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streams are usually steep. The principal stream is Chuctanunda 

 Creek. The soil is productive; generally loam, mixed with silt. 



Products: Milk, hay, potatoes, buckwheat, and fruit. 



Average values of farm land range from $35 to $75 an acre. 



Glenn: The surface is principally uplands about 600 to 900 

 feet high, descending abruptly to the narrow intervales along the 

 streams. The highest point, in the southeast, reaches an elevation 

 of 1,200 feet. The northern boundary is formed by the Mohawk 

 River, and the eastern by Schoharie Creek. The soil is generally 

 a productive clayey loam. 



Products: Milk, hay, buckwheat, with some grain and 



apples. 

 Average values of farm land range from $10 to $60 an acre. 



Minden : The surface is principally an undulating upland 

 with steep slopes bordering the streams, the principal of which is 

 the Otsquaga. The soil is a fine quality of gravelly and clayey 

 loam. It is well adapted to grazing, although some parts are 

 excellent for truck farming. 



Products: Milk, hay, corn, oats and garden products. 

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



Mohawk: The surface is uneven, gradually rising from the 

 river to the northern line, where it reaches a height of about 700 

 feet. The principal streams are Cayadutta and Danoscara creeks. 

 The soil is generally a good quality of fine, sandy loam. 



Products: Milk, hay, truck crops and potatoes. 



Average values of farm land range from $25 to $75 an acre. 



Palatine: The surface is mostly an upland 600 to 800 feet 

 in elevation, broken by deep narrow rivers, and descending irregu- 

 larly to the Mohawk. The soil is a fertile, clayey loam, well 

 adapted to grazing. 



Products: Milk and hay. 



Average values of farm land range from $25 to $75 an acre. 



Root: The surface is principally an undulating upland, tin 1 

 hills along the river rising abruptly to a height of 600 feet. The 

 bold promontories below Sprakers on opposite sides of the river 



