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Title: Annual report
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: New York State Museum
Subjects: New York State Museum Science Science
Publisher: Albany : University of the State of New York
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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the slates and the erosion of the limestone obscures the structuralposition brought about by faulting. The present altitude of the high ridge forming Illinois moun-tain is due in part to the resistant character of its grits. The resistant quality of the metamorphosed rocks in the easternpart of the quadrangle has been a factor in producing their presentrelief. ECONOMIC GEOLOGYThe agricultural industry. The agricultural interests arechiefly those of fruit growing and dairy farming. The former isconducted on an intensive plan on the hilly land west of the Hudsonwhere well-drained hills of tilted slates, covered with a veneer oftill and coarse gravel, afford highly suitable soil conditions forgrowing fruit of excellent quality. Large consignments of peaches,apples, pears and small fruit are sent to New York city and NewEngland markets and some growers find a highly profitable businessfor fancy fruit in the markets of England. Grapes are also a suc-cessful and important crop. CM CD +J cdS
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g oo GEOLOGY OF THE POUGHKEEPSIE QUADRANGLE IO7 Fruit growing is also practised east of the Hudson. Nearlyevery large farm has its apple orchard, some of which are of largesize. Peaches are also successfully grown and apparently are grow-ing in popularity as an investment. Some fine fruit is grown insmall orchards along the northern slopes of the Fishkill mountains.The Hudson river affords favorable temperature conditions for thebudding season and insures good crops. The ravages of the coddlingmoth and other injurious insects are, however, sometimes extensive. The importance of the climatic influence of the Hudson river as asuccessful factor in fruit growing is clearly recognized. Fruit isnot so successfully grown out of reach of this influence, even onsoils of the same character and with similar drainage. Dairying is perhaps the largest farming industry and the onemost widely practised. The area enjoys unusual facilities for trans-portation of farm products. Soils. The glacial ice, a

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