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CEREALS 



23. Wheat. Throughout the greater i)art of Europe and 

 America wh(>at holds the first place anions vegetable foods. 



Fig. 20. — Map showing, as in Fig. Ifi, native home and present range of 

 rice. (Original.) 



Fkj. 21. — Map showing, as in Fig. 16, native home and present rang(> of 

 maize. (Original.) 



Now that railways and steamboats have made transporta- 

 tion easy, more and iikh-c wheat is being used ; for whenever 

 it is equally available it is usually preferred as a breadstuff 



