Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . ss of the United FruitCompany in Panama. Atpresent the former town isreached by a 300 mile watertrip from Panama City; thelatter by boat from government has underway plans for a railroad fromPanama to David which giveevery indication of being con-summated. The soil of the Republicdiffers widely in its varyingsections, from the rich vege-table loam of the lowlandsalong the Atlantic Coast, the outcome of years of falling leaves and twigs fromthe trees to the swamp below, to the high dry landsof the savannas and the hillsides of the Chiriqu
Panama and the canal in picture and prose .. . ss of the United FruitCompany in Panama. Atpresent the former town isreached by a 300 mile watertrip from Panama City; thelatter by boat from government has underway plans for a railroad fromPanama to David which giveevery indication of being con-summated. The soil of the Republicdiffers widely in its varyingsections, from the rich vege-table loam of the lowlandsalong the Atlantic Coast, the outcome of years of falling leaves and twigs fromthe trees to the swamp below, to the high dry landsof the savannas and the hillsides of the Chiriquiprovince. All are undeniably fertile, that is demon-strated by the rapid andrank growth of the jun-gle. But opinions differas to the extent to whichthey are available foruseful agriculture. Some hold that the jungle soil is so rich that the plantsrun to wood and leaves to the exclusion of declare that on the hiUsides the heavy rainsof the rainy seasons wash away the surface soil leav-ing only the harsh and arid substratum. This.
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