Excerpt from Wheat Fields and Markets of the World While the title is rather comprehensive, the author does not wish to convey the impression that he believes the subject has been exhausted in this volume. Quite the contrary is the case; and one of the difficulties that continually confronted him was to decide what to leave out, rather than what to include - just how far to go in the Wheat Fields without drifting too far into agri culture and how far to venture in the Markets without inadvertently leading the reader into Speculation. Then, too, there are statistics and the methods of grain handling and milling, all of which are touched upon lightly. And yet, another 400 pages might be written on these phases of the subject; another volume on wheat-growing, and still another on speculators and speculation, corners and manipulation. But realizing the vastness of his theme, the author has taken the thought of wheat in its commer cial importance mainly, as an imaginary rope on which to hold, to keep from drifting too far in any one direction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.