Tioga County 715 



Spencer: The surface is an upland 1,200 to 1,600 feet in 

 height, broken by the valleys of small streams. The northwest 

 portion forms the watershed between Susquehanna River and 

 Cayuga Creek. The ridges, which extend generally north and 

 south, have steep declivities and broad, broken summits. Cata- 

 tonk Creek, flowing east, breaks through these ridges in a deep, 

 naiTOW valley. The soil in the valleys is a gravelly loam ; on the 

 hills it is a hard shaly loam. 



Products : Milk, hay, oats, buckwheat and eggs. 



Average values of farm land range from $20 to $50 per acre. 



Tioga: The surface is principally upland, terminating in 

 bluffs along the Susquehanna River intervale on the southeast. 

 The streams are Catatonk and Pipe creeks- and numerous smaller 

 creeks and brooks. The soil is a fine dark- loam in the valleys and 

 a gravelly loam on the hills. 



Products: Milk, potatoes, hay, and poultry products. 

 Average values of farm* land range from $20 to 70 per acre. 



MARKETING CONDITIONS 

 FACILITIES FOR TRANSPORTATION 



Railroads 



The Auburn branch of the Lehigh Valley Railroad from Lake 

 Ontario to Sayre, Pennsylvania, passes through the entire length 

 of the county from north to south. At Sayre it connects with the 

 main line of the same railroad running from Buffalo to New York 

 and Philadelphia. 



Another line of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, running from 

 Elmira through Ithaca, Cortland, and to Canastota, on the Xew 

 York Central Railroad, passes through the town of Spencer and 

 Candor in the northern part of the county. The main line of 

 the same railroad runs through Waverly and the western part of 

 the county. 



The main lines of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western 

 Railroad, and the Erie Railroad run, one on the north and the 

 other on the south side of the Susquehanna River from east to 

 west through the entire length of the county. 



