Tompkins County 725 



DESCRIPTION BY TOWNSHIPS 

 Caroline : The surface is an upland broken by a series of 

 ridges extending northwest and southeast, which rise 1,400 to 

 1,800 feet above sea level. The summits of the hills are usually 

 rounded, while their sides are steep. The principal streams are 

 Owego and Sixmile creeks and their branches. The soil is gen- 

 erally a gravelly loam, well adapted to grazing. 



Products: Potatoes, buckwheat and daily products. 

 Average values of farm land range from $20 to $80 per acre. 



Daxby : The surface is broken by ranges of hills extending 

 north and south 1,000 to 1,800 feet above the valleys. Their 

 summits are rounded, and the slopes are generally steep. The 

 principal stream is Cayuga Inlet. The soil is a mixed gravelly 

 and shaly loam with occasional patches of clay, and well adapted 

 to grazing. 



Products: Buckwheat and live stock. 



Average values of farm land range from $25 to $90 per acre. 



Dryden: The surface of the northern half is rolling or mod- 

 erately hilly, and that of the southern half hilly and broken. The 

 eastern border forms the watershed between Tioughnioga Kiver 

 and Cayuga Lake. 



The principal streams are Cascadilla and Sixmile creeks. Dry- 

 den Lake is a- small body of w T ater lying in an elevated valley 

 1,500 feet above tide near the eastern border. 



Products : Dairy products, buckwheat and other grains and 



potatoes. 

 Average values of farm land range from $35 to $90 per acre. 



Exfield: The surface is rolling, with an average elevation 

 of 1,400 to 1,600 feet above Cayuga Lake. The principal streams 

 are Butternut Creek and the south branch of Taug'hannock 

 Creek. The soil is principally a gravelly loam. 



Products: Dairy products, sheep, beans and buckwheat. 



Average values of farrn land range from $40 to $80 per acre. 



Geoton: The surface is rolling or moderately hilly. The 

 land rises from the valleys by long gradual slopes to a general 



