CONTENTS

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The Past and the Present[1]
The Story of a Loaf of Bread[7]
How our Meat is supplied[18]
Market Gardening[32]
Dairy Products[41]
Butter Making[44]
Cheese[50]
The Fishing Industry[54]
Oyster Farming[64]
A Rice Field[70]
How Sugar is made[77]
Beet Sugar[84]
Maple Sugar[87]
Where Salt comes from[91]
Macaroni and Vermicelli[99]
On a Coffee Plantation[104]
The Tea Gardens of China[113]
A Cup of Cocoa[120]
A Cranberry Bog[131]
The Cocoanut Islands of the Pacific[139]
A Bunch of Bananas[146]
How Dates grow[155]
The Orange Groves of Southern California[165]
A Visit to a Vineyard[174]
Nutting[184]
A Walnut Vacation[187]
Chestnuts[193]
A Bag of Peanuts[195]
Assorted Nuts[201]
A Strange Conversation[206]