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The Gulf Stream softens the climate of Great Britain in both winter and
summer, so that it is never very hot or very cold. The Labrador current
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Each division 30 days Each strip 5” of rain annually
grey: withrain blue: without rain
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More rain falls in New York than London, and falls faster too, London’s
blue blobs are days without rain—not necessarily sunny. The coloured
strips and thermometers show extremes of temperature.The Ocean Shrinks
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In one hundred and forty years the Atlantic has shrunk not a little, though there seems to be plenty of water about when you cross it by
ship.
Travelling time between Britain and America has decreased tremendously. Soon there will be excursions by air so that we shall be able to
breakfast in London, lunch in New York, and dine in Chicago—or the other way round,‘Regions within 20 Miles of a Railway $ Regions within 20 Miles
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In 1860 this grandmotherly engine puffed about importantly
in the In Britain by 1860 hardly a spot on the map was farther than 20 miles from a
railway.
Eastern third of the States. To-day her streamlined progeny dash about
over the whole country. 7United States and Great Britain in the World
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Here we are—the peoples of the world—black, white, yellow and brown. The man and a half in Latin America are Red Indians ; there are so few left in the
United States that it would be difficult to carve a man up small enough to show them. The brown men are mostly Indians. It is surprising to find that there
are more Negroes in the British Empire than in the United States.Area and Population
United States Great Britain
Brazil France
Argentina
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Each complete figure represents 5 million population sore
Britain
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States. She crowds in her people as thickly as does any country in the
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grey: mountain flora, poor steppes and deserts
Don’t be deceived by this map of the United States—there are really five cross-sections just to give you an idea of the lie of the land and the way things
grow. Not all important crops are shown—no tobacco, for instance. But you’ve heard of the corn belt and the cotton belt and the wheat belt. Well,
here they’ are.Farms and Farm Workers, 1935
United States
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100,000 farmers
Each blue symbol represents 100,000 working relatives of farmers
Each red symbol represents
100,000 hired labour
Each section represents 100,000 farms or holdings (average size in Gt.Britain 60 acres, - 8
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Note the number of farms and the extent of farm land in America com-
pared to Britain. Each section (grouped in fives for easy counting) is
100,000 farms. A British farm or holding of any size, however small, has on
the average rather more than one labourer (red), but a hired man is found
in only one out of five American farms. More relatives work on family
farms in America. Labourers, farmers, and relatives all wear sickles in our
picture as a symbol of their trade.
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story, and provide the tender home-grown leg of mutton prized by the
British.
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such as shipping. America is more self-sufficient.
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