A.GBICULTUB \i. Manual 



vales. West of the river bluffs is a wide belt of silty loam and in 

 the southwestern part is a sandy tract interspersed with swamps. 



Products: Corn, hay, oats, potatoes, rye and fruit. 



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



"Waterfokd: The surface is mostly an upland, 100 to 300 feet 

 above the river. The Mohawk is bordered by an almost perpen- 

 dicular range of slate bluffs, and the Hudson valley by a range 

 of clay bluffs. Valuable waterpower is furnished by the falls in 

 the Mohawk. The live locks in the Barge Canal at Watcrford 

 make a combined lift of 1G9 feet, which is twice as high as the 

 whole lift of the Panama Canal. The soil is a sandy, clayey, 

 alluvial loam, with shaly loam on the ridges. 



Products: Hay, fruit, potatoes and corn. 



Average values of farm land range from $25 to $60 an acre. 



Wilton : The Palmertown Mountains with their steep, rocky 

 slopes and forest-covered summits, extend across the northwestern 

 corner. The center and southwest are generally undulating or 

 broken by low ridges. The soil in the east and southeast is a 

 yellow sandy loam resting on clay, and in some places swampy. 

 Products: Corn, rye, potatoes, oats, clovers, grasses, wheat, 



vetch, dairy products, berries and poultry. 

 Average values of farm land range from $5 to $75 per acre. 



MARKETING CONDITIONS 

 FACILITIES FOR TRANSPORTATION 



Railroads 

 The line of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad passing through 

 the center of Warren County also passes south through the center 

 of Saratoga County. At Saratoga Springs it meets the main 

 line running north to Montreal, which enters Saratoga County 

 from Fort Edward in Washington County and continues in one 

 line to Ballston. Here it divides, one branch continuing in a 

 general southwest direction to Schenectady, and the other turning 

 southeast to Mechanicville, thence south to Albany. These two 

 branches are connected by a line crossing the town of Clifton 

 Park. The Bostoa and Maine extends through the eastern and 

 southern parts of the county, connecting with the Greenwich and 



