Advanced Geography . tsound ? See lesson 28. Where is redwood found ? The United States produces more lumber, and manu-factures more woodenware, than any othercountry in the world does. 123. Fruits. The United States is bountifully suppliedwith fruits. Some of them are wide-spread,but others are confined to small areas. Themost important peach areas in this countryinclude the coastal plain from the Potomacriver to the Hudson; Georgia and the statesbordering on lake Erie. This peach district is near the northern end ofthe Atlantic coastal plain. There the canning, pack-ing and shipping of fruit
Advanced Geography . tsound ? See lesson 28. Where is redwood found ? The United States produces more lumber, and manu-factures more woodenware, than any othercountry in the world does. 123. Fruits. The United States is bountifully suppliedwith fruits. Some of them are wide-spread,but others are confined to small areas. Themost important peach areas in this countryinclude the coastal plain from the Potomacriver to the Hudson; Georgia and the statesbordering on lake Erie. This peach district is near the northern end ofthe Atlantic coastal plain. There the canning, pack-ing and shipping of fruit form a very importantindustry. There are extensive peach areas inCalifornia, Missouri and Arkansas. There are several well-known appleareas. One extends the entire length ofthe Ohio valley and for quite a distance upthe Missouri valley. The districts east of lake Michiganand southeast of lake Erie are famous for this abounds also in all the states eastward to have about the same range as corn. This grain is the best fattening-food for of bushels are used yearly for that purpose. The principal pork-packing centers are the cities ofthe prairies, especially Chicago and Kansas City (Kansas). CATTLE AND DAIRY PRODUCTS. 135 Immense quantities of pork, bacon and lard are sentabroad, chiefly to England, Germany and other countriesof western Europe. The pork products sent each year The hides of cattle are tanned and changed into leather. Onepart of the tanning process consists in soaking the hides in waterin which certain kinds of bark have been steeped. Hemlock barkis often used, and as hemlock trees aboundin Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan andthe northern New England states, most ofthe tanning is done there.
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