Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Story of Foods
The Story of Foods, whose author has for many years written on industrial, commercial, and agricultural topics for the millions of readers of the Saturday Eve ning Post, is a vivid presentation of a subject of daily interest to every pupil and teacher in school, as well as to every other member of the household and the community.
This graphic story deals especially with the human agencies concerned in the production, preparation, and distribution of foods. It tells many things concerning Our ordinary foods about which we have often won dered. We are given a glimpse into the large business enterprises engaged in making it possible for our grocer to furnish us with a wonderful variety of foods gathered from all parts of the world.
The Story of Foods will be of distinct service to two groups of pupils: geography classes and domestic sci ence classes. It will supplement the textbook at many places throughout the entire course in geography in the elementary school. It will supply domestic science classes with abundant information on the methods of handling foods as a commercial undertaking, as well as on their production, and thus give a comprehensive world view of foods and their geographical and indus trial background.
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