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West Turin : The surface rises by successive terraces from the 

 intervale of Black River to the hill 1,000 feet above. The largest 

 stream is Sugar River. At Lyons Falls there is an excellent 

 waterpower on Black River a short distance below the entrance of 

 Moose River. Here is located the Gould Paper Company, one 

 of the largest paper mills in the north country. The soil is a 

 deep, fertile, slaty and limestone loam. 



Products: Hay, oats, corn and potatoes. 



Average values of farm land range from $20 to $80 an acre. 



MARKETING CONDITIONS 

 FACILITIES FOE. TRANSPORTATION 



Railroads 

 A line of the New York Central, formerly the Utica and Black 

 River Railroad, extends north from Utica across Lewis, connect- 

 ing Carthage with branches to Watertown, the Thousand 

 Islands, Ogdensburg, Massena, and the north country. From 

 Lowville the Lowville and Beaver Railroad extends northeast to 

 Beaver Falls and Croghan ; from Glenfield extends the Glenfield 

 and Western, principally a lumbering railroad, running south- 

 west to the lumber and pulpwood section of Tug Hill to the north 

 end of the town of Osceola. 



Improved Highways 



A state highway from Utica passes through the center of Lewis 

 County to Lowville, where three improved highways extend north ; 

 one running via Copenhagen to Watertown over the hill route, 

 distance 27 miles; another via Carthage through the Black River 

 valley, distance 32 miles; the third extends via Croghan, Beaver 

 Falls, and Carthage to Watertown, distance 37 miles. When the 

 Antwerp and Carthage highway is completed this/ will be the 

 shorter route to the north country. 



There are in the county about 80 miles of completed improved 

 highways, with 8 miles additional under construction. 



AVAILABLE MARKETS 



Lowville, the county seat, is the central and most important 

 local market. At the West Martinsburg cheese factory, two and 

 one-half miles from Lowville, the large cheeses are manufactured 



