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are small brooks and creeks. The soil is a fine quality of sandy 

 and gravelly loam. Dairying is the principal industry, fruit rais- 

 ing standing second in prominence. 



Products: Dairy and poultry products, live stock, apples, 



pears and grain. 

 Average values of farm land range from $10 to $350 an acre. 



Rochester: Ranges of mountains extend along the east and 

 west borders and a rolling upland occupies the central portions. 

 Rondout Creek is the principal stream. Along this valley extends 

 the Delaware and Hudson Canal. The soil on the uplands is a 

 gravelly loam ; in the valleys it is a sandy loam mixed with clay. 

 A good grade of limestone rock is found and two kilns are in 

 operation. This township leads in poultry raising. 



Products: Poultry and dairy products, grain, hay and vege- 

 tables, including potatoes, onions, sweet corn and 

 tomatoes. 



Average values of farm land range from $10 to $200 an 

 acre. 



Rosendale: The surface is a rolling and broken upland, the 

 highest summits rising 200 to 500' feet above the valleys. Rondout 

 Creek is the principal stream. This town, which was formerly 

 noted for the production of Rosendale cement, is of very little 

 agricultural value. The soil is principally a sandy loam. 



Products : Poultry, dairy products and grain. 



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



Saugerties: The surface is rolling in the east and hilly in 

 the center and west and includes considerable untillablc land. 

 Platte Kill and Esopus Creek form the principal drainage. The 

 soil along the river is a clayey loam, while on the uplands it 

 is a sandy and gravelly loam. 



Products: Apples, grain, hay, and dairy and poultry 



products. 

 Average values of farm land range from $10 to $350 an acre. 



Sifaxdaken: The surface is mostly a mountainous upland, 

 broken by deep ravines. The slopes are steep and rocky, and a 



