New geographies . em from place to each man does only one kind,or, at most, very few kinds of work,there are scores of different kinds alltogether. Most of these, however, areincluded under seven great are (1) agriculture, including farm-ing, gardening, and the grazing of cattle,sheep, and horses; (2) fishing ; (3) lum-hering ; (4) mining ; {b) manufacturing;(6) trade, or buying and selling; and (7)transportation, or the carrying of The first five The greatest of these in-of these dustrics is agriculture, about which you have already studied in the fir
New geographies . em from place to each man does only one kind,or, at most, very few kinds of work,there are scores of different kinds alltogether. Most of these, however, areincluded under seven great are (1) agriculture, including farm-ing, gardening, and the grazing of cattle,sheep, and horses; (2) fishing ; (3) lum-hering ; (4) mining ; {b) manufacturing;(6) trade, or buying and selling; and (7)transportation, or the carrying of The first five The greatest of these in-of these dustrics is agriculture, about which you have already studied in the first and second sections of this man out of every three in theUnited States is engaged in agricultureof some kind. Fishing is far less important. Still,along the shores of the lakes and theocean, there are thousands of men whospend all their time at this work. Lumbering is not carried on in asmany places as it used to be, becausemany of the forests have been cut , every house you see is built partly. Fig. 82. — Vessels coming and going in New York Harbor. of wood on the inside, and many aremade of wood on the outside as this, wood is used for manyother purposes, as for making furnitureand paper. From this you can under-stand that great numbers of men mustbe engaged in cutting down trees andsawing them into lumber. Mining is a great industry employinghundreds of thousands of men. Thereare many kinds of mines, the most im-portant of which are coal, iron, copper,gold, silver, and lead mines. Quarrying,or taking out stone from the earth, maybe considered a part of mining. 66 HOME GEOOBAPHY Manufacturing is a still more impor-tant industry than mining. Note howmany things about you have been care-fully made somewhere. This book thatyou are reading is one example. Thedesk, at which you sit in school, muchof your food, and your clothes, are otherexamples. These Jive occupations serve mainlyto supply proper food, clothing, andshelter. They are often called
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