Modern Business Geography 
Insects, and transportation 159, 164 
[odine 272, 277 
[owa, wheat 53; beef cattle 96; coal 125, 
325: in central forest region 135; auto- 
mobiles 168; railway mileage 187; area 
and population 326 ; manufacturing 327 
Iquique (Chile) 150, 335 
[reland, cotton 19; potatoes 63; fisheries 
107; mining 122; flax 279; lace 290 
[ridium 112 
Irish Free State 308, 329. See also Ireland 
[rkutsk (Siberia) 316 
[ron, one of chief metals 112; mining, in 
United States 113, 115, 116,* 117; world 
production 114*; smelting 114, 115; con- 
sumption 115, 117; movements of ore 
117, 193, 194,* 205; use in manufacture, 
in United States 221, 236, 247,* 249, 251, 
252, 253-255,* 257, 258, 259, 271; in 
Europe 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 271, 274; 
in Chile 272; imports into United States 
293; supplies in Asia and Australia 311, 
312; production, in United States 325 
Irrigation, for cotton growing 5, 6*; in 
United States 31, 32,* 35,* 36; in Italy 
38*: in California, for rice 49; for sugar 
beets 70*; for fruit 75, 77; for alfalfa 88: 
on west coast of South America 146 
[taly, cotton manufacturing 19; irrigated 
fields in 38*; rice 50; millet 52; wheat 53, 
55; fruits 78, 80, 81; exports of cheese to 
United States 95; copper 119; marble 
122%; mining 125; coal and water power 
125; roads 170; railways 174, 183; 
manufactures 235, 264; silk 271, 273, 275, 
279, 290; flax 279; commerce 281, 308; 
area and population 329 
{vory 159, 231, 273 
Johannesburg (South Africa) 228, 231, 233, 
333 
Johnstown (New York) 252, 334 
Tugo-Slavia. See Yugoslavia 
lTunk, Burmese 166* 
Jute, manufacture of 266, 269, 272, 318, 321; 
production of 276, 313, 321 
Kano (Nigeria) 233 
Kansas, wheat 42, 43, 53; meat packing 88, 
258; automobiles 168; railways 187; 
minerals 325; area and population 326; 
manufacturing 327 
Kansas City (Kansas) 88, 223, 258, 330 
Kelp 290 
Kentucky, coal 125; minerals 325; area and 
population 326; manufacturing 327 
Kerosene 128, 205 
Khartum (Egypt) 228, 230, 231 
Kiel (Germany) 268, 330 
Kiel Canal 198 
Kimberley mines 231 
Kobe (Japan) 271, 331 
Korea. See Chosen 
Krupp steel works 268 
Labor, in New England 18; oriental 60, 
272, 273; for sugar beet industry 69, 70; 
Hindu, in British Guiana 150; in transpor- 
tation 160,* 161; and climatic conditions 
235: and location of industries 240, 243; 
skilled, in England 241; legislation 246; 
in northeastern United States 249; in 
complex manufacturing 250; in Europe 
268, 269, 270, 275; Japanese 271; in 
Australia 271; for silk 273, 290; and in- 
ventive skill 277, 299; for tea 291 
Labrador, fisheries 105 
Laces 290 
Lacquered ware 271, 273 
La Guaira (Venezuela) 150, 335 
Lancaster County (England) 271 
La Paz (Bolivia) 153, 335 
{a Plata (Argentina) 147, 335 
La Plata River 147, 151 
latvia 281 
Lawrence (Massachusetts) 242, 334 
Lead, one of chief metals 112; production 
in United States 113, 325; world produc- 
tion 121,* 275; in Asia and Australia 313 
Leadville (Colorado) 239, 334 
Leather 245. See also Hides, Tanning 
Teeds (England) 178, 333 
Liege (Belgium) 126, 270 
Lille (France) 267, 269, 333 
Lima (Peru) 153, 335 
"inen 268, 269, 276. See also Flax 
Linseed oil 318 
[Liverpool (England) 20. 201, 220, 266, 331 
Jacquard loom 25 
Jaipur (India) 320* 
Jamaica 78, 329 
Japan, cotton 19%; intensive cultivation 29; 
rice and millet 41, 50, 52; wheat 53, 55; 
vegetables 61, 65, 67; fisheries 107, 108%; 
whale meat 109; copper 119; gold 120; 
zinc 121; mining 122; transportation 
167, 174, 175, 183, 195, 317, 319%; cl- 
mate and industry 236; manufacturing 
242, 271, 273, 277, 290, 319; silk 273,* 
275, 290; tea 291; foreign commerce 302, 
308, 319; chief primary products 312, 313; 
area and population 328 
lava, sugar cane 71*; railways 167; primary 
products 313 
lersey City (New Jersey) 175.* 210. 220, 
250, 330 
fewelry 267, 270 
Jinrikisha 160.* 162