Index 
9341 
Desert, of South America 146; railroad | 
building in 181; of the Sahara 230, 233 
Detroit (Michigan) 78, 168, 219, 221, 240, 
253, 254, 330 
Detroit River 193 
Diamonds 231, 270, 290 
Dogs, and sheep-killing 100 
Donkeys, used in transportation 163, 165 
Drugs, chemicals for 268 
Duluth (Minnesota) 180, 181,* 193, 194, 
206, 220, 256, 257, 334 
Dundee (Scotland) 267 
Durban (Natal) 228, 231 
Dutch East Indies, commerce 270, 308; 
primary products 312, 313; area and pop- 
ulation 328. See also East Indies 
Dutch Guiana 303, 329, 336 
Dyeing, of cotton 14; of silk 251* 
Dves. manufacture of 15. 268 
‘ransportation 164, 165; steamships 166; 
motor vehicles 167; roads, in southeast- 
arn part 170; railways 183, 266*; steam- 
ship lines from 191; use of rivers and 
:anals 195,196, 197, 266* ; manufacturing 
264-271*; transportation facilities 266,* 
281; problem: what Europe does for a 
living 278-283*; food products 278; raw 
materials 279; minerals 279; foreign 
ommerce 281; cities 282, 318; value 
»f exports to United States 294; imports 
295, 323; as market 299-301; trade with 
south America 301; area and population 
of chief countries and colonies 329 
<xplosives, use of nitrates for 150 
xports, from United States, of wheat 55; of 
setroleum 129; value of, at principal ports 
f United States 221; from Africa 230, 
231; from Germany, of beet sugar 268; 
tom United States, of farm machinery 
‘or Australia 272; from Great Britain, 
f textiles and farm machinery 277; from 
Jnited States 295; to Germany 300; 
rom leading countries to United States 
308; from western Europe 310; from 
South America 336 
Earthenware 271 
East Indies, rice and millet 41; tin 120, 
275; petroleum 130*; exports to Hol- 
land 270; rubber 275; primary products 
312, 313 
Ecuador, climate 144, 145; cacao 150, 
289; area and population 329; exports 
336 
Edmonton (Alberta) 225 
Zgypt, cotton 7,* 8, 275, 300; corn 41; rice 
50*; wheat harvest 53; sugar cane 71; 
railway mileage 183; foreign commerce 
308; area and population 328 
Elberfeld (Germany) 268 
Electric railways 184 
Electrical industries 252 
Elephants 162,* 163 
Embroideries 270, 290 
England, invention of spinning and weaving 
machinery 14; cotton manufacturing 17, 
20; wheat harvest in 53; consumption of 
cereals and meat 56; potatoes 63; apples 
76; smelting of iron ore 117; coal 123, 
127; roads 170; merchant marine 191; 
manufacturing 211; area and population 
329. See also Great Britain 
Erie Barge Canal 193, 196,* 197, 220 
Erie Canal 196,* 197 
Erie (Pennsylvania) 194, 334 
Erie Railroad 210 
Essen (Germany) 126, 237, 268, 333 
Europe, intensive cultivation in 29; size 
29*; wheat 43, 53, 54%; corn 49; oats 51*; 
rye 58*; barley 59*; vegetables 61; pota- 
toes 62, 67; sugar beets 70; fruits 76, 78, 
79, 80, 81*; dairy products 87, 95; cattle 
B9,* 90, 91, 95*; swine 93; zinc 112, 121; 
iron 114; tin 120; forest conservation 
139. 1140. 143: lumber 140. 143: animal 
Factories, cotton 17*; man power in 161; 
for airplanes 169. See also Manufacturing 
“airfield (Ohio) 169* 
Falkland Islands 93 
Fall River (Massachusetts) 10, 15, 17. 18, 
242, 334 
Farming, of cotton 2-8*; in United States 
27-39%; methods 26,* 45,* 46,* 51,* 57*; 
mportance 27; where possible 30,* 31%; 
tinds of 31, 61, 280*; farming population 
12, 33; soil 33; government aid 31, 38, 
11; in Alaska 36*; in Italy 38*; in Ohio 
'8; cereals 40-60*; vegetables 61-67*; 
mgar 68-73%; fruit 71-82%; animal 83- 
101*; use of man power in 160; of horses 
161; in Canada 225. 227*: in Holland 
269 
“arms, number in the United States 47 
Faeroe Islands 107 
“eed, cotton-seed products used for 23, 96; 
sugar beet pulp 70; hay, corn, oats 83; 
and swine raising 100; forage crops 101* 
<ernandina (Florida) 136 
Fertilizers, nitrates 150. 289, 290; chemical 
268 
Fez (Morocco) 228, 233 
Tibers, imports of, into United States 293. 
See also Cotton, Flax, Silk, Sisal, Wool 
Finland 281, 308, 329 
Fire, protection of forests from 142 
Fire-pots, in fruit orchards 77 
Fireworks. potash used for 290