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spreads out in an undulating upland. The principal stream is 

 Taughannock Creek. The soil is a fine quality of gravelly loam. 



Products: Beans, grains, potatoes and hay. 

 Average values of farm land range from $80 to $125 per 

 acre. 



MARKETING CONDITIONS 

 FACILITIES FOE TRANSPORTATION" 



Rail and Electric Roads 



Two lines of the Lehigh Valley Railroad entei Ithaca from the 

 north, one continuing south through Tompkins, Tioga, and Che- 

 mung counties. Freeville is the center of two Lehigb Valley lines, 

 one of which extends from Auburn on the north and through Tioga 

 County and Pennsylvania on the south. The second line comes 

 from Camden, Oneida County, and passes through Freeville and 

 Ithaca and south through Tioga and Chemung counties to Cortland. 



A branch of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western leaves the 

 main line at Owego, Tioga County, and extends northwest through 

 Tompkins County to Ithaca. 



The Central New York Southern Railroad enters the county 

 from the north, extending to South Lansing in Tompkins County 

 and reaching Auburn, Cayuga County, on the north. 



An electric line runs between Ithaca and South Lansing. 



Improved Highways 



All the improved highways in Tompkins County radiate from or 

 connect with the city of Ithaca. From this city one may travel 

 over macadam roads northwest through Seneca County and in 

 either direction across the state; southwest through Schuyler and 

 Chemung counties, reaching the southern highway that crosses the 

 state ; and east to Dryden or Freeville, continuing from these 

 points either to Syracuse or Auburn. Shorter sections extend 

 north from Ithaca ; north to South Lansing ; southeast to Slater- 

 ville; south through Danby to the county line; south to West 

 Danby ; and west to Mecklenburg. 



There are in the county 114 miles of completed improved 

 highways with 9 miles additional under construction. 



