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sandstone and hundreds of acres are covered with the naked rock. 

 The Big and Little Chazy rivers are the principal streams. The 

 soil is light and sandy and a large share is unfit for cultivation. 

 A few settlements are scattered through the town, and the people 

 are largely engaged in lumbering. 



Products: Market milk, potatoes, oats, corn, hay, and buck 

 wheat. 



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



Ausable: Surface, nearly level in the east, rolling in the 

 center, and hilly in the west. The highest summits are 500 to 

 1,000 feet above the lake. Soil, generally a light, sandy loam, 

 moderately fertile in the east and center, but poor in the west. 

 Birmingham Falls at Ausable Chasm is located in this town, and 

 in Chesterfield, Essex County. Iron ore is abundant. 



Products: Dairy products, potatoes, beans, hay, corn and 



other grains, and apples. 

 Average values of farm land range from $30 to $60 an acre. 



Beekmantown : Surface, level in the east and moderately 

 hilly in the west. Its streams are small creeks and brooks. Soil, 

 a clay loam in the center and east and light sand in the west. 



Products : Dairy products, potatoes, hay, oats, apples, buck- 

 wheat, strawberries, and vegetables. 

 Average values of farm land range from $40 to $60 an acre. 



Black Brook : The surface is a rocky and mountainous up- 

 land, the highest summits being 2,000 to 3,000 feet above the lake. 

 Among the mountains are several nearly level tablelands 200 to 

 300 feet above the general level. The forest trees are thinly scat- 

 tered and nearly the whole town is too rough and poor for profit- 

 able cultivation. In the mountainous region are several small 

 lakes or ponds. The soil is cold, wet, and generally unproductive. 

 Extensive beds of iron ore are scattered through the town. 



The manufacture of iron and charcoal were formerly the prin- 

 cipal industries and were continued to some extent until about 

 1890. The lumber and pulp wood business is most prominent at 

 the present time. 



Products: Potatoes, grain, hay, and dairy products. 

 Average values of farm land range from $10 to $40 an acre. 



