224 AGRICULTURAL .Manual 



Gbj bnpobt: The surface is broken and hilly. Below the city 

 of Hudson on the river is a range of hills commencing with the 

 bold elevation of ^It. Merino, which is 510 feet above the river. 

 Claverack Creek, forming the eastern boundary, drains a con- 

 siderable portion of the town. The portion of the town north of 

 Hudson is only slightly hilly. The southern part of the town 

 is a broad, fertile valley drained by Kahsoway Creek. The soil 

 is clayey along' the river and sandy and gravelly loam in the 

 interior. 



Products: Hay, milk, fruit, rye, oats, potatoes, and corn. 

 Average values of farm land range from $50 to $100 an acre. 



Ger.maxtowx: The surface is gently undulating, consisting of 

 ranges of hills separated by intervening valleys. Roeliff Jansen 

 Kill forms the northeastern boundary. The soil is a rich, fertile 

 loam, sandy in a few places. 



Products: Fruit, hay, oats, rye, and milk. 

 Average values of farm land range from $75 to $100 an 

 acre. 



Hillsdale: The surface is broken by ranges of high hills, 

 extending in a north and south direction and separated by narrow 

 valleys. Several small streams, forming the headwaters of the 

 Roeiiff Jansen Kill and Taghkanic Creek, take their rise in this 

 town. In the west a valley extends nearly halfway across the 

 town, and along the southern line a valley of varying width 

 extends into the larger valley at Hillsdale village. The hills are 

 generally rounded in form and are arable to their summits, 

 although a few of them are steep and rocky. The soil is generally 

 productive and comp «ed of a variety of compositions of slate, 

 gravel, clay, limestone, and loam. 



Products: Milk, hay. buckwheat, potatoes, rye, and eats. 

 Average values of farm land range from $10 to $.*>0 an acre. 



Kixderiiook: The surface is level or undulating. Tn the 

 eastern part are moderate spurs of the Peterboro Mountains, 

 which, however, permit the greater portion to be cultivated. 



