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Clarence: The surface is level. A limestone terrace about 

 fifty feet high extends east, and west through the center of the 

 town. The streams are Tonawanda Creek on the northern border, 

 and Ransom Creek, which flows northwest through the center. 

 The soil in the northern part is clayey, and in the south it is a 

 sandy and gravelly loam, underlaid by limestone. 



Products: Hay, wheat, oats, corn, potatoes, beans and 



cabbage. 

 Average values of farm land range from $40 to $125 an 

 acre. 



Colden : The surface is an elevated upland, rolling in the 

 east and hilly in the west. The west branch of Cazenovia Creek 

 flows through the western part of the town, and is bordered by 

 steep slopes 150 to 200 feet high. The soil is gravelly loam in- 

 termixed with clay. 



Products: Hay, grain, vegetables and dairy products. 

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

 acre. 



Collins: The surface is a rolling upland sloping gradually to 

 the west and descending abruptly to Cattaraugus Creek on the 

 south. The ridges rise from 150 to 300 feet above the valleys'. 

 Clear Creek and its tributary flow through narrow valleys. The 

 soil is a clayey loam on the uplands and a gravelly loam along the 

 streams. 



The Gowanda State Hospital is located in this town. 

 Products : Dairy products, hay, oats, corn and potatoes. 

 Average values of farm land range from $40 to $100 an acre. 



Concord: The surface is a rolling upland with steep slopes 

 bordering Cattaraugus Creek. Townsend Hill, the highest point, 

 is nearly 1.500 feet above tide. The principal streams are Catta- 

 raugus Creek and its tributaries. In the southern part the soil 

 is a gravelly loam, and in the north it is a clayey loam underlaid 

 by hardpan. Dairying is very prominent in this town. 



Products: Dairy products, hay, oats, corn and potatoes. 

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

 acre. 



