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Grape-Nuts Wafer Packing Room.

The Grape-Nuts Wafer is one of our latest productions. The basis of this Wafer is the whole wheat and barley formula from which the great food, Grape-Nuts, is made. It contains such elements as albumen, phosphate of potash and gluten, is crisp and delicious, and an ideal nibble for five o'clock teas and social functions.

It is true that some coffee drinkers that have been accustomed to excessively strong coffee, miss the rank, strong taste of Rio and the heavier grades of coffee; for Postum has almost an identical flavor with the milder and more expensive grades of Java. While the manufacturers earnestly recommend every user to discontinue coffee altogether, it is nevertheless well known that thousands of families mix a little coffee in with the Postum, when the effort is made to induce certain members of the family to

Carton Sealing Machine.

This machine tucks the flaps and seals the top of the Grape-Nuts package, and has a capacity of 3.600 packages per hour. There are four of these machines, making a total daily output of 144,000 packages.

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