Dutchess County 265 



Pawling: Ranges of hills occupy the east and west borders. 

 A broad valley extends through the center. Whaley and Little 

 ponds, the sources of Fishkill Creek, lie near the west border. A 

 ridge of limestone extends from Dover into the northern part. 

 The soil is a silt and sandy loam. 



Products: Dairy products and general farm crops. 

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



Pine Plains: The surface is a rolling upland, the ridges 

 being separated by broad valleys. Stissing Mountain in the west 

 rises to a height of 1,400 feet. Roeliff Jansen Kill crosses the 

 northwest corner and the Shekomeko Creek flows through the 

 center. Several small ponds lie in the west and south. The soil 

 is generally a productive silt and gravelly loam ; there are consid- 

 erable areas of limestone soil, and occasional patches of slaty loam. 



Products : Dairy products. 



Average values of farm land range from $25 to $80 an acre. 



Pleasant Valley : The surface is a rolling upland. Wap- 

 pinger Creek flows southwest through the center. The soil is silt 

 and slaty loam. 



Products : Dairy products, fruit and pork. 



Average values of farm land range from $30 to $100 an acre. 



Poughkeepsie : The surface is mostly a rolling upland. Wap- 

 pinger Creek forms the eastern boundary and Fallkill Creek flows 

 through the center. The soil is a sandy loam with considerable 

 areas of limestone. 



Products : Dairy, garden and canning products and fruit. 

 Average values of farm land range from $100 to $200 an acre. 



Red Hook : The surface is a rolling upland terminating on 

 the Hudson in a series of bluffs 100 to 150 feet high. The eastern 

 part is hilly. The valleys of the streams are broad and their 

 banks are low. The soil along the river is a clayey loam. In 

 other sections it is sandy, gravelly, or slaty loam. Agricultural 



