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Minerals, location of 111; metals 112-122%*; 
value in United States 113; in South 
America 149, 150; from North Africa 230; 
imported by United States 289, 290, 293; 
in Asia and Australia 311 
Mining, industry 110-131,* 259; and rail- 
ways 179, 180*; and manufacturing 238: 
concessions in China 302 
Minneapolis (Minnesota) 215, 223, 234,” 
237, 256, 330 
Minnesota, wheat 42, 43, 53, 193; barley 
60; potatoes 62; iron 111, 114, 115, 116, 
117, 325; logging 132*; in northeastern 
forest region 135; railways 187; lumber 
253; area and population 326; manufac- 
turing 327 
Miraflores Locks 199, 200* 
Mississippi, cotton 5 ; lumber 141 ; roads 173; 
area and population 326; manufacturing 327 
Mississippi River 195, 196, 201, 206, 213 
Missouri, minerals 119, 325 ; railway mileage 
187; area and population 326: value of 
manufacturing 327 
Mobile (Alabama) 222, 334 
Mohawk-Hudson valley 193 
Monongahela River 196, 218 
Montana, minerals 118, 325; area and popu- 
lation 326; value of manufacturing 327 
Montevideo (Uruguay) 147, 151, 331, 335 
Montreal (Quebec) 151, 208, 225, 226, 260, 33] 
Morocco 53, 162, 228, 233, 308, 328 
Moscow (Russia) 165, 271, 282,* 333 
Motion picture industry 260 
Motor transportation 9*, 10, 11, 100, 129, 168 
Mulberry tree, where grown 276, 290 
Mules 9, 10, 163 
Munitions 268 
New Brunswick 225 
New England, cotton mills 15-18, 19, 242, 
277; sheep 100; water power 237 
New Hampshire, railway mileage 187; area 
and population 326; manufacturing 327 
New Haven (Connecticut) 222, 229, 334 
New Jersey, sweet potatoes 63; milk supply 
94*; oil pipe lines 130; railway mileage 
175, 187; manufacturing 263, 269, 327; 
minerals 325; area and population 326 
New London (Connecticut) 239, 334 
New Mexico, cotton 5; minerals 325; area 
and population 326; manufacturing 327 
New Orleans (Louisiana) 9, 10, 72, 201, 207, 
213, 216, 221, 258, 267, 330 
New South Wales 53, 316* 
New York (City) 72, 78, 81, 96,* 100, 161, 
171, 190, 191, 193, 201, 208, 209,* 210, 
211, 212, 214, 216, 221, 239, 240, 250, 330 
New York (State), wheat 43; truck farming 
61*; potatoes 62; other vegetables 64; 
apples 75; milk supply 94*; minerals 117, 
325; railways 187; water power 237; area 
and population 326 ; manufacturing 327 
New York Central Railroad 193, 210 
New York, Ontario, and Western Railroad 210 
New Zealand, wheat 53; apples 76; sheep 
92: manufacturing 265, 272, 277, 322; 
exports to Great Britain 300; commerce 
308, 322; primary products 312; trans- 
portation 317; area and population 328 
Newark (New Jersey) 210, 215, 250, 330 
Newcastle (Australia) 323 
Newcastle (England) 126, 266, 331 
Newfoundland 103, 107, 114, 225, 329 
Newport News (Virginia) 212, 334 
Niagara Falls 192, 198, 220, 237, 263 
Niagara Falls (New York) 252, 334 
Nickel 112 
Nigeria 120, 233, 308 
Nile River 8, 229,* 232* 
Nitrate of soda 150. 205, 272, 289, 290, 293. 
336 
Nitrogen 290 
Norfolk (Virginia) 136, 212, 216, 334 
North America, oats 56*; fishing areas 103; 
lack of tin 120; animal transportation in 
mountainous parts 164; steamships 167; 
railways 176,* 184, 186*; transportation 
‘n northeast 192-204*; canals 197-202%; 
‘rade of United States with other parts of 
294, 295; increasing home consumption 
323; area and population 329 
vorth Carolina, apples 75; forests and lum- 
ber 136, 141; water power 237; cotton 
industries 237, 257, 258; iron 325; area 
and population 326 ; manufacturing 327 
North Dakota, wheat 33, 42, 43, 53; barley 
60: coal 325: area and population 326: 
Nagoya (Japan) 271, 333 
Nancy (France) 267 
Naphtha 128 
Naples (Italy) 189,* 331 
Napoleon I 73 
National Forests 137, 138* 
National Geographic Magazine 39, 107, 277 
Natural gas 112, 131; in United States 
113; waste of 131; use of 254 
Naval stores 136 
Nebraska, wheat 42, 43, 53; corn 47; area 
and population 326; manufacturing 327 
Netherlands, size 29*; wheat harvest 53; 
exports of cheese 95; fisheries 107; water- 
ways 197 ; manufacturing 264, 269 ; trop- 
ical trade 275; flax 279; commerce 281 
308, 310; area and population 329 
Neufchatel (Switzerland) 270 
Nevada, lumber 141; minerals 325; area 
and population 326; manufacturing 327 
New Bedford (Massachusetts) 222. 242. 334