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History of Westchester County, New York — Passage 7 (part 2)
[Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900)] _ The prevailing soil of Westchester County is the product of disinte-grations of the primitive rocks, and is of a light and sandy character, for the most pari not uncommonly fertile naturally, although the methods of scientific farming, which have been pursued from very early times, have rendered it highly productive. It is not generally adapted to wheat, summer crops succeeding best. Drift deposits and alluvium occur along the Sound and in some localities elsewhere, with a consequently richer soil. Agriculture has always been the repre-sentative occupation, although daring the last half century extensive manufacturing industries have been developed in several localities.