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merous small lakes lie among the hills, and Psanticoke Swamp, west 

 of the center, covers several hundred acres. The soil is clay and 

 gravel underlaid by hardpan. 



Products: Rye, hay, buckwheat and dairy products. 

 Average values of farm land range from $20 to $75 an acre. 



North Greenbush : Clay bluffs 100 to 200 feet-high rise from 

 the river and spread out into rolling uplands, broken by deep 

 gulleys of the streams. The principal stream is Wynant Kill. The 

 soil is a sandy and gravelly loam, interspersed with patches of 

 clay. 



Products : Garden vegetables, rye, fruit, and milk for Albany 



and Troy markets. 

 Average values of farm land range from $25 to $75 an aero. 



Petersburg: The surface consists of two mountain ranges sep- 

 arated by the narrow valley of the Little Hoosick River. The 

 Hoosick River breaks through the Taconic Mountains in the 

 north-eastern part. Several peaks in the town rise from 2,000 to 

 2,600 feet. Bald Mountain, on the east, is 2,693 feet above tide. 

 The mountain regions are generally unfit for cultivation, but the 

 soil in the valley is a gravelly loam. 



Products: Sheep and potatoes. 



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



Pittstown : The surface is mountainous in the south and east, 

 extending into a moderately hilly region in the north. The highest 

 summits in the southeast are 800 to 1,200 feet above tide. Nu- 

 merous small streams flow west and north into the Hoosick River, 

 the largest of which is Tomhannock Creek. The soil is princi- 

 pally a gravelly and slaty loam. 



Products : Corn, rye, potatoes and fruit. 



Average values of farm land range from $25 to $100 an acre. 



Poestkxkill : The surface is rugged and rocky in the center 

 and east and the soil unproductive, except in a few localities where 

 tillage has made it fairly productive. The western part is hilly, 



