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112. Plants of the Cool Belts.

The cool belt on the north is a wide path
across the middle of North America, Europe
and Asia.

There is but little land in the cool belt
south of the equator.

In the cool belt of the north the hot and
cold seasons are about
equal in length. The

  
 

PLANTS OF THE COOL BELTS.

113. Plants of the Cold Belt.

A cold belt reaches from the bleak slopes
near the Arctic shore to the north pole.

Very little is known about the islands in
the icy sea round the south pole.

The cold belts have very short summers.

Stunted trees and shrubs grow nearly as far

north as the Arctic shores.

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Harvest Scene.

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chief products are. grains, — \A 1 ( \
wheat, corn, rye, oats and barley. i

The best grazing lands are in the \
cool belt of the north. Here are |
also the largest forests of soft
woods,— pine, fir, spruce, etc.

What have you read about the prairies of North

America ?

These prairies are in the cool belt and form one
of the largest and richest garden regions on earth.
_ Over large areas the soil is more than fifty feet in
depth. The rainfall is plentiful, and the land is so
nearly level that most of the rain that falls here
_ sinks into the soil.

The picture on this page is a ‘harvest ‘scene on

the prairies. The large machines drawn by horses
reap and bind the wheat.
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Uses of Plants. !

Name six plants that supply food.

What‘kinds of cloth are made from plants ?

What kinds of wood are used in houses? .

Do you- know of any plants that are used for.
medicine ? "Dunes

What articles are made from. bark? From sap?
From buds? Leaves?. Roots? Blossoms? Wood?