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some places. The principal stream is Murder Creek. The soil is 

 a clayey loam intermixed with marl and sand. To .the south the 

 surface is level or gently undulating, and the soil is a sandy and 

 clayey loam underlaid by limestone. 



Products: Potatoes, corn, beans, hay, dairy- products. 



Average values of farm land range from $50 to $125 an acre. 



North Collins : The surface is rolling, the ridges rising 200 

 to 300 feet above the valleys. The town is watered by the head 

 branches of Eight eenmile, Clear, and other creeks. The streams 

 generally flow through deep ravines. The soil is a gravelly loam. 



Products: Beans, vegetables, corn and dairy products, with 



raspberries and strawberries in the western part. 

 Average values of farm land range from $50 to $200 an acre. 



Sardinia: The surface in the eastern part is gently rolling, 

 and hilly in the west. Shepherd Hill, southwest of the center, 

 rises 1,040 feet above Lake Erie. Cattaraugus Creek forms the 

 southern boundary. In the eastern part the soil is a gravelly 

 loam; in the west it is clay underlaid by hardpan. Dairying is 

 very prominent in this town. 



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

 wheat and rye. 

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



Tonawanda: The surface is generally level. Tonawanda 

 Creek flows along the northern boundary and Niagara River on 

 the west, Ellicott Creek crossing the northern part of the town. 

 The soil along Niagara River is clayey ; in the interior it is sandy. 

 Much of this town is occupied by homes of people residing or 

 employed in the city of Buffalo. 



Products : Wheat, corn, hay, oats, potatoes and vegetables. 



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



Wales : The surface is broken and hilly, with an inclination 

 toward the north. The principal stream is Buffalo Creek. The 

 soil in the north is a gravelly loam ; in the south it is clay under- 

 laid by hardpan. 



Products: Dairy products, corn, potatoes, oats, wheat and 



hay. 

 Average values of farm land range from $25 to $100 an acre. 



