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Product/Service Name: Prairie Flour Mills Ltd. Company: Prairie Flour Mills Ltd. ; 11 Janzen Road P.O. Box 301 ; Ph: (204) 353-2895 Archeologists date the first tools of ancient man as early as 250,000 years ago. Hand axes, stone knives and bludgeons were used in hunting food and for protection. But it was only 10 or 15 thousand years ago that man began to turn his tool-making skill to the production of agricultural implements. His transition from hunting food to raising food marked the beginnings of civilization. Within a few thousand years, larger urban centers of culture known as cities came into existence. The collection of food, wheat and other grains offered man a number of advantages. Grains could be stored without spoiling. They could be stocked or carried from place to place and prepared in any number of ways. Grain could be traded for other essentials or comforts, eventually leading to the development of commerce and a means of supplying food for city populations from distant fields. |
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