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of water eighteen miles long and one to three miles wide. It lies 

 1,300 feet above tide, the hills surrounding it rising from GOO to 

 800 feet above its surface. Its outlet forms a branch of Cone- 

 wango Creek, which is a tributary to the Allegheny. Several small 

 lakes are located among the highlands. 



The soil on the uplands is principally silt mixed with dis- 

 integrated shale. In the valleys it is a fine quality of sandy and 

 gravelly loam mixed with alluvium. Along the lake shore is a 

 strip of productive clayey loam. The uplands are arable to their 

 summits, but are often better adapted to pasturage than to tillage. 



DESCRIPTION BY TOWNSHIPS 

 Arkwright: The surface is an elevated upland broken and 

 hilly in the southwest and rolling in the northeast. The highest 

 summit, southeast of the center, rises 1,900 feet above sea level. 

 The soil is silt and gravelly loam. 



Products: In the north and west, grapes, tomatoes, and 



small fruits ; and in the east and south, dairy products. 

 Average values of farm land range from $15 to $100 an acre. 



Busti: The surface is hilly and broken. It is drained by 

 several small streams flowing into Chautauqua Lake on the north 

 and by others flowing east into Conewango Creek. The soil is 

 silt and gravelly loam. 



Products : Dairy products, apples, and potatoes. 



Average values of farm land range from $20 to $50 an acre, 

 except in the vicinity of Chautauqua Lake and James- 

 town, where it is much higher. 



Carroll: The surface is broken and hilly in the northeast 

 and east, and rolling in the south and southwest. The highest 

 summits are 2,000 feet above tide. The principal stream is 

 f'onewnngo Creek, which forms part of the western boundary. 

 The soil is a silty loam in the north and east and a gravelly loam 

 in the south and west. At Frewsburg is located a milk powder 

 plant owned by the Merrell-Soule Company. 



Products: Dairy products, with a few apples. 



Average values of farm range from $20 to $50 an acre. 



