History and description of New EnglandVermont . ^ YOh. ? ~ATICHS F VERMONT — TOWN OF KYEGATE. 895 flowing easterly, fall into the Connecticut. Pawlet, Poultney, Castleton,and Hubbardton rivers water the west and southwest parts of thecounty. All varieties of soils exist, and these are mingled in everypossible way. Of these, the loams predominate. A mixture of loamand sand is found best for grains; clay the best for grass, if sufficientlywet; and slate the best for wheat. Of the crops, hay is the first inimportance; the next is corn, then oats, potatoes, pease, beans, carrots,and turnips. The c
History and description of New EnglandVermont . ^ YOh. ? ~ATICHS F VERMONT — TOWN OF KYEGATE. 895 flowing easterly, fall into the Connecticut. Pawlet, Poultney, Castleton,and Hubbardton rivers water the west and southwest parts of thecounty. All varieties of soils exist, and these are mingled in everypossible way. Of these, the loams predominate. A mixture of loamand sand is found best for grains; clay the best for grass, if sufficientlywet; and slate the best for wheat. Of the crops, hay is the first inimportance; the next is corn, then oats, potatoes, pease, beans, carrots,and turnips. The county raises one tenth of its wheat, nine tenths ofcorn and oats consumed, and pork equal to its own sugar is also a staple article of produce. Of rock, the limestoneformation is predominant. Quarries, containing marble from thefinest to the coarsest qualities, and of all colors, as well as of purestwhite, are inexhaustible. Slate is found equal to any in the world, forwriting, for roofing and otlKn* purposes. Iron ore is
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