New elementary geography : adapted for use in Canadian schools . ST. LAWRENCE PROVINCES. ?)i ftcii sinks to 10 or 20° l)cl()w zero; but thej1(1 is not unpleasant. The snow falls deep andists from December till April, forming excel-jnt and leaving theround in prime euiidition3r rapid spring growth ;0 that spring wheat, pota-oes, peas, beans, oats, hay,urnips, mangels, and gar-ien vegetal )les are culti-vated successfully in nearly,11 the settled parts of the)rovince. The pasturagean<ls are of special excel-ence. Butter and cheeseire produced in consider-ible quantities from theactorie
New elementary geography : adapted for use in Canadian schools . ST. LAWRENCE PROVINCES. ?)i ftcii sinks to 10 or 20° l)cl()w zero; but thej1(1 is not unpleasant. The snow falls deep andists from December till April, forming excel-jnt and leaving theround in prime euiidition3r rapid spring growth ;0 that spring wheat, pota-oes, peas, beans, oats, hay,urnips, mangels, and gar-ien vegetal )les are culti-vated successfully in nearly,11 the settled parts of the)rovince. The pasturagean<ls are of special excel-ence. Butter and cheeseire produced in consider-ible quantities from theactories which are numer-)us in Quebec, and mapleHigar exported to Ontarioind the United emiiloy thousands of men, and the product isworth from one to two millions a year. The extraordinary supply of water powermakes up somewliat for of coal mines, andplaces Quebec next to On-tario in respect to the valueof its manufactures. Sawmills and flour mills abound,and there are large cottonmills, paper mills, and sugarrefineries. Leather andboots and shoes are largelymanufactured, all kinds ofhardware and iron work,furs, hats, India rubfjer, andwood-pulp are also madein considerable valueof thomauu-factured jnoductsis stead-ily growing year by year. is the occupation of the greaterpart of the peoj^le and oats and hay are themost valuable crops. The lumber trade is themost important commercially and employs alarge niimber of people, especially in timber is very valuable and is chieflyobtained on the tributaries of the Ottawa, and inthe region about Lake St. John, north of Quebec;Dut almost every district stdl conta
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