What to see in America . body unemployed,offers little chance to gain. The climate cannot be toohighly praised for children. The winter is one long outdoorplay spell for them, and in general they are wholly free fromcoughs, colds, and other ailments. In many parts of Florida are interminable stretches oflong-leaved pine forests. The rough-barked tapering trunks rise straight as arrows,and lift their plumedtops sixty to one hun-dred feet in the needles are fromtwelve to eighteeninches long. The treesare particularly valu-able both for timberand for is now thecenter of
What to see in America . body unemployed,offers little chance to gain. The climate cannot be toohighly praised for children. The winter is one long outdoorplay spell for them, and in general they are wholly free fromcoughs, colds, and other ailments. In many parts of Florida are interminable stretches oflong-leaved pine forests. The rough-barked tapering trunks rise straight as arrows,and lift their plumedtops sixty to one hun-dred feet in the needles are fromtwelve to eighteeninches long. The treesare particularly valu-able both for timberand for is now thecenter of turpentine production in the United States. Cattleand horses range freely in the woods all the twelve monthsof the year. Their owners set fires every winter to burn thedry grass and improve the pasturage. The long low lines offlame sweep through the forests, and by day pitchy smokedrifting heavenward shows where the fire has got into thickyoung growths of pines, while by night the woodland isweird with flickering ^m A Trappers Home Florida 185
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