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Cortland County. This region is ac- 

 counted one of the best dairy sections 

 in the state. 



The Vina quadrangle of California. 

 The area represented embraces about 

 150,000 acres in the most fertile part of 

 the Sacramento Valley, including por- 

 tions of Tehama, Butte, and Glenn 

 Counties. 



The Kaweah quadrangle, in Califor- 

 nia. It takes in the eastern slope of the 

 Sierras and covers a country that ranges 

 in elevation from 500 or 600 feet above 

 sea-level in the valleys of the west to 

 12,400 feet, the height of the summits 

 in the northeast part of the quadrangle. 



The Lake City quadrangle, in Colo- 

 rado. The range of altitude in the 

 quadrangle amounts to over 6,300 feet, 

 extending from an elevation of about 

 8,000 feet above sea-level on the Gun- 

 nison River, in the northeastern por- 

 tion of the quadrangle, to the summit 

 of Uncompahgre Peak, the loftiest point 

 in southwestern Colorado, a massive 

 mountain that rises to a height of 14,- 

 306 feet. 



The Niwot quadrangle of Colorado. 

 Besides the oil wells in the southwestern 

 part of the quadrangle, this area con- 

 tains extensive coal mines. 



Longmont, the most important town 

 of the quadrangle, is the center of ex- 

 tensive sugar-beet and canning indus- 

 tries. The whole quadrangle is covered 

 with fine farms, on which large crops 

 of hay , alfalfa, and fruit are raised. The 

 high degree of cultivation seen here is 

 due to an extensive system of irrigation. 

 The water for this purpose is taken 

 from Boulder, Lefthand, and St Vrain 

 Creeks. 



The Osoyoos quadrangle, in Okanogan 

 County, Washington. This quadrangle, 

 which lies immediately south of the in- 

 ternational boundary line and west of 

 the Republic quadrangle, embraces an 

 area of nearly 800 square miles. 



The Ovando quadrangle, in Montana, 

 about two-thirds of which is in the 



Lewis and Clarke Forest Reserve, just 

 west of the Continental Divide in north- 

 ern Montana. 



Weston and Vadis quadrangles, in 

 West Virginia, which include portions 

 of Harrison, Upshur, Lewis, Doddridge, 

 and Gilmer Counties, constituting a re- 

 gion that is interesting for its undevel- 

 oped coal fields. 



Salineville quadrangle, which is sit- 

 uated in the east central part of Ohio. 

 It embraces about 226 square miles and 

 contains portions of Columbiana, Car- 

 roll, and Jefferson Counties. 



The topographic maps of the United 

 States Geological Survey have gained 

 wide popularity in the last nine years. 

 Whereas only 86,974 maps were dis- 

 tributed in 1895, there were 501,775 

 maps sent out in 1904. These were 

 distributed as follows : through retail 

 sale, 47,906 ; through wholesale sale, 

 293,653 ; through members of Congress, 

 2 7>987 I to libraries and institutions, 

 75,112; for official use, 57,117. Al- 

 though the retail price of each map is 

 only five cents and the wholesale price 

 but two cents, the considerable sum of 

 $8,976.36 was received for maps. 



NOTES FROM OUR CONSULS 



THE following consular reports give 

 facts of interest in different parts 

 of the world. Persons may obtain from 

 the Bureau of Statistics copies of these 

 reports, as long as a limited edition will 

 permit, by giving the number of the re- 

 port desired : 



Damascus-Mecca Railroad, No. 2 1 91 . — 

 The road has been completed as far as 

 Ma'an, 300 miles south of Damascus. 



Trade and Possibilities of Arabia, 

 No. 2190. — Probably few people except 

 the Germans realize the possibilities of 

 Arabia. With irrigation and railways 

 the country could be vastly developed. 



Trade of Japan During the War, 

 No. 2190. — The exports increased $15,- 

 000, 000 and the imports$25,ooo,ooodur- 



