158 Agricultural Manual 



branches. The soil among the hills is a gravelly loam mixed with 

 clay. In the valleys it consists of a deep rich loam formed of 

 gravel and disintegrated Limestone and slate. 



Products : Hay, cabbage, potatoes, corn, and dairy products. 



Average values of farm land range from $00 to $100 an acre. 



Xii.es: The surface is principally a rolling and hilly upland. 



The highest summits are 800 feel above Owasco Lake. The slopes 



arc gradual toward Owasco Lake luit more abrupt toward Skan- 



eateles Lake. The soil is a gravelly and clayey loam. 



Products: Oats, barley, hay, potatoes, and cabbage. 



Average values of farm land range from $40 to $G0 an acre. 



Owasco: The surface is rolling and inclined to the northwest. 

 From Lake Owasco on the west it slopes -gradually upward, the 

 highest summits attaining an elevation of 1,000 feet above tide. 

 Owasco Creek and Alillers Brook form the drainage. The soil is 

 a clayey loam. 



Products: Hay, cabbage, and potatoes. 



Average values of farm land range from $f>0 to $100 an acre. 



Scipio : The surface is rolling, the highest summits being 600 

 feet above Owasco Lake on the easl shore. A steep blutT twenty to 

 fifty feet high extends along the lake, from the summit of which 

 the surface slopes gradually upward for about one mile. The 

 streams are small brooks. The soil is a clayey loam. 



Products: Oats, barley, buckwheat, wheat, hay, apples, and 



sheep. 

 Average values of farm land range from $25 to $100 an acre. 



Sempbomtus: From the valley of Skaneateles Lake the hills 

 rise abruptly to a bight of 800 to 1.000 feet. From their summits 

 the surface spreads out into a rolling and hilly upland. The 

 highest points reach an elevation of 1,800 feet above tide. The 

 principal streams are Mill, Pear Swamp, and Fall brooks. The 

 soil is a good quality of clayey, sandy, and gravelly loam mixed 

 with disintegrated slate and limestone. 



Products: Cabbage and potatoes. 



Average values of farm land range from $25 to $50 an acre. 



