562 Agricultural Manual 



Otsego: The surface is a billy upland lying between Otsego 

 and Schuyler lakes, descending abruptly toward each. The 

 highest summits reach an elevation of 1,800 feet, the uplands 

 being divided into two ridges by Fly Creek, which flows south 

 through the center. Oaks Creek, the outlet of Canadarago Lake, 

 flows through the western part. The .soil is clay, gravel, and 

 sandy loam. Added to its natural beauty of situation and its 

 advantages as a summer resort, the village of Cooperstown claims 

 the romantic interest attached to the scenes of Leather Stock- 

 ing Tales as related by James Fenimore Cooper, whose father 

 purchased the land and laid out the present village. 



Products : Dairy products, hay and general farm crops. 

 Average values of farm land range from $40 to $50 an acre. 



Pittsfield: The surface is a hilly upland lying between the 

 valley of Unadilla River on the west and Butternut Creek on the 

 east. Wharton Creek flows across the northwest corner. The 

 soil is generally a slaty, gravelly loam. The township is chiefly 

 devoted to dairying, the milk being sent either to the condensary 

 at Xew Berlin or to the shipping station at Edmeston. 



Products: Dairy products and general farm crops. 

 Average values of farm land range from $40 to $50 an acre. 



Plainfield: The surface is a broken, hilly upland, the bluffs 

 along the Unadilla River on the west rising to a height of 400 

 to 600 feet. The average elevation is 1,500 to 1,800 feet. The 

 .ioil is a clayey and sandy loam. 



Products: Dairy products, hay and general farm crops. 

 Average. values of farm land range from $35 to $45 an acre. 



Richfield: The surface is rolling and moderately hilly, with 

 a mean elevation of 200 to 400 feet above Canadarago or Schuyler 

 Lake on the southeast. Several wooded mountain peaks near the 

 eastern boundary rise to a height of 1,600 to 1,800 feet. The 

 soil is diversified, consisting of gravel, slate, clay and sandy loam. 



Products: Hay, dairy products and general farm crops. 

 Average values of farm land range from $35 to $45 an acre. 



