CUTTING SALMON FOR THE CANS 



Photograph by Curtis & Miller 



The salmon are fed into the "iron chink," which automatically removes the head, fins, and 

 viscera ; after that it goes to the cutting machine, which prepares it for the can 



fixed by the prices received for that por- 

 tion of the product moving- in interna- 

 tional trade. And yet it is quite a good 

 bit a case of the tail wagging the dog, as 

 will be seen from the figures in relation to 

 wheat. Out of 4,000,000,000 bushels of 

 wheat raised in the world, only 600,000,- 

 000 get out into the channels of interna- 

 tional trade. 



THE ORIGIN OF WHEAT 



The growing of wheat has so long been 

 a principal occupation with man that its 

 geographical origin is unknown. The 

 Egyptians claim it originated with Isis, 

 while the Chinese claim to have received 

 the seed direct as a gift from heaven. 

 The belief that it originated in the valleys 

 of the Euphrates and the Tigris is more 

 generally accepted than any other. The 

 most ancient languages mention wheat, 

 and it has been found by the archeolo- 



gists in the kitchens of the prehistoric in- 

 habitants of the Swiss Lake region. It 

 is generally agreed that at the lowest esti- 

 mate, wheat has been a faithful servant 

 of mankind for six thousand years. 



A glance at the statistics of bread con- 

 sumption shows that as meat consump- 

 tion goes down that of bread rises up. 

 The people of the United States consume 

 295 pounds per capita of wheat and rye 

 per year, those of England 356 pounds, 

 those of Germany 525 pounds, and those 

 of France 550 pounds, which is in every 

 case in inverse ratio to their consumption 

 of meat. 



According to available statistics, the 

 Central Powers of Europe produced 501,- 

 000,000 bushels of wheat in 1913. This 

 would give them a per capita production 

 of 215 pounds. Their total production of 

 rye amounted in the same year to 654,- 

 000,000 bushels, or 261 pounds per capita. 



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