Nature's Unequal Distribution of Her Gifts 27 



Upon the northwest coast there is fog and rain and little 

 sunshine. There the forests grow so dense that it is .difi&- 

 cult to travel through them. In the deserts of the South- 

 west the sun shines out of a cloudless sky almost every day 

 in the year. The ground becomes very dry and the living 

 things found there have strange and curious habits. 



In the Central and Eastern states there is much coal; 

 and because of this, millions of people have gathered there 

 to engage in manufacturing. In California coal is scarce 

 and has to be brought from other parts of the earth. 



The vast prairies of the Mississippi Valley are covered 

 with fields of waving grain, much of which is shipped to 

 distant regions. In New England much of the soil is rocky 

 and not enough grain is raised there to supply the needs of 

 the population. 



The work that people do in different places is determined 

 by the way in which Nature has distributed her resources. 

 The farmers are mostly found in the valleys where the soil 



U. S. Office of Farm Management- (/. S, Cotton) 

 A farming scene in the fertile valley of the Missouri River. 



