. The story of a grain of wheat. rt« » -« * 1 « V*w/1. THE STORY OFA GRAIN OF WHEAT BY WILLIAM C. EDGAR EDITOR NORTHWESTERN MILLER WITH FORTY ILLUSTRA TIOXS NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1903 THE LIBRARY OFCONGRESS. Two Copies Received MAY 29 1903 Copyright EntryCLASS £c XXo. No. COPY B. Copyright, 1903Bv D. APPLETON AND COMPANY All rights reserved • • • • • .♦ .• .! • I «! • CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. Introductory 9 II. The Wheat Berry ..... 16 III. Early History of Wheat . 29 IV. Wheat in Modern Times 44 V. Britain the Great Wheat Mart 57 VI. Argentina as a Wheat-Grower . 70 VII. Wheat in t


. The story of a grain of wheat. rt« » -« * 1 « V*w/1. THE STORY OFA GRAIN OF WHEAT BY WILLIAM C. EDGAR EDITOR NORTHWESTERN MILLER WITH FORTY ILLUSTRA TIOXS NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1903 THE LIBRARY OFCONGRESS. Two Copies Received MAY 29 1903 Copyright EntryCLASS £c XXo. No. COPY B. Copyright, 1903Bv D. APPLETON AND COMPANY All rights reserved • • • • • .♦ .• .! • I «! • CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. Introductory 9 II. The Wheat Berry ..... 16 III. Early History of Wheat . 29 IV. Wheat in Modern Times 44 V. Britain the Great Wheat Mart 57 VI. Argentina as a Wheat-Grower . 70 VII. Wheat in the United States 82 VIII. The Wheat-Fields of To-day 97 IX. The Wheat-Fields of To-morrow in X. The Milling of Wheat 131 XI. Progress of Milling .... 149 XII. Transportation and Tariffs 172 Index 193 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS The Old Mill at Winchester, England A Field of Wheat .... The Enemies of Wheat . Model of Wheat Blossom Model of Wheat Kernel . Wheat Market, Assouan, Egypt A Budapesth Elevator 11 Hunger-Bread . Russian Peasantstoryofgrainofwh00edga


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