HOW MAN FEEDS HIMSELF
GRAIN
HOW MAN FEEDS HIMSELF
GRAIN
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Courtesy, Australian National Travel Association
CARAVANS OF STRAINING HORSES BEARING GOLDEN GRAIN
The horse is still in favour on the land. In Australia the grain is usually bagged and borne across the country to tram or steamer in huge wagons drawn by many horses. Effective transport is one of the biggest problems in the world’s open spaces.
Courtesy, Canadian Pacific Railway
THE STARK OUTLINE OF AN ELEVATOR
In Canada grain is carried from the field to a roadside elevator to be weighed, cleaned, graded and stored. It is then carried by a freight train that may be half a mile long to a storage elevator, such as this one which has been built at Victoria.
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HOW MAN FEEDS HIMSELF
HOW MAN FEEDS HIMSELF
TRAWLING
LOWERING THE “ DANN ”
The ” dann ” is a buoy carrying a flag by day and a lamp by night. It is attached to an anchor and marks the centre round which the trawlers operate in their pursuit of fish.
HEAVE, HO! AND UP SHE RISES!
Not an anchor, but the trawler’s laden nets. Inch by inch the heavy load is raised. On a calm day this is difficult enough; in times of storms and gales a giant’s strength is needed.
GREY DAYS AT SEA
Even in comparatively mild weather the heavy deep-sea swell renders the fisherman’s life no easy one. This picture of a hissing bow-wave reflects only a little of the heave and surge of life on a trawler, ever menaced by the ocean’s rage.
THE FINAL EFFORT
Over the side comes the quivering weight of the catch to be shot directly into the vessel’s hold that lies open to receive it. The end of a hard day’s toil is at last in sight.
THE CATCH IS LANDED
Knee-deep amid the gaping fish stand the men, encrusted with silvery scales, handling the thick and dripping nets that hang above them, half in and half out of the water.
Pictures by the courtesy ojthe British Trawlers Federation
HOW MAN FEEDS HIMSELF
TRAWLING
LOWERING THE “ DANN ”
The “ dann ” is a buoy carrying a flag by day and a lamp by night. It is attached to an anchor and marks the centre round which the trawlers operate in their pursuit of fish.
HEAVE, HO! AND UP SHE RISES!
Not an anchor, but the trawler’s laden nets. Inch by inch the heavy load is raised. On a calm day this is difficult enough; in times of storms and gales a giant’s strength is needed.
GREY DAYS AT SEA
Even in comparatively mild weather the heavy deep-sea swell renders the fisherman’s life no easy one. This picture of a hissing bow-wave reflects only a little of the heave and surge of life on a trawler, ever menaced by the ocean’s rage.
THE FINAL EFFORT
Over the side comes the quivering weight of the catch to be shot directly into the vessel’s hold that lies open to receive it. The end of a hard day’s toil is at last in sight.
THE CATCH IS LANDED
Knee-deep amid the gaping fish stand the men, encrusted with silvery scales, handling the thick and dripping nets that hang above them, half in and half out of the water.
Pictures by the courtesy of the British Tranters Federation
