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Vistula River 195 
Wales, area and population 329 
Warsaw (Poland) 271 
Washington, wheat in, 42, 46, 53; dairy 
cattle 85%; sheep 90*; fisheries 105, 108; 
forests and lumber 135, 138, 141, 216: fish 
canning 238, 259; coal and industries 259; 
minerals 325; area and population 326; 
value of manufacturing 327 
Washington, Mt. 180 
Watches 250, 270 
Water buffalo 51, 87 
Water power, in New England 15; utilized 
for industries 125, 237, 247, 249, 252, 2509, 
263*; and location of industries 235, 237,* 
238,* 243; in United States 238*; in 
Asia and Australia 312 
Water transportation, on Great Lakes 116, 
217, 219, 220; shipping routes of world 
158%; compared with railway transpor- 
tation 166, 206; less used in United States 
than in Europe 183; use of ships 189- 
206%; of northeastern United States 249; 
of western Europe 265, 266 ; in Japan 319* 
Waterbury (Connecticut) 242, 335 
Waterford (New York) 186 
Wax 336 
Weaving 12,* 13, 14 
Welland Canal 198, 226 
West Indies, sugar cane 71; bananas 78, 
79; problem in primary production of 
154-156; tropical fruits and nuts 289. 
See also Cuba 
West Shore Railroad 193, 210 
West Virginia, coal 124, 212; size 270; 
minerals 325; area and population 326: 
manufacturing 327 
Whale meat 109 
Wheat, in Dakotas 33, 34; varieties 40,* 
42, 43; where the staple food 40; im- 
proved through cultivation 41; pro- 
duction of 42-47*; in the United States 
42, 43,* 53, 193; elsewhere in world 43, 
54*; harvesting 44,* 45,* 53, 154, 160; 
world’s imports and exports 55; yield per 
acre 55 ; exported from South America 148 
149, 152; storage 191*; transportation 
192, 193, 205, 220, 227; in Canada 224,* 
227; milling 234, 253, 256, 259, 262, 266, 
272; in Europe 267, 278 ; in Great Britain 
275; in Hungary 275; in Asia and Aus- 
tralia 312; in Siberia 316 
White Mountains 139 
White Sea 103 
Whitney, Eli 3 
Wilkes Barre (Pennsylvania) 211, 241. 335 
Willamette Valley 215, 259 
Windsor (Ontario) 225 
Wine 79, 81, 230 
Winnipeg (Manitoba) 225, 226, 227, 260 
Winnipeg, Lake 227 
Wisconsin, barley 60; potatoes 62; apples 
75; dairying 94, 238; lumber 253; rail- 
way mileage 187; minerals 325; area 
and population 326; manufacturing 327 
Witwatersrand (South Africa) 233 
Wood, uses of 132, 135, 136, 137, 149, 141; 
from forests of North America 135-137; 
in Europe 140, 279; tropical 140; con- 
servation by chemicals 143; imports into 
United States 293; in Asia and Australia 
312 
Wood alcohol 129 
Wood pulp 27. See also Paper 
Vool 91, 92, 93; exported from South 
America 148, 152; from Africa 230, 231; 
where produced 275 ; imported into United 
States 293, 294; fine and coarse, 294; in 
Asia and Australia 312. See also Sheep 
Woolen industry, in United States 242, 250, 
252, 271, 291, 294; in Great Britain 265; 
in France 267; in Germany 268; in 
Belgium 270; in China 318; in Japan 319 
World, rainfall viii; cotton production of 
7*; average temperature 30,* 31*; wheat 
13, 54,* 55; rice 50*; corn 54%; oats 54*; 
potatoes 63*; sugar 71*; cattle 89*; sheep 
92*; swine 92*; fishing grounds 103*; 
production of iron 114*; copper 119%; 
gold and silver 120*; tin 120*; lead 121%; 
zinc 121*; coal 125%; petroleum 130%; 
shipping routes 158*; railway mileage 183, 
184,* 185; energy of peoples 236* ; manu- 
facturing 243*; density of population 
284*; area and population of chief 
countries and colonies 328, 329 
World War 5, 42, 152, 268, 287 
Wright Flying Field 169* 
Wyoming, sheep and wool 93, 179%; area 
175; railway mileage 175, 187; minerals 
325; area and population 326; value of 
manufacturing 327 
Yak 163 
Yams 64 
Vear Book, Dept. of Agriculture 67, 277 
Yellow fever 145 
Yokohama (Japan) 162, 201, 332 
Yonkers (New York) 210, 335 
Youngstown (Ohio) 253, 335 : 
Yugoslavia, copper 119; raw silk 279; 
foreign commerce 281. 309: area and 
population 329 
Zinc, world production 112, 121*; in United 
States 113, 275, 325; in Germany 275: 
production in Asia and Australia 313 
Zurich (Switzerland) 167.* 270 
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