Albion Cedar Rapids... T. 22. T. 21. T. 20. T. 19. Beaver valley, one mile wide, but mostly too sandy for tillage; some fair hay land; rest sand hills, interspersed with hay valleys; all fair pasture. North half sand hills; some good pasture; south half quite sandy, but half tillable. Valley in northeast about one-half mile wide and four miles long, smooth, fertile; rest gently rolling, fertile. Cedar valley, three miles wide, fertile, irrigable; rest quite rolling, fertile. Range 7. T. 22. T. 21. West half sand hills, interspersed with fertile spots; east half rolling, fertile; Rae valley smooth, fertile, beautiful, about five miles square. Beaver valley, one mile wide, fertile, irrigable; west-northwest third sandy; rest rolling, fertile. T. 20. Very rolling, but fertile; all tillable; Plum creek valley, three-fourths of a mile wide, very fertile, smooth. T. 19. Very rolling, tillable, fertile; Cedar valley, three miles wide, fertile, irrigable; Plum creek valley, three-fourths of a mile wide, fertile, smooth. T. 18. Cedar valley, three miles wide, fertile, irrigable; rest rolling, fertile. T. 22. Gently rolling, fertile prairie. T. 21. Gently rolling, fertile. T. 20. T. 19. T. 18. Range 6. Beaver valley, one and one-fourth miles wide, fertile, irrigable; rest quite rolling, till- All tillable, but quite rolling, except Plum creek valley, one mile wide, smooth, fertile. Range 5. T. 22. Gently rolling, fertile prairie; Shell creek valley, three-fourths of a mile wide, fertile, irrigable. T. 21. T. 20. T. 19. T. 18. Rolling, fertile prairie: Shell creek valley, three-fourths of a mile wide, fertile, irrigable. Beaver valley, one and one-half miles wide, fertile, irrigable; rest rolling, fertile. Beaver valley, one and one-half miles wide, fertile, irrigable; rest rolling, fertile. GENERAL DESCRIPTION. Tillable, 80 per cent; surface soil, dark loam; subsoil, clay. Untillable, 20 per cent, on account of sand; fair pasture. Valleys, about ninety-three square miles, all fertile and irrigable from the streams, except Rae valley. Wells, upland, from 100 to 250 feet deep; supply, underflow, abundant; at some points shallow, surface wells; valleys, ten to twenty feet deep, underflow. Alfalfa succeeds well, both on upland and valleys; satisfactory for forage and pasture. Sugar beets succeed well; test satisfactory. FACTORIES. Crouch Mill Co., Crouch Bros., Albion. St. Edwards Mill Co., Crouch Bros., Albion. Cedar Rapids Roller Mills, S. S. Hadley, Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids Creamery, Elmer Place, Cedar Rapids. Albion Creamery, W. W. Ladd, Albion. St. Edwards Creamery, F. Tagwell, St. Edwards. Boone Creamery, John Coles, Boone. Roselma Creamery, W. A. Poynter, Albion. Loretto Cheese Factory, L. E. Halstead, Loretto. Shell Creek Butter and Cheese Factory (recently started), O. M. Froistad, Albion. T. 25. T. 24. North half somewhat sandy; south half better along the stream. Range 51. T. 28. T. 27. South half all level and fertile; north half partly tillable; rest very rough. T. 25. North half somewhat sandy; south half better along the stream. T. 24. 1,200 50 North one-third fair land, partly irrigated; south two-thirds sand hills and a few hay valleys. T. 24. North half fairly good; south half sand hills and a few hay valleys. T. 25. Somewhat rough, but fertile; Point of Rocks in this township has one and one-half miles of good water in canyon. T. 24. North half undulating and fertile; south half sand hills and some hay valleys. Range 48. T. 28. Northwest half rough; good water near Fosket springs, near west side; southeast half good smooth land. T. 27. North half good, smooth; south half somewhat broken by canyons. T. 26. T. 25. Smooth, fertile. T. 24. North three-fourths smooth, fertile; south one-fourth sand hills and hay valleys. |