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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