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are known as the " Noses." The principal streams arc tributaries 

 of the Mohawk. The soil is a productive clayey or silty loam. 



Products: Hay, beans, buckwheat and orchard crops. 



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

 St. Joiinsville : The surface consists of a broken upland 

 descending gradually to the south and terminating in the broad 

 river flats. The soil is a fine quality of clayey and gravelly loam, 

 well adapted to grazing and farming, and very productive along 

 the river. 



Products: Milk, alfalfa and corn. 



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



MARKETING CONDITIONS 

 FACILITIES FOE TRANSPORTATION 



Railroads a<nd Waterways 



Through the Mohawk Valley, which extends east and west the 

 entire length of Montgomery County, run two lines of the New 

 York Central Railroad, as does also the Barge Canal. 



From Fonda, the Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad 

 extends northeast through Fulton County to Northville. 



Electric Roads. 

 The Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville electric road enters 

 Montgomery County from Fulton County and extends east 

 through Amsterdam to Schenectady. A branch of this road 

 extends to Fonda and another to Hagaman. 



Improved Highways. 



From Amsterdam three improved highways lead to Schenec- 

 tady. Two of these are direct routes and the third leads south 

 through the eastern part of Montgomery County into Schenectady 

 County and takes a general eastward direction to Schenectady. 



From Amsterdam a state road extends west to Buffalo. With 

 this road are connected three improved highways leading to Johns- 

 town — one from Fonda, a second from Akin, and a third and 

 less direct route from Amsterdam. From Fonda a section runs 

 south to Charleston. 



