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GEOGRAPHY

How does cotton compare with corn as an asset in the U. S.? 1971.

How does hay compare with cotton? 1971.

Where is most of the woodland? 1972.

What rank does lumbering hold in the U. S.? 1972.

What port does half of our foreign trade? 1972.

How many miles of canals are used for transportation? 1972.

What is the length of the 38 principal canals in the U. S.? 1973.

How much of the U. S. foreign commerce is carried in foreign ships? 1973.

How much of the world's railways are in the U. S.? 1973.

How many cables connect the U. S. with Europe? 1973.

What other cables are there? 1972.

How long does it require to send mail from New York to San Francisco? 1973.

Which of the Great Lakes is entirely in the U. S.? 1022. What summer resorts are planted in deserts of sand? 1112. What was discovered in N. Y. harbor by the Coast Survey? 415. Where is the Piedmont region? 1489, 59. Where is the heaviest rainfall in the U.  S.? 1582. Where are the National Parks? 1306. What is the great corn state of the Union? 935. What city was the chief whaling center of the world? 1324. Where are the ''Bad Lands" of the United States?  1786. What city in the United States is the first naval stores station and

second cotton port of the continent? 1683. What city in the United States is third in importance as to exports!

1330.

When were the first sheep introduced in the United States? 1736. What state in the Union stands foremost in manufacturing? 1732. What state furnishes one third of the gold, silver, copper, lead etc^

mined in the United States? 1254.

What is the first manufacturing city in the Union? 1332. What range of mountains have twenty-five peaks, the names of five

of them being those of presidents of the United States? 2079. Why is Oregon much warmer than other places of the same latitude?

1391.

What lake in the United States contains three thousand islands? 900. Which state of the Union was once covered with a great lake? 1786 What is the longest unnavigable river in the United States'   1786. What state in the United States contains 10,000 lakes? 1236. What is the highest mountain peak in the United States outside of

Alaska? 308.

How many square miles does the United States contain? 1967. What is the most famous peak of the Allegheny Mountains? 51. What two rivers form the source of the Ohio River? 51. What state in the United States contains  an extinct crater that is

now one of the deepest freshwater lakes in the world? 1391. How many miles of railroad in the United States? 1581. How many miles of railroad in the United States in  1900? 1582. How many miles of railroad in the world in 1900? 1582. What is the value of the salmon fisheries in the U. S.? 1666. In the United States what grain yields the chief crop? 30.

THE NEW  ENGLAND   STATES.

How much longer is Maine's tide line than the coast? 1149. What is the most important stream of New England? 1449. How does the watershed cross the state? 1150. What is the temperature of Maine winters? 1149. Where is one of the largest salmon pools in the world? 1150. What are 2,000,000 bushels of potatoes used for annually? 1150. What state has considerable mica deposits? 1325.

How does Vermont compare with New Hampshire in industrial products? 2012. Why is Massachusetts the least agricultural state in the Union? 1185.

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