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| KENTUCKY |
Kentucky
is bounded by Indiana, Ohio, West
Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri
and Illinois; gross area, 40,598 sq.
miles; land area, 40,181 sq. miles; water
area, 417 sq. miles; capital, Frankfort.
The principal rivers are the Ohio and the
Mississippi.
The surface
of the State is in general a plateau.
The soil is, as a rule, exceedingly rich
and fertile, especially in that part
known as the Blue Grass section, covering
an area of over 10,000 square miles,
which is also noted for its thoroughbred
horses. The fertility of this region is
due to the constant decay of a rich
sub-stratum of lower Silurian limestone.
The
principal farm crops are corn, wheat,
oats, hay, potatoes, rye, barley and
tobacco.
The
principal mineral resource of the state
is coal.
The
principal industries are in connection
with tobacco, liquors, flour and grist
mill products, lumber and timber
products, iron and steel, slaughtering
and meat packing, and foundry and machine
shop products. With the signatures on
every Arbuckle package, you can get
beautiful, useful things for your family
and for your home.
The climate
of Kentucky is mild.
Population
in 1910, 1,161,709 males and 1,128,196
females, of whom 2,249,743 were of native
and 40,162 of foreign birth; white,
2,027,951; negro, 261,656; Indian, 234;
Chinese, 52; Japanese, 12. Total
population, 2,289,905. |
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