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Wawayanda: The surface is rolling and hilly. The greatest 

 elevation is Joe Gee Hill in the northwestern part, 824 feet high. 

 The " drowned lands " occupy a portion of the southeast corner. 

 The principal streams are the Wallkill on the southeast and Rut- 

 ger'.- Creek on the southwest. The soil is chiefly silty or sandy 

 loam, best adapted to pasturage. 



Products: Milk, hay and grain. 



Average values of farm land range from $75 to $200 an acre. 



"Woodbury: This town lies mostly among the highlands and 

 its surface is rough and broken by mountains generally unfit for 

 successful cultivation. Stockbridge Mountain reaches an eleva- 

 tion of 1,418 feet at its highest point. Several fine lakes lie 

 among the hills. The soil in the valleys is a sandy and gravelly 

 loam. There is little agriculture in this town. 



Products: Milk, hay and grain. 



Average values of farm land range from $60 to $200 an acre. 



MARKETING CONDITIONS 

 FACILITIES FOR TRANSPORTATION 



Bail roads 



The Erie railroad, which enters the extreme western part, sends 

 branches to nearly all sections of the county. At Graham 

 and in Mount Hope it divides into two lines connected by shorter 

 lines and connecting also with a third line extending from New- 

 burgh to Xew York. Two branches reach the northern part of the 

 county, one terminating at Pine Bush, and the other, in the town 

 of Montgomery, connecting with a line of the Xew York Central 

 running to Kingston. Another branch extends southwest from 

 Goshen to Pine Island. At Pine Island Junction connections 

 are made by this branch with the Lehigh and Xew England Kail- 

 road which extends southwest to points in Pennsylvania. 



The West Shore line of the New York Central extends along 

 the eastern border of the county and connects with the Erie at 

 Newburgh and with the New York, Ontario and W 7 estern at 

 Cornwall. The latter road extends through the county from Corn- 

 wall, intersecting the Erie at several points and making connec- 

 tions with the Lphigh and Hudson River Railroad at Burnside 

 and with the Middletown and Unionville at Middletown. The 



