Show I HOW Hovy Salt Is Farmed I p L bt t L a te A. F If 7 g rt p r I One of the greatest American deserts Is what Is called Sink In Southern C California At one time It was covered by the ocean When the sea lowered Its bed became dry and it was found that deposits of salt covered cov coy ered tho surface Here Is a picture pf pi what Is called d salt farming The farmers scrape up the salt in he heaps loading It Into wagons It Is then taken to the nearest railroad station and sent to market like so 60 much wheat or OP corn The salt Is so 80 pure that It needs no treatment and the sink for many miles miles' Is covered with it f S Lr Lt 4 6 t- t |