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alluvial Hats. Seely 'Creek is the principal stream. The soil on 

 the hills is a slaty loam and in the valleys a fine quality of gravelly 

 loam. 



Products: Vegetables, onions, tobacco, corn, and dairy 



products. 

 Average values of farm land range from $10" to $350 an acre. 



V.\\ Etten: The surface is a hilly upland. Cayuta ('reck, 

 which flows through the center, is the principal stream. On the 

 hills -the soil is a clayey loam and in the valleys a gravelly loam. 



Products: Hairy products, hay. buckwheat, oats, and rye. 

 Average values of farm land range from $10 to $70 an acre. 



Veteran : The surface is principally a hilly upland. Catharine 

 Creek flows north along the west border. The soil is clayey and 

 gravelly loam of good quality. 



Products: Potatoes, hay, corn, wheat, buckwheat, barley, 



oats, rye, dairy products, and apples. 

 Average values of farm land range from $20 to $100 an acre. 



MARKETING CONDITIONS 

 FACILITIES FOR TRANSPORTATION 



Railroads 



The main lines of the Erie and the Delaware, Lackawanna and 

 "Western extend through the southern and western parts of the 

 county, passing through Elmira, from which point a branch of 

 the former extends southwest into Pennsylvania. 



The Xorthern Central Railroad passes through Elmira and 

 extends north and south through the county, reaching Lake 

 Ontario at Sodus Point. 



From Van Etten the Lehigh Valley Railroad takes five different 

 directions. Of these lines two reach Ithaca, from that point- 

 extending both northeast and northwest. A third line extends to 

 Geneva, a fourth to Elmira. and a fifth south into Pennsylvania. 

 The Xew York Central and Hudson River Railroad crosses the 



