Fates County 817 



Potter: The surface is hilly in the southwest and rolling 

 in the center and north. Flint Creek flows northerly through 

 the central part of the town. For several miles along its course 

 there is a swamp 1 to V/v miles in width. The soil in the south- 

 west is a slaty loam ; in other sections it is a gravelly and sandy 

 loam with an intermixture of clay. An area of muck extends 

 through the center of the town. 



Products : Wheat, oats, hay, beans, sheep and wool. 

 Average values of farm land range from $25 to $100 per 

 acre. 



Starkey : The surface is a gradual slope from the bluffs bor- 

 dering on Seneca Lake to the west border of the town where it 

 attains an elevation of about 500 feet. In the southern half of 

 the town the bluffs along the lake are 100 to 200 fee: high and 

 nearly perpendicular. A ridge breaks the uniformity of the slope 

 in the south central part of the town. Big Stream and Rock 

 Stream flow into Seneca Lake, falling several hundred feet in 

 their course. 



In the north the soil is largely a gravelly loam, in the southern 

 part a sandy loam, and along the lake and various other places is 

 a silty loam. On the farm of Harpending Brothers, who are 

 among the largest breeders of Berkshire swine in America, are 

 about 400 brood sows. 



Products: Oats, wheat, beans, berries, apples, eggs, sheep 



and dairy and beef cattle. 

 Average values of farm land range from $75 to $200 per 



acre. 



Torrey : The surface slopes from Seneca Lake to an elevation 

 of 300 feet on the western border. Keuka Lake Outlet flows 

 through a deep, narrow, rocky valley. From Keuka Lake to 

 Seneca Lake the fall is 271 feet. 



On the lake shore the soil is clayey, and in the center and west 

 it is a sandy and gravelly loam. 



Products : Wheat, oats, beans, apples, grapes, hay and sheep. 

 Average values of farm land range from $75 to $200 per 

 acre. 



