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eastern parts of the town. On the Batten Kill arc two consider- 

 able falls, one of which is seventy-five feet high. The soil is a 

 slaty, gravelly loam, with patches of clay. The town is more 

 extensively engaged in manufacturing than any other in the 

 county, including woolen, grist, saw, and plaster mills. The W. 

 Eddy Plow Company, one of the oldest plow manufactories in the 

 country, is located at Greenwich. This town ranks second in the 

 acreage of rye and the yield of corn. 



Products: Pye, corn, milk and apples. 



Average values of farm land range from $-']() to $75 an acre. 



Hampton: A range of hills 800 to 1,000 feet above tide and 

 for the most part covered with forests, extends through the cen- 

 tral and eastern parts of the town. Along the Poultney River, 

 which separates the town from Vermont, is a wide intervale of 

 line sand. The soil is a gravelly loam, interspersed with clay. 

 The intervale is alike fertilized and desolated by the frequent 

 overflows of the stream. Although Hampton is the second' smallest 

 town in the county, it produces the second largest amount of 

 maple sugar. 



Products: Dairy and maple products and general farm 



crops. 

 Average values of farm land range from $10 to $50 an acre. 



Hartford: The surface is broken and hilly in the southeast 

 and level or gently undulating in the center and northwest. Slate 

 and limestone of an excellent quality arc found among the hills. 

 The soil in the southeast is' a rich, slaty loam, and that in the 

 northwest is a heavy clay. This is one of the interior towns and, 

 therefore, with the advent of good roads and automobiles, the 

 iiirriculture has changed rapidly. Sheep have become fewer, while 

 dairies have increased extensively. Most of the milk is now 

 snipped instead of being made into butter and cheese. The num- 

 ber of silos in use has more than doubled within the last five 

 years. 



Products: Dairy products, hay, grain, apples and pears. 

 Average values of farm land range from $25 to $60 an acre. 



