004 Agricultural Manual 



ing. In the towns of Do Peyster, Dc Kalb, Macomb, and 

 Gouverneur, white limestone occurs in abundance. The stone is 

 generaUy used for building and for the manufacture of lime. 

 Between fifty and sixty kinds of minerals valuable in the arts 

 or as cabinet specimens may be gathered in this county. 



The soil of St. Lawrence County is considerably varied in 

 fertility. In the river towns, with proper tillage, good crops of 

 grass and grain are assured. Swamps and low grounds occupy 

 considerable space in some sections, portions of which have been 

 drained and converted into arable lands producing heavy crops 

 of both grain and grass. 



DESCRIPTION BY TOWNSHIPS 



Brasher: The surface is generally level, with gentle undula- 

 tions in the eastern part. St. Regis River is the principal stream. 

 The soil in the eastern part is generally sandy; in the southeast 

 it is light and sandy ; and in the north it is a clayey loam and 

 very productive. It is generally better adapted to grazing than 

 to tillage. Bog iron ore is obtained abundantly in the eastern 

 part in the regions where the sand rests upon the clay deposits. 



Products: Milk, butter, cheese, hay and potatoes. 



Average values of land range from $5 to $20 an acre. 



Canton: The surface is level or gently undulating. The 

 Grass and Oswegatchie rivers are the principal streams. The soil 

 is a deep, fertile, gravelly loam, underlaid by white limestone 

 and gneiss in the south and by Potsdam sandstone in the central 

 and northern parts. This is one of the most productive towns, 

 especially in butter and cheese. 



Products : Milk, condensed milk, cheese and hay. 



Average values of farm land range from $45 to $80 an acre. 



Clare : The surface is broken and largely forest-covered, being 1 

 hilly and mountainous in the southeastern part. Two branches 

 of the Grass River flow across the town. 



Products: Dairy products and potatoes. 



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



Clifton : The surface is broken and largely forest-covered. It 

 is watered by the Oswegatchie and Grass rivers, which are famed 



