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Title: Advanced Geography
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Alexis Everett Frye
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Publisher: Ginn & Company
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frost;hence, the warmerprairies in Most of the cattle and hogs in our country are raisedon the prairies, where there is plenty of grass and corn.In the prairies southwest of Lake Michigan are extensivecoal fields yielding immense quantities of soft coal. Chicago has grown to be the greatest meat-packingcenter and grain market in the world, because the cityis so near the fertile prairies, and because the railroadand steamer lines centering at Chicago reach so large apart of our country. Minneapolis has fine , water power and is near thewheat regions. This city therefore leads the world inmaking flour. The great agricultural region of the middle Mississippivalley has its chief trade center at St. Louis. This cityhas a very large traffic by railroads on all sides and byboats down the great river. Besides the prairies of the Mississippibasin there is a region east of theStaked plain, known as the Texas prai-ries. Much of this prairie region is tree-less but not barren like the dry plains
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the south yield the more corn, while those in the cooler half lead in harvests of wheat. Few trees grow wild in the prairies, except along thestreams, but many trees have been set out on the prairiefarms. Most forest trees thrive best in loose and coarsesoil, like that found on hills or on old mountain slopes.The prairie soil is very fine and firm, but yields readilyto the plow. Water sinks slowly into this compact soil. Heavyrains therefore swell the streams. In springtime, beforethe frozen soil has thawed, rains and melting snow oftencause the rivers to spread far and wide over their floodplains. • These floods often do much damage, but theyalso leave coatings of fine soil on the plains. 1In riding between Rochester and Syracuse, south of lake Ontario,many drumlins may be seen. west of it.The Texas prai-ries are used more for farming than for grazing.Their surface is moreH varied than that of theprairies of the upper Mississippi valley. 40. The Northern Plain. The Northern plain o

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