Chenango County 195 



Columbus: This town occupies a portion of the high ridge 

 between Unadilla and Chenango rivers. The highest summits are 

 400 to 600 feet above the valleys. Unadilla River forms the east- 

 ern boundary, receiving several small tributaries. The soil is a 

 gravelly and shaly loam. 



Products: Milk, potatoes, hay, and cabbage. 



Average values of farm land range from $15 to $40 an acre. 



Coventry: The highest elevations, midway between the Sus- 

 quehanna and Chenango rivers, are about 1,700 feet above tide. 

 The slopes are generally long and gradual and are arable to their 

 summits. Harpers and Wylie creeks, flowing into the Susque- 

 hanna, are the principal streams. The soil is a gravelly, shaly 

 loam, with occasional beds of red slaty loam. 



Products : Milk and hay. 



Average values of farm land range from $10 to $30 an acre. 



German: The surface is hilly and abundantly watered by 

 several brooks. The soil is a sandy, gravelly loam on the hills 

 and alluvium in the valleys. 



Products : Milk and hay. 



Average values of farm land range from $10 to $20 an acre. 



Gree.\e: The surface is a rolling and hilly upland, broken by 

 the ravines of the streams. The hills rise from 500 to 700 feet 

 above the Chenango River, which flows southwest through the 

 center of the town in a broad valley about one mile in width. 

 Genegantslet Creek flows south through the western part in a wide 

 valley, joining the Chenango a few miles below the village of 

 Greene. The soil is a gravelly and shaly loam on the hills and 

 alluvium in the valleys. 



Products: Milk, potatoes, and hay. 



Average values of farm land range from $15 to $60 an acre. 



Guilford: The surface is hilly and broken, including most 

 of the elevated lands between the Chenango and Unadilla rivers. 

 The summits of the hills rise from 200 to 700 feet above the 

 valleys. It is drained by the Unadilla, which forms the eastern 



