New geographies . Fig. 246. —Armand Fallieres, President of France. 196 WORLD GEOQUAPHY In southern France there is an industry thatwe have not studied before; namely, the pro-duction of raw silk. This valuable substanceis obtained from cocoons spun by a caterpillar,called the silkworm. Each of the cocoons ismade of a fine, silky thread several thousandyards long, looking somewhat like the threadin a spiders web. The silk industry, therefore, depends uponthese worms, and much care must be given tothem. Their principal food is the leaf of the .. ....^^i*fS)S0!S-. Fig. 247. -A scene in a wheat f
New geographies . Fig. 246. —Armand Fallieres, President of France. 196 WORLD GEOQUAPHY In southern France there is an industry thatwe have not studied before; namely, the pro-duction of raw silk. This valuable substanceis obtained from cocoons spun by a caterpillar,called the silkworm. Each of the cocoons ismade of a fine, silky thread several thousandyards long, looking somewhat like the threadin a spiders web. The silk industry, therefore, depends uponthese worms, and much care must be given tothem. Their principal food is the leaf of the .. ....^^i*fS)S0!S-. Fig. 247. -A scene in a wheat field in central France. Notice that the women,as well as the men, work in the field. mulberry tree, which is cultivated in largegroves in the Rhone Valley. The leaves areplucked from the trees and ted to the silk-worms ; and when these caterpillars reach theright stage, they spin the cocoons which are ofso much value. Neither lumbering nor fishing is ofvery great importance in France. Yet,Lumbering as in Germany, the Frenchand fishing carry on forestry on thepoorer lands. There is some fishingalong the coast, and many vessels go tothe fishing banks of the North Sea. There is some coal, especially near theboundary of Belgium, but France has nosuch important coal beds asare found in both Germanyand England. It is necessary, therefore,to import some from Germany, Belgium,and Great Britain. Neither is there so Mining much iron ore in France as in theseother countries, although there is these reasons the manufacture ofiron goods is far less extensive
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