Commercial press geography of China . Temple of CoNPCcins, KCpow THK PKOVLNCE OJ? SHANTUNG 43. Pine Grovb, Tat Shah The Hwang Ho now reaches the sea in the northern part ofShantung. Sixty years ago, it flowed south of this provinceand emptied into the sea in Kiangpeh, hundreds of miles floods of the Hwang Ho have caused terrible loss to NorthChina, and would cause more were it not ff»r the money andwork spent every year to protect the valley. But modernengineering can make the Hwang Ho a source of wealth insteadof a source of danger. Shantung produces silk, wheat, millet, and fruits.
Commercial press geography of China . Temple of CoNPCcins, KCpow THK PKOVLNCE OJ? SHANTUNG 43. Pine Grovb, Tat Shah The Hwang Ho now reaches the sea in the northern part ofShantung. Sixty years ago, it flowed south of this provinceand emptied into the sea in Kiangpeh, hundreds of miles floods of the Hwang Ho have caused terrible loss to NorthChina, and would cause more were it not ff»r the money andwork spent every year to protect the valley. But modernengineering can make the Hwang Ho a source of wealth insteadof a source of danger. Shantung produces silk, wheat, millet, and fruits. TheShan- soil of tung is not sorich as in mostparts of China,and new meth-ods are need-ed to makeagriculturemore pros-perous. Theforests havebeen destroyed Tsinan; Yellow KrsfER IN THB DISTANCE but it is hoped that scientific Government work can restore themin part.
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