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age. The principal streams are East, West, and Pines brooks. 

 The soil is a shalv loam on the hills and a fertile alluvium in the 

 valleys. The Nestle Milk Company and the Breakstone Milk 

 Company receive daily Large quantities of milk. 



Products: Milk and maple sugar and sirup of fine quality. 

 Average values of farm land range from $15 to $35 an acre. 



MARKETING CONDITIONS 

 FACILITIES FOR TRANSPORTATION 



Railroads 



The New York, Ontario and Western enters the town of Col- 

 chester, extends west through Hancock and into Pennsylvania. 

 From Cadosia it extends to Walton, where it branches to Delhi, 

 the main line extending from Sidney northwest to Oswego. 



The Ulster and Delaware from Kingston enters the town of 

 Middletown and extends into Arkville. From that point the 

 road runs northeast through Roxbury into Schoharie County and 

 back into Delaware through Stamford to Bloomville and north- 

 west to Oneonta, where it makes connections with the Delaware 

 and Hudson. The latter runs through Otsego County within a 

 short distance of the northwest border of Delaware County, finally 

 crossing the extreme western part of Sidney. 



The Delaware and Northern runs through the southeastern part 

 of Delaware County between East Branch on the New York, 

 Ontario and Western, and Arkville on the Ulster and Delaware. 

 A branch of the Delaware and Northern runs from Andes Junc- 

 tion to Andes. 



Improved Higlnvays 

 An improved highway from Monticello, Sullivan County, passes 

 west through the southern part of Delaware to Binghamton. A 

 road from Kingston enters the eastern part of Delaware, extend- 

 ing to Margaretville and northeast to Grand Gorge, where it 

 meets a road from Greene County, and passes west through Stam- 

 ford to Oneonta. At Stamford a short section extends southwest 

 through Hobart. From Delhi three highways extend ; one south- 

 east to Bovina Center and Andes; a second northeast to Bloom- 

 ville; and a third northwest to Meridale. Another section runs 



