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MAINE |
Maine
is bounded by Canada, Atlantic Ocean and
New Hampshire; gross area, 33,040 sq.
miles; land area, 29,895 sq. miles; water
area, 3,145 sq. miles; capital, Augusta.
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The surface
of the State is hilly and mountainous,
excepting along the coast, where it is
flat and sometimes marshy. The highest
elevation is Mt. Katahdin, 5,383 feet.
The coast line is very irregular, and,
with its numerous indentations, presents
a length of over 2,000 miles. Maine has
over 1,500 lakes. Moosehead Lake, the
largest, is 35 miles long, 10 miles wide
and 1,023 feet above sea-level. The
forests are of great value and consist of
principally pine, fir, spruce, hemlock,
cedar, red oak, maple, beech, birch, ash,
poplar, elm, dogwood, sassafras,
butterwood, chestnut and willow.
The
principal minerals are stone and slate.
The
principal farm crops are hay, potatoes,
oats, buckwheat, corn, barley, wheat and
rye. Fruits and vegetables are also
abundant.
The
principal articles of manufacture are
cotton goods, lumber and timber products,
woolen goods, paper and wood pulp, canned
fish, foundry and machine shop products,
and flour and grist mill products.
The climate
of Maine is temperate.
Population
in 1910, 377,052 males and 365,319
females, of whom 631,809 were of native
and 110,562 of foreign birth; white,
739,995; negro, 1,363; Indian, 892;
Chinese, 108; Japanese, 13. Total
population, 742,371. |
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