. Review of reviews and world's work. BLACK LAVA CLIFFS AT SHOSHONE FALLS. TWIN FALLS, SNAKE RIVER. beds of lava. Fertile valleys and plateaux arescattered all about, whose soil is mainly volcanicash and practically inexhaustible—the soil uponwhich the Sicilians have been growing wheat for2,000 years. Nowhere in our country is therea region so extensive possessing so many admir-able qualities of climate as this vast volcaniczone. Even as far north as the British line, inthe lower valleys, it ripens the peach, the almond,the tig, cotton, tobacco, and an unusual diversityof cereals, fruits, and
. Review of reviews and world's work. BLACK LAVA CLIFFS AT SHOSHONE FALLS. TWIN FALLS, SNAKE RIVER. beds of lava. Fertile valleys and plateaux arescattered all about, whose soil is mainly volcanicash and practically inexhaustible—the soil uponwhich the Sicilians have been growing wheat for2,000 years. Nowhere in our country is therea region so extensive possessing so many admir-able qualities of climate as this vast volcaniczone. Even as far north as the British line, inthe lower valleys, it ripens the peach, the almond,the tig, cotton, tobacco, and an unusual diversityof cereals, fruits, and vegetables. The uplandsof eastern Washington and northern Idaho con-stitute one of the largest and most reliable wheat-fields of the continent. Wherever an ounce ofsoil has resulted from the slow process of disin-tegration of the lava-reefs, you will find a luxu-riant growth of bunch-grass. Thus, the rough-est sections of the lava-beds afford superb grazingand splendid shelter for cattle and horses. And yet it is a region of strang
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