Ulster County 739 



large part of the surface La too rough for profitable cultivation. 

 Esopus Crock is the principal stream. 



The soil in the valleys is a clayey and Bandy loam. 

 Products: Lumber; also butter, eggs and buckwheat. 

 Average values of farm land range from $5 to $100 an acre. 



Shawangunk : The surface is a hilly and broken upland. The 

 Shawangunk Mountains along the west border are about 2,000 

 feet above tide. The soil is generally a gravelly loam. 



Products: Dairy and poultry products, grain and hay. 



Average values of farm land range from $40 to $250 an acre. 



Ulster: The surface is broken and hilly. Esopus Creek 

 and its tributary, the Sawkill, are the principal streams. The 

 soil is principally a clayey loam. The most important industry 

 in this town is the manufacture of brick from the vast deposits 

 of clay along the river front. However, the fanning, gardening, 

 and dairying industries are generally profitable. 



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



products. 

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



Wawarsing: The surface is mostly a mountainous upland 

 broken by deep valleys. The Shawangunk Mountains along the 

 east border and spurs of the Catskills occupy the central and 

 western parts. East Mountain in the northern part is 2,271 feet 

 above tide. Rondout Creek is the principal stream. The soil in 

 the valley is generally a sandy loam. 



At Napanoch is located the Eastern New York Reformatory. 

 Products: Dairy products, grain, hay and poultry. 

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



Woodstock : The surface is mostly a mountainous upland of 

 little agricultural value. Several fine valleys extend through the 

 town. Overlook Mountain in the northeast corner is 3,150 feet 

 above tide. The scenery in this vicinity is very attractive. The 

 soil is a clayey and slaty loam on the uplands and a gravelly loam 

 in the valleys. 



Products: Butter, live stock and buckwheat. 



Average values of farm land range from $5 to $200 an acre. 



