The Wheat Industry 



CHAPTER I 

 TO THE READER 



THIS book is for students of the schools, but it 

 may be of interest to others. It is an industrial 

 story of wheat. Most people know that wheat is 

 an important plant in several countries, and we 

 have learned in geography that it is widely culti- 

 vated. The grain is what is meant, however, and 

 not the plant, when we use the term wheat in a 

 general sense. 



The word story, as here used, does not have its 

 usual meaning. Industry has to do with resources, 

 labor, manufacture, and products. These are all 

 included in the wheat industry. The whole story of 

 wheat, involving everything done with it on the 

 farm, during shipment to markets, in the mills, 

 and in the factories, is included in this description. 

 Our book starts with the processes in wheat rais- 

 ing and follows the grain and its products through 

 the mills and markets. This is the reason for 

 calling it the industrial story of wheat. 



