Birmingham age-herald., 1894-11-25


 S31, ,293, ,76s; 6,7os mules, worth 3,473.- 1s2; more than half a million milch cows, worth about $10, ,00o, ,000; more than a million and half of cattle pre- pairing for the tables of Americans, Londoners, Parisians and Berliners, to the value of almost S27, 900, 900; while of sheep there were 269s04, worth S690,- sS7; and of swine, moro. than 2,500,000, valued at moro than $13, 3,500,000
 Everyone knows, of course, that the products of the trans Mississippian regions are as various as they are vast; but yet few realize either their variety or their quantity. Fully as impressive a picture could be made of the timber produced by the west as of the cattle that are raised there; in Washington alone the estimated area of forest lands is 20, 900, ,000 acres, while of stand ing timber it is estimated that there are 1885, 365, 1000, ,O00 feet. In 1891 the mills of Washington turned out 1,321 100000 feet of sawed lumber, and 8SS, 400, ,O00, shingles, and Washington is only oneI of several states that are largely clothed with timber and that every year put forth an enormous quantity of boards, beams, masts and the like. In California, where the big Red Wood trees grow, it is estimated that there are II ,OOO, 900 acres of timber land from which 50o,00O,O 900 feet are cut every year.
 California is indeed a wonderful state Next to Texas it is the largest. not only of the trans sAlississippian re- zion, but of all those represented on Uncle Sam's flag in the galaxy of stars. It is as far from the northern boundary of California to the southern as it is from Madrid to Brussels, and the coast line of the state, without any consider able identations, is $50 miles long; a distance almost equal to the combined coast line of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jer- sey and Connecticut. In the north Cali fornias climate is tcmperate; in the south it is almost tropical, and there are regions, particularly the famous "Death Valley" where the heat is con stantly as intense, probably, as any where on the globe. The wonderful range of temperature, combined with truely marvellous fertility of soil, and abundance of water for irrigation where the rainfall is slight, enables Californians to grow all the products of the temperate and sun-tropic climates. Everyone knows California as the ''Golden State," but her production of cereals is one of the most important clements in her prosperity, and this will be better understood when it is stated that California's annual output of wheat is more than 36, 6,50O,000 bush els; of barley more than 17,500,O00; of corn more than 5,5O0,000; of oats almost 2,5OO. GOO, and of rye nearly 250, O00,0 ,000. Besides California ranks third in the production of hops, the crop of 1890 being more than c, 6,500,00 pounds. Cal ifornia is famous as fruit-growing state, and yet few people understand how large is the area devoted to oranges, apricots, lemons, olives and other semi-tropic fruits and nuts, the total being more than 7S,500,000 acres. Although her wines are. famous, her vineyards do not cover nearly so large an area, the total being 00,000 acres.
 Texas, the largest, is also a wonder full state. It's area is 265, 7S0 square miles of land, and 3,400 square miles of water; and if its surface were to be scooped out, so as to make an enor- nous reservoir, and it were filled with water, the republic of France could float about in the pond very comforta- bly, for the total area of France is eO,ooo square miles less than that of Texas. This is not new comparison,
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