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alluvium, and is very productive. The hills, which have a rich 

 soil of slaty and gravelly loam, are cultivated to their summits. 



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



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



Vestal : The surface consists of the Susquehanna River inter- 

 vale and the hilly region immediately south of it. Big Choconut 

 Creek tknvs north through the center. The soil on the hills is a 

 fine quality of slaty loam, and in the valleys it is a deep rich, 

 gravelly loam and alluvium. 



Products: Milk, hay, potatoes, and buckwheat. 

 The average value of farm land is $20- on the hills; in the 

 valleys it ranges from $30 to $75 an -acre. 



Windsor : The surface includes the valley of the Susquehanna 

 and the high ridges on either side. On the east side of the valley 

 the hills rise from- 400 to 800 feet above .the river, culminating 

 in several -sharp ridges. On the west the hills are generally less 

 elevated, although the highest summits attain an elevation equal 

 to those on the east. Oquaga Hill in the. northeast is one of the 

 the highest peaks. The soil is a deep, rich, gravelly loam in the 

 valleys and a slaty loam underlaid by clay and hardpan on the 

 hills. 



Products: Milk, potatoes, hay, and buckwheat. 

 The average value of farm land is $26 an acre. 



MARKETING CONDITIONS 



FACILITIES FOR TRANSPORTATION 



Rail and Electric Roads 



The Erie road enters the town of Sanford from Delaware 

 County and takes a bend, which passes through Susquehanna and 

 Greatbend in Pennsylvania. It again enters the county in the 

 southern part of Kirkwood and extends through Binghamton to 

 the west. 



The main line of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western 

 enters the county from Pennsylvania and extends along the val- 

 ley of the Susquehanna through Binghamton and west into Tioga 

 County. 



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