338
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Australia — Continued
commerce 308 ; production 311-316,* 322
climatic conditions 314; transportation
317; position among continents 323; coal
ports 323%; area and population 328
Austria, apple orchards in western, 76:
copper 119; improved roads 170; rail-
ways 183; cereals 278; raw silk 279; flax
279; foreign commerce 281; area and
population 329
Austria-Hungary, foreign commerce 308
Automobiles, usefulness and cost 164, 167,
174; manufacture of 219, 252, 253, 255.
See also Motor transportation
Brass 242, 272
Brazil, cotton in 7, 8; sugar cane 71; cattle
raising 89,* 149%; iron deposits 114; as
mining country 122; coffee 146, 148, 289;
cocoa 150; hides 275; rubber 275, 289;
balance of trade with United States 267;
area and population 329; exports 336
Breadstuffs. See Cereals
3reslau (Germany) 197, 332
Brest (France) 207
Brick 312
3ritish Columbia 139. See also Canada
3ritish East Africa 300, 328
Sritish Guiana 150, 303, 329, 336
Brockton (Massachusetts) 161, 242, 271.
334
Brussels (Belgium) 266, * 270, 333
Buckwheat 73
Budapest (Austria) 271, 332
Buenos Aires (Argentina) 147, 148, 149, 151,
190, 191, 208, 304, 330, 335
Buffalo (New York) 193, 194, 220, 221, 252,
330
Bulgaria, cereals 278; raw silk 279; foreign
commerce 281; area and population 329
Burma, wheat harvest in 53; junk 166*
Butte (Montana) 238, 334
Butter 256, 259, 260, 270, 271
Bagdad (Irak) 165, 332
Bahia (Brazil) 150, 330
Bahia Blanca (Argentina) 152
Balata 336 ]
Balkan countries, wheat cultivation in 53
Baltic Sea, fishing in 103
Baltimore (Maryland) 72, 208, 212, 216, 221,
222, 250, 330
Bamboo 140, 273
Bananas 78, 79,* 82, 336
Bank of England 264*
Barcelona (Spain) 271, 330
Bark, for tanning 245
Barley, in northern Europe 41; in United
States and Europe 59,* 60; as feed 100;
in Syria 160; in Asia and Australia 312
Barmen (Germany) 268
Barre (Vermont) 239, 334
Battle Creek (Michigan) 253, 334
Bayonne (New Jersey) 271, 334
Beans 312, 321
Beets. See Sugar beets
Belgian Congo 119, 231, 275, 328
Belgium, size of 29*; time of wheat harvest
53; potatoes 63; zinc 121; transportation
183, 197; manufacturing 235, 264, 270,
310; cereals 278; flax 279; commerce
281, 308, 310; area and population 329
Bengal 313
Benzine 128
Berne (Switzerland) 269*
Berries 313
Birmingham (Alabama) 117, 126, 334
Birmingham (England) 126, 237, 258, 333
Bogota (Colombia) 153, 335
Bohemia 70. See also Czechoslovakia
Bolivia, wheat 53; tin 112, 120, 290; copper |
19; climatic conditions 144; area and
population 329; exports 336
Boll weevil 2, 310
Boston (Massachusetts) 25, 72, 78, 102, 104,
178, 208, 210, 211,* 212, 215, 216, 221, 240.
250, 330
Braddock (Pennsylvania) 254, 334
Cacao 150, 289, 293, 336
Cairo (Egypt) 228, 230, 332
Calcutta (India) 166, 207, 315,* 330
Calgary (Alberta) 225
California, cotton production 5*; rice 49;
wheat 53; barley 60; vegetables 62, 64;
sugar beets 70, 292; fruits 75, 77,* 80*;
mining 120, 325; petroleum 128,* 259;
timber 135; lumber 141; railways 179,
187; water power 238, 259; fruit canning
and drying 238, 259; area and population
326 ; manufacturing 327
Callao (Peru) 149, 335
Cambridge (Massachusetts) 215, 334
Camels 86,* 87, 163,* 164, 165
Camphor 268, 277
Canada, average temperature 4,* 5*; farm-
ing methods 33, 47; wheat 43,* 53, 55,
224%, 275%; corn 49*; oats 56*; maple
sugar 69; apples 74,* 75; cattle 84,* 88*;
milk 87; cheese 95; hay and forage 101*;
protection of fur-seal 106; fisheries 107;
copper 119, 276; gold 120; forests 138,
139, 143; transportation 183, 186,* 192, *
198, 204,* 226 ; economic map 224*; cities
225-227*; manufacturing 260; use of
Niagara Falls 263; hides 295; trade,
foreign 296, 301, 305, 308; with Great
Britain 300; area and population 329
Canadian Pacific Railroad 226
