New geographies . Fig. 209. —Extent of fatming in the United States. 168 WORLD GEOGBAPHY will be made to yield crops. There aretwo great difficulties, however. A largepart of the portion of the circle markednot in farms represents the arid landsof the Western States. Locate these(p. 145). People will not be eager toreceive farms there, even as a gift fromthe government, until thej are able toirrigate them. What is the governmentnow doing to make some of this landmore attractive to settlers (p. 147) ? A second reason why much land mustremain uncultivated is that there is a country are furnishin
New geographies . Fig. 209. —Extent of fatming in the United States. 168 WORLD GEOGBAPHY will be made to yield crops. There aretwo great difficulties, however. A largepart of the portion of the circle markednot in farms represents the arid landsof the Western States. Locate these(p. 145). People will not be eager toreceive farms there, even as a gift fromthe government, until thej are able toirrigate them. What is the governmentnow doing to make some of this landmore attractive to settlers (p. 147) ? A second reason why much land mustremain uncultivated is that there is a country are furnishing the largest amountof lumber at the present time (pp. , 135, 148) ? What portions furnishlittle or none ? Why ?. Fig. 210.—Value oi lumber and timber products great deal of mountainous are the names of our principalmountain systems ? Through whatstates do the Appalachian Mountainsextend ? The Cordillera ? What moun-tains, besides the Eockies, are includedin the Cordillera? Probably most ofthe mountainous and arid lands nevercan be cultivated. Why ? The parts of the United States that can supply most lumber are shown in Figure 210. Which sections Lumbering , . , , are they, and what statesare included ? What portions of the In -what sections of the United States is fish-ing an important industry (pp. 110, 125, 149) ?What kinds of fish are caught -p^^-^:^in the different sections ? Whatcities are extensively engaged in fishing ? Morepersons are employed in this industry in Mary-land and Virginia than in any other can you explain that fact (p. 126) ? Still,there are only about seventy-five thousand peopleengaged in fishing in the entire country, whilethere are over ten mi
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