. The Saturday evening post. u of this expansionis from the figures for canning of vegetables and fruits andthe drying of fruits. -The canning industry showed a gainfrom 20,000,000 cases in 1889 to 52,000,000 in 1914, anddried fruits from 85,000,000 to 521,000,000 pounds. But there is still another test, and that is the numberof farm workers and the production for each number increased from 5,900,000 in 1870 to 13,-700,000 in 1910, and the production for each worker interms of leading cereals rose from 266 bushels in the decade1866-76 to 406 in 1905-14, and to 418 in the five yea
. The Saturday evening post. u of this expansionis from the figures for canning of vegetables and fruits andthe drying of fruits. -The canning industry showed a gainfrom 20,000,000 cases in 1889 to 52,000,000 in 1914, anddried fruits from 85,000,000 to 521,000,000 pounds. But there is still another test, and that is the numberof farm workers and the production for each number increased from 5,900,000 in 1870 to 13,-700,000 in 1910, and the production for each worker interms of leading cereals rose from 266 bushels in the decade1866-76 to 406 in 1905-14, and to 418 in the five years1915-19. The war revealed another fact, that whenever anemergency comes the farmers of the nation by straining apoint can achieve very remarkable results. During thewar, in spite of all the difficulties, including the abstrac-tion of labor, they increased the acreage of leading cerealsby 33,000,000, the yield 625,000,000 bushels above the(Continued on Page 28) THE SATURDAY EVENING POST MADE BY THE MAKERS OF CAMPBELLS SOUPS. Americas most popular beans Their high quality has built for CampbellsBeans a reputation as wide as the country more than half a century our kitchens havebeen famous for making food good, until now thename Campbells is recognized everywhere asa pledge of excellence. Every dish of CampbellsBeans tells why they are so popular. 15c a Can Except west of Mississippi River and in Canada
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