﻿n6 
  Sixteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  under 
  cultivation, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  other 
  large 
  areas 
  that 
  are 
  covered 
  

   with 
  a 
  sandy 
  soil 
  too 
  light 
  for 
  cultivation, 
  but 
  suited 
  to 
  the 
  growth 
  

   of 
  certain 
  species 
  of 
  timber. 
  

  

  DRAINAGE 
  

  

  The 
  divide 
  separating 
  the 
  watershed 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  from 
  

   .that 
  of 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  enters 
  Oneida 
  county 
  from 
  Herkimer 
  

   near 
  the 
  southern 
  boundary 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Paris 
  and 
  extends 
  west- 
  

   ward 
  to 
  the 
  eastern 
  boundary 
  of 
  Augusta. 
  Here 
  it 
  turns 
  north 
  and 
  

   becomes 
  the 
  divide 
  between 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  and 
  the 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  sys- 
  

   tems. 
  It 
  runs 
  in 
  a 
  northerly 
  direction 
  through 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Rome 
  

   and 
  reaches 
  the 
  northern 
  boundary 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  where 
  it 
  turns 
  to- 
  

   ward 
  the 
  east 
  and 
  later 
  again 
  toward 
  the 
  southeast, 
  passing 
  out 
  of 
  

   the 
  county 
  north 
  of 
  West 
  Canada 
  creek. 
  

  

  The 
  southern 
  towns 
  of 
  Sangerfield 
  and 
  Bridgewater 
  are 
  drained 
  

   by 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  Chenango 
  and 
  Unadilla 
  rivers. 
  These 
  traverse 
  

   broad 
  valleys 
  occupied 
  by 
  swamps 
  that 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  

   watershed 
  and 
  are 
  drained 
  by 
  that 
  river 
  system. 
  

  

  The 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  from 
  Augusta 
  to 
  the 
  northern 
  

   boundary 
  is 
  drained 
  by 
  Wood, 
  Oneida 
  and 
  Fish 
  creeks 
  with 
  their 
  

   branches. 
  These 
  are 
  tributary 
  to 
  Oneida 
  lake 
  and 
  form 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   St. 
  Lawrence 
  system. 
  The 
  northeastern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  is 
  

   drained 
  by 
  the 
  Black 
  river, 
  also 
  tributary 
  to 
  the 
  St. 
  Lawrence. 
  

  

  The 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  is 
  drained 
  by 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  and 
  its 
  

   branches. 
  These 
  extend 
  southward 
  to 
  the 
  boundaries 
  of 
  the 
  south- 
  

   ern 
  towns 
  and 
  northward 
  to 
  the 
  boundary 
  of 
  the 
  county. 
  It 
  drains 
  

   all 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  central 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  county 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  principal 
  

   river 
  of 
  this 
  section. 
  

  

  THE 
  ORIGINAL 
  FOREST 
  

  

  This 
  entire 
  region 
  was 
  originally 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  dense 
  forest 
  

   growth. 
  The 
  northern 
  hardwoods 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  mixed 
  with 
  coni- 
  

   fers 
  covered 
  the 
  greater 
  portion, 
  especially 
  the 
  hill 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  

   north 
  and 
  south. 
  The 
  hemlock 
  was 
  a 
  common 
  tree 
  in 
  mixture, 
  and 
  

   on 
  the 
  higher 
  elevations 
  occupied 
  the 
  ground 
  to 
  the 
  exclusion 
  of 
  

   everything 
  else. 
  White 
  pine 
  was 
  also 
  found 
  throughout 
  the 
  county, 
  

  

  