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or Rondout Creek, which flows north along the east side of the 

 same mountains, emptying into the Hudson ; the Wallkill River, 

 which Hows north through the center of the county and unites 

 with the Skawangunk in Ulster County; Murderers Kill, which 

 flows (;is( through the center into the Hudson; Wawayanda Creek, 

 which unites with the Wallkill; and the Ramapo River, in the 

 southern part of the county. 



The soil among the mountains is light, sandy and unpro- 

 ductive. In the northwest it is silty loam or stony loam; in 

 the center it is silt, sand, and gravelly loam with clay subsoil on 

 the hills, and a fine quality of gravelly loam and alluvium it. 

 the valleys. The lowlands in the southwestern part are covere>. 

 with alluvium and vegetable mold. 



The attractive scenery of the mountains and the short distance 

 from New York City accounts for the fact that Orange County 

 has become so largely a residential section. For this reason values 

 of land are widely variable under similar conditions of soil 

 and topography, running from $100 to $1,000 per acre. The 

 muck soils, which are the most valuable for farming purposes, 

 range in value from $200 to $600 per acre. 



DESCRIPTION BY TOWNSHIPS 

 Bloomingkove : The surface is mountainous in the south and 

 east, and rolling and moderately hilly in the uorth and west. 

 Schunemunk Mountains, on the line of Woodbury, are 1,300 to 

 1,500 feet above tide. The hills in the north have a gradual 

 slope and are arable to their summits, while those in the south 

 are too steep and rocky to be susceptible of cultivation. The 

 Otterkill is the most important stream. The alluvial lands along 

 the streams are very fertile. The soil is generally a sandy and 

 silty loam. 



Products: Milk, hay and grain. 



Average values of farm land range from $50 to $125 an acre. 



Chester: The surface is rolling in the northwest, hilly in 

 the center, and mountainous in the southwest. The principal 

 elevations — Sugar Loaf Mountain (1,140 ft.), Goose Pond 



