CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| 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] |
HOW WE ARE FED
THE PAST AND THE PRESENT
Long, long ago people did not live as we do to-day. Their homes were very different from ours, for they were made of the skins of wild animals, of the limbs and bark of trees, or of tall grasses. There were no stoves, chairs, tables, or beds in their houses. Instead of lamps, gas, or electricity, a fire on the dirt floor or in front of the house, furnished the light.