Object Details
- Book Title
- Popular electricity magazine in plain English.
- Caption
- Here is a picture of what is called "salt farming."
- Educational Notes
- There are many crops that a farmer can grow: corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, cotton, rice, barley, etc. You can probably name even more. One crop that most likely didnt come to mind, though, is salt! Salt farming has been practiced for thousands of years because it used to be much more than a flavoring agent. It was essential for preserving food before modern refrigeration. Those who lived near the sea or in areas where there were geological salt deposits would mine salt. In this picture you can see that the salt has been raked into large piles for collection. This photo was taken in the great American desert known as the Salton Sink in southern California. In the 1900s, this was the bottom of a dried up sea. The salt was so pure that it did not need to be treated. It could simply be harvested as is and used right away.
- 1912-1913
- Publication Date
- 1912-1913
- Image ID
- SIL-popularelectric619131chic_1139_crop
- Catalog ID
- 472773
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Type
- Photographic prints
- Publication Place
- Chicago, Illinois
- Publisher
- Popular Electricity Pub. Co.
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- Smithsonian Libraries
- Topic
- Farm life
- Salt Farming
- Language
- English
- Record ID
- silgoi_68333
