In the first decades of the twentieth century agriculture was the basic sector of economy. The same feature characterized the economy of the areas annexed after the Balkan Wars. Threshing (by adokana) in Mesta, Chios. Athens, Benaki Museum. Psarraki-Belesioti, Ν., Paradosiakes kalliergeies, Benaki Museum-Photographic Archive, Athens 1978, p. 33, fig. 31. © Benaki Museum, Athens.