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Title: The story of a grain of wheat
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Edgar, William C. (William Crowell), 1856-1932
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Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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heproduct of the wheat-fields is cared for until re-quired by the world for grinding, are elaborateand cover every section in which wheat is grown.Terminal elevators of enormous capacity are sit-uated in the great centres of distribution andpoints of export. These elevators are of dis-tinctively American construction, economical incost, yet models for effectiveness and utility.They mark a complete departure from Europeanmethods of elevator-building and are the result ofpractical experience in the handling and storageof wheat. The wooden structures once used forthis purpose are being rapidly replaced by eleva-tors of steel, concrete, or tile, which being fire-proof accomplish a large saving in insurance. The modern mills of the United States will bedescribed in another chapter, and the subject oftransportation will also be reserved for subse-quent and separate consideration. In brief, theflour-mills of this nation in size and equipmentare unrivalled, and the rail transportation facili-
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IIO THE STORY OF A GRAIN OF WHEAT ties, in extent, in cheapness, and in the complete-ness with which they cover the wheat-growingsections, are incomparably the best in the world.In the United States, therefore, at the presenttime, King Wheat thrives under favouring condi-tions such as he has known in no other land.From planting to harvesting ; from the field tothe elevator ; from store-house to mill, and frommill to market—the wheat berry is given everyadvantage that the skill, knowledge, and experi-ence of man can devise; all moving in a syste-matic, co-ordinate scheme, the intent and object ofwhich is to give the masses of the world the verybest possible food at the very lowest possible cost.Under such conditions, let us consider whatthis favoured nation does for itself and the worldat large in the way of wheat supplies. As alreadystated, the wheat crop of the United States in1901 was 721 million bushels. The per capitaconsumption is estimated at 4.53 bushels. Theexports of wheat

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