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with a gravelly loam soil adapted to pasturage. There are several 

 ponds iu this town. On the Poesten Kill is a fall of about 80 feet. 



Products : Rye, potatoes, apples and dairy products. 

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



Sand Lake : The surface is mountainous in the east and 

 hilly in the west. The highest points rise 1,400 to 1,500 feet above' 

 tide. The eastern part is largely covered with forests. Wynant 

 Kill and Tackawasick Creek are the principal streams. Several 

 fine lakes lie along the valleys of the streams. The soil in the west 

 is a good quality of gravelly loam and is quite fertile, as is also the 

 comparatively low land in the eastern portion. Agriculture and 

 grazing have always been prominent industries. Numerous 

 garden farms have been established. 



Products : Truck crops, dairy products, corn, hay, rye, oats, 



potatoes, berries and small fruits. 

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



Schaghticoke : The surface is principally a rolling upland 

 about 200 feet above the river. Hills in the south rise to 600 feet. 

 A portion of the Hoosick River is bordered by steep banks 200 feet 

 high. The soil is generally a fertile sandy or gravelly loam. The 

 Tomhannock Creek in the north, as well as some of the small 

 streams, furnishes water power. 



Products : Oats, rye, corn, potatoes and hay. 



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



Schodack: The surface rises from the Hudson River in a 

 series of bluffs 200 feet high, from the summits of which it spreads 

 out into an undulating upland. The soil in the east is clay ; in the 

 west it is a fertile sandy and gravelly loam. 



Products: Hay, rye, oats, potatoes, pears, apples and dairy 



products. 

 Average values of farm land range from $50 to $150 an acre. 



Stephentown: The surface consists of two rocky mountain 

 ranges, separated by the valley of Kinderhook Creek. The highest 

 summits in the east are 2,200 to 2,600 feet above tide. A con- 



