Readers on How and Industry, Is the World Is Fed (Classic Reprint)

This book on Foods is the first of a series upon the great industries of the world. I ts purpose is to give the children a knowledge of the production and preparation of foods, and to show how civilization and commerce grew from mans need of foods and the exchange of foods between the different nations of the earth. The author takes the children on. personally conducted tours to the great food centers of the world, to the markets of exchange, to the factories, the farms, the forests, and the seas. Together they visit the great wheat fields of our own and other lands. They follow the grain to the mills and from the mills to the markets. They go through the corn belt of the United States and learn the size and value of our corn crop. They visit the rice countries of the world and learn how this grain, which forms the bread of a large part of the human race, is grown and prepared for the market. They go to a western cattle ranch and aid the cowboys in a round up. They follow the cattle to a great packing center, where they inspect the stock yards and observe the killing and shipping. They also learn how pork is packed for shipment to all parts of the world. They live for a time with the shepherds in Australia and New Zealand, and visit the factories to observe the handling and freezing of mutton. Visits are paid to dairy countries, and the manufacture of butter and cheese is explained.
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