RHODE ISLAND 



4997 



RHODE ISLAND 



RHODE ISLAND PRODUCTS CHART 

 Figures Based on US. Government Reports 

 Millions of Dollars Annually 



THE FARM 



Milk 



Timothy % Clover 



GardenVegeta 



Flowers, Plants 



Potatoes 



Com 



Poultry raised 



Cattle sold 



Apples 



Cultivated Hay 



Butter 



Cattle slaughte 



Hogs slaughte 



Morses sold 



Green Grain Hay 



Cream 



Hogs sold 



Nursery Products 



THE FACTORY 



Marble.Stone 

 Paper Goods 

 Manufactured Gasi 

 Men's Furnishings 

 Lumber Jimber Products 

 Rubber Goods 

 Meat Racking 

 Beer.etc, 

 PrintingPublishingl 

 Hosiery. Knit Goods 

 Bread .etc. 

 Gold .Silver 

 SilK Goods 

 Silverware 

 Electrical Machinery 

 FbundryMachine Shop 

 Jewelry 

 Cotton Goods 

 Woolen Goods 



70 60 50 40 30 20 



10 5 



When measured in a straight line, the coast 

 extends forty-five miles, but if the shores of 

 its many indentations are considered, there are 

 350 miles of coast washed by tidewater. The 

 largest of these inlets is Narragansett Bay, 

 which penetrates twenty-eight miles inland, 

 varying from three to twelve miles in width. 

 It has many arms and estuaries, and contains 

 a number of islands, of which the three largest 

 are Rhode, Conanicut and Prudence islands. 

 Rhode Island is fifteen miles long and three 

 miles wide, and is famous for its delightful 

 climate, fine beaches and the magnificent sum- 

 mer colony at Newport (which see). Narra- 

 gansett Pier, on the southwest shore of the 

 bay, is another noted summer resort. Ten 

 miles off the coast to the south lies Block 

 Island, a verdure-clad expanse of sandy hills. 

 It rises abruptly from the sea and contains 

 a good harbor in Great Salt Pond, which was 

 formerly enclosed within the island. 



Rivers and Lakes. The Providence and Sa- 

 konnct rivers are, in reality, arms of Narra- 

 gansett Bay. The Pawtuxct and Blackstone 

 rivers, emptying into Providence River, the 

 north arm of the bay, are the largest streams 

 of the northern part of the state. They are 

 swift and have great volume, cascades descend- 

 ing fifty feet in the Blackstone at Pawtuckct; 

 a number of the falls in the Pawtuxct fur- 

 ni.-h power to run many factories. The Warren 



and Taunton rivers have wide estuaries, the 

 latter emptying into Mount Hope Bay, an- 

 other arm of Narragansett Bay. The Pawca- 

 tucfc, forming in part the boundary between 

 Rhode Island and Connecticut, and emptying 

 into Little Narragansett Bay at the extreme 

 southwest corner of the state, is the largest 

 river of the western section. In the sheltered 

 estuaries of these rivers and in the bays and 

 coast waters, large quantities of lobsters and 

 oysters are caught. The interior of the state is 

 threaded by numerous rapid streams. Many 

 large reservoirs have been built for the storage 

 of their waters; these and numerous beautiful, 

 natural ponds add much charm to the scenery. 



Climate. The climate of Rhode Island is 

 more mild than that of the other New Eng- 

 land states, owing to the moderating influence 

 of Narragansett Bay. There are no extremes 

 of heat or cold, and the delightful summers 

 h:ivr made the coast a favorite summer resort. 

 The mean annual temperature of Providence 

 is 50, and of Narragansett Pier, 49. The an- 

 nual precipitation is fifty inches along the coast, 

 and forty inches in the northern part of the 

 state. 



Agriculture. Tho soil, containing much 

 boulder clay and stony drift, is generally poor, 

 and many of the farms are becoming factory sites 

 or are being added to the suburbs of the grow- 

 ing cities and towns. However, on the island 



