Rensselaer County 583 



Brunswick: The surface is hilly in the east and northwest, 

 where the most elevated portions rise from 800 to 1,100 feet above 

 tide. The principal streams are the Poesten Kill and branches 

 and Tomhannock (reek. The soil on the hills is hard and sterile; 

 in the valley and lowlands it is a fertile, gravelly loam interspersed 

 with clay. 



Products: Rye, potatoes, oats, corn, hay and vegetables. 



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



East Greenbush : Bluffs rise from the bank of the Hudson to 

 an elevation of 100 to 300 feet. From the summits of these bluffs 

 the surface spreads out into a rolling upland, rising toward the 

 east. The chief streams are Mill and Moordener creeks. The 

 soil is sand, gravel, and clay and is very fertile. 



Products : Rye, ensilage corn, potatoes, oats, hay, small fruits 



and garden truck. 

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



Grafton: The surface is rocky and broken, hills rising 1,200 

 to 1,700 feet above tide, many of them covered with forests. Sev- 

 eral ponds lie among the hills. The Quacken Kill is the principal 

 stream. The soil is chiefly clay, wet and underlaid by hardpan. 



Products : Potatoes. 



Average values of farm land range from $10 to $50 an acre. 



Hoosick : The surface is hilly, including the narrow valley of 

 the Hoosick River and a rocky, hilly region rising on either side. 

 A belt of dark slate, which is quarried for roofing, extends along 

 the cast bank of the river. Further east the rocks consist of 

 slaty shale and limestone, the latter furnishing lime. The soil 

 among the hills is hard and sterile ; in the valleys it is principally 

 clay mixed with disintegrated slate. The Walter A. Wood Farm 

 Implement Manufacturing Company is located at Hoosick Falls. 



Products: Wool, potatoes and dairy products. 



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



Nassau : The surface is uneven and hilly, the central and east- 

 ern portions being rocky. The principal stream is Kinderhook 

 Creek. Many small streams furnish abundant water power. Nu- 



