How we are sheltered; a geographical reader (1906)
Chamberlain, James Franklin, 1869-1943 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co.,ltd. · leaf 125
Fig. 43. — Boards ready to be Flumed. carried down very rapidly. In Fresno Countythere are several flumes, each of which is morethan forty miles in length. In our Southern States there is still anothertimber belt. There the yellow pine is the most 108 HOW WE ARE SHELTERED common lumber tree. There… … I Fig. 44.—Boards going down a Flume. You see how important our forests are. Ifwe are to have homes built of lumber, we needthe help of many men, for we cannot go to theforest and get it. Name the different kinds ofwork necessary. LUMBERmG 109 We have a great deal of timber in our countryto-day,…
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