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THE WHEAT INDUSTRY 



sickle and scythe are the harvesting machines ; 

 and horses and goats are used to tramp the wheat 

 kernel from the ' straw. The wagons are fitted 

 with clumsy wooden wheels, and the roads are 

 poor. June is the month of harvest. 



Copyright by Underwood and Underwood. 

 FIG. 128. A clumsy cart used for hauling grain in Spain. 



On the plateau much land lies unused. The 

 inhabitants lack enterprise both in tillage methods 

 and in bringing available land under cultivation. 

 Agricultural resources are neglected by the Span- 

 iards because of want of capital, difficulty of 



