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mixed with silt along the southern border. The soil between 

 the mountain and lake ridges is a clayey loam; along the lake 

 ridge and north of it there is a sandy and gravelly loam. 



DESCRIPTION BY TOWNSHIPS 

 Cambria: The mountain ridge crosses through the center of 

 the town; on either side the surface is level or undulating. The 

 lake ridge crosses the northern part of the town. Twelvemile 

 Creek is the principal stream. The soil consists of sandy loam 

 alternating with clayey loam. 



Products: Fruit, hay and grain, and vegetables along the 



ridges. 

 Average values of farm land range from $70 to $120 an acre. 



Haetland: The surface is level or gently undulating. The 

 principal streams are Eighteenmile and Johnson creeks. The 

 soil south of the ridge is a clayey loam ; to the north it is a sandy 

 and gravelly loam. 



Products: Fruit, vegetables, dairy products, hay and grain. 



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



Lewiston : The mountain ridge extends through this town, di- 

 viding it into two nearly equal portions. Along the base of the 

 ridge, the surface is broken or rolling; elsewhere it is level. The 

 principal streams, Sixmile, Twelvemile, and Fish creeks, take 

 their rise in this town, and (Niagara River forms its western boun- 

 dary. The soil is a sandy and clayey loam. 



Products: Fruit, vegetables and some dairy products. 



Average values of farm land range from $75 to $100 an acre. 



Lockport : The surface in the northern part of the town 

 through which the mountain ridge extends is broken and hilly. 

 In th" antral and southern parts it is level. Eighteenmile, Mud, 

 and lonawanda creeks are the principal streams, Tonawanda 

 Creek forming the southern boundary. The Erie Canal also 

 passes through the western part of the town. The Niagara lime- 

 stone crops out along the mountain ridge. The soil is a clayey 

 loam intermixed with marl. In the north it is stony. 



Products: Fruit, dairy products and vegetables, hay and 

 grain. 



Average values of farm land range from $00 to $135 an acre. 



