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Modern Business Geography

Fisheries, of United States 102-109*; of the
world 103*; of countries outside United
States 106,* 107, 108,* 224*
Fishing, as occupation 27, 102
Flax 270, 279, 313
Flaxseed 293, 313
Florida, watermelons 64; citrus fruits 77,*
78; mangoes 82; forest 136; area and
population 326 ; manufacturing 327
Foochow (China) 162, 331
Foods, foodstuffs, production of, in Europe
278; imports and exports of, United States
294, 295, 299. See also Cereals, Vegetables,
 Fruits, Meat, Fisheries
Forest Service 138, 139
Forestry, scientific 140, 143
Forests, of the United States 134-138*; cutting
 in 134, 142, 143; National Forests
138*; Canadian 139, 224*; Mexican 139;
conservation of European 139; protection
from fire 142; rate of consumption 143;
rate of growth 143; South American 145,
146, 151 ; industries attached to 239, 259
Formosa 277, 328
Fort Worth (Texas) 259, 334
France, cotton manufacturing 19; size 29*;
wheat 41, 43, 53, 55; consumption of
cereals and meat 56; potatoes 67; sugar
beets 70, 73; apples 76; peaches 80;
grapes 81; export of cheese to United
States 95; iron 114, 274; coal 125, 274;
water power 125; forest conservation 139,
143; roads 170; transportation 183, 197;
industries 235, 264, 267; silk 273, 279,
290, 291; occupations 275; competition
with Great Britain 276; flax 279; foreign
commerce 281, 290, 308, 310; as market
287; population 287, 329; area 329
Frankfurt (Germany) 268, 332
Free trade, with Philippines, effect of 307
Freight, cost of 43, 166, 167, 193, 194, 201,
220, 239; by steamship 166, 190, 191; by
railroad 167; on Great Lakes 193, 194*;
sivers and canals 195, 197, 198, 205, 206
french Guiana 303, 329
French Indo-China, foreign commerce 308
Frost, and fruits 75, 76, 77, 80
Fruit, cultivation and marketing 74-82%;
apples 74-76,* 82; citrus fruits 76, 77,*
78; bananas 78, 79,* 82; coconuts 79%:
transportation 76, 78, 79, 82; grapes 79
80, 81*; peaches 80*; mangoes 82%;
canning and drying 238; imports of 289.
293; in Asia and Australia 313
Fuels, kinds and uses 112, 247; in United
States 113; coal 123-126,* 127-128*;
petroleum 126, 128-132*; natural gas
131; and location of industries 236. 243
furniture 136. 230 953 967

Furs, imports of into United States 293
Fur-seals 106

Galveston (Texas) 9, 136, 198, 201, 213.*
216, 221, 334
Ganges River 287*
Gasoline 128
Gatun Locks 199
enoa (Italy) 106,* 331
Georgetown (British Guiana) 150
Georgia, cotton 6, 237, 257, 258; peach crop
80; lumber 141; minerals 325: area and
population 326 ; value of manufacturing 327
xermany, dyes 15; cotton 19%; size 29%;
rye 41; millet 52; wheat 53, 55; meat
and cereals 56; potatoes 63, 67; beet
sugar 70, 292; apples 76; meat 97;
isheries 107; copper 119; zinc 121; coal
:24, 274; interest in petroleum fields 130;
‘orest conservation 139, 143; improved
-oads 170; railways 174, 183; need for
shipping 190; canals and rivers 197, 198;
as industrial country 235, 264; manufactures
 268, 310; lead and zinc 275; silk
276 ; commerce 281, 287, 291, 296, 300.
304, 308, 310; area and population 329
Ghent (Belgium) 270
Glaciation, as source of water power 15, 16
Glasgow (Scotland) 126, 165, 190, 266, 331
lass 236, 270
Gloucester (Massachusetts) 102,*% 104, 240,
334
Gloversville (New York) 252, 334
Goats 87, 245, 292, 312
Gold, one of chief metals 112; production
in United States 113, 325; world production
 120*; in Africa 231; in Asia and
Australia 313; from South America 336
“Jovernment, aid to farming 34, 38, 41; inspection
 of milk 87; of meat 97*; protection
 of fur-seal 106; fish hatcheries 108;
conservation of oysters and lobsters 109;
National Forests 138%; protection of
forests 139
rain, how loaded at lake ports 191%; chief
cargo through Panama Canal 205; cost
of transportation to Europe 220; grown
in Canada 224.* See also Cereals, Wheat
Grand Banks 103, 107
Grand Haven (Michigan) 221
Grand Rapids (Michigan) 136, 252, 334
Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad 226
Grapes 74, 79, 80, 81.* 313
Gravel 112
Great Britain, cotton manufacturing 19,*
20; size 29*; wheat 40, 53, 55, 275, 278;
potatoes 67; fisheries 107; iron 114; tin
120; coal 124 ; leadership in commerce and
industry 125. 235-264. 310: forest con-