 

 mountainous range between the Delaware and Susquehanna rivers. 

 The summits rise from 600 to 000 feet above the valley, and the 

 declivities are generally vers- -steep. The narrow valley of Oquaga 

 Creek, which flows south through the center of the town, -separates 

 the highlands into two parts. Tn the valleys the soil is a fertile 

 gravelly loam; on the hills it is a cold clayey loam underlaid by 

 hardpan. 



Products: Milk, buckwheat, oats, and potatoes. 

 The average value of farm land is $25 an acre. 



Triangle: The surface consists of a hilly broken upland 

 divided by the valleys of Otselie River and Halfway Brook. The 

 summits of the hills are 300 to 500 feet above the valleys. The 

 soil is generally a gravelly loam. 



Products: Milk, potatoes, and hay. 



The aver-age value of farm land is $20 an acre. 



T'xion : The surface consists of the Susquehanna intervale 

 and the hilly region to the north. The highlands are nearly 

 centrally divided by the deep valley of Nanticoke Creek. Tn the 

 valley the Boil consists of mixed clay, sand, gravelly loam, and 



