608 Agricultural Manual 



Louisville: The surface is level or gently rolling, a portion 

 being swampy. Grass River is the principal stream. The soil is a 

 fertile loam. 



Products: Market milk, hay, corn, oats, buckwheat, barley 



and potatoes. 

 Average values of farm land range from $10 to $100 an acre. 



Macomb : The surface is much broken by ridges of gneiss, sand- 

 stone, and white limestone lying parallel with the lake and covering 

 a large part of the t<»wn. Between these ridges are narrow inter- 

 vales with rich soil. As a whole the town is much better adapted to 

 grazing than to tillage. Fish and Beaver creeks are the principal 

 streams. The soil is a light and sandy loam. Dairying, especially 

 the manufacture of cheese, is largely superseding the production 

 of grain. 



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

 products. 



Average values of farm land range from $20 to $G0 an acre. 



Madrid: The surface is level or moderately undulating and 

 drained by the Grass River and by numerous brooks. There is 

 sufficient fall at the village of Madrid to afford a fair waterpower 

 for manufacturing purposes. The soil on the lowlands is loam, 

 with more or less gravel or sand on the higher parts. It is gener- 

 ally well adapted for grazing. 



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

 The average value of farm land is $35 an acre. 



Massena : The surface is nearly level, watered by the Grass and 

 Raquette rivers. There is a fair waterpower on both streams in the 

 v.i stern part, but they are subject farther east to the backwater of 

 the St. Lawrence. The soil is a fertile loam, mixed in parts with 

 sand and flay. 



Products: Dairy products, hay, oats and potatoes. 



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



Morristown : The surface is rolling and rises almost abruptly 

 from the St. Lawrence and Black Lake, with a gradual elevation 



