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Creek and its tributary, East Kill, are the- principal streams. The 

 soil is a heavy reddish gravelly loam of medium, quality, often 

 stony and rocky, and largely underlaid by tough hardpan. The 

 elevation of farmland in this town varies from 1,800 to 2.000 feet. 



Products : Dairy products. 



Average values of farm land range from $10 to $50 an acre. 



Lexixgtox : More than one-half of the surface is occupied by 

 the lofty peaks and ridges- of the Catskills. Schoharie Creek and 

 its principal tributary West Kill are bordered by high ridges or 

 mountains. Less than one-half the surface is susceptible of cul- 

 tivation. The soil is a reddish shaly and gravelly loam, fertile in 

 the valleys and of poorer quality on the hills. 



Products: Daily products. 



Average values of farm land range from $15 to $75 an acre. 



New Baltimore : The gener-al surface is hilly and broken. 

 A line of high rugged clay and slate bluffs rises from the river to 

 a height of 1-00 to 200 feet, and a range of hills of limestone for- 

 mation extends south through the center of the town. The west- 

 ern portion is comparatively level. The streams are usually small, 

 and many of them flow through narrow, rocky ravines. The soil 

 is chiefly, a heavy clayey loam with occasional patches of sand and 

 gravel. This town excels in the production of apples and pears. 



Products: Fruit, hay, grain, and poultry products. 



Average values of farm land range from $30 to $200 an acre. 



Prattsvii/le : The surface is principally occupied by broad 

 mountain uplands bordered by steep rocky slopes. Schoharie 

 Creek and Batavia Kill flow through wild and narrow mountain 

 gorges. The soil is a heavy reddish gravelly and clayey loam, 

 moderately fertile, and profitable only for grazing. 



Products: Dairy products. 



Average values of farm land range from $10 to $75 an acre. 



Windham : The surface is very broken and hilly. A high 

 range of mountains extends along the southern border, at the 

 northern foot of which flows Batavia Kill in a deep rocky valley. 

 The central and northern portions are occupied by mountain 



