ABSTRACT
The storage of wheat has four aspects which correspond to the four stages of transportation, namely: Storage at the farm; at the local market; at the primary market; and at the seaboard. Under the subject of storage is included the vertical and horizontal transportation involved in getting wheat to and from wagons, cars, ships and warehouses. The modern elevator is a very essential factor in our wheat industry. Its chief functions are storage; cleaning, drying and gathering wheat; and the vertical and horizontal transportation incident to these processes and to the processes of loading and unloading from wagons, cars and ships. The successful working of elevators as constructed and all the principles of their machinery are entirely dependent on the flowing quality of wheat. Concentration of the wheat trade and through shipments have eliminated many of the charges incident to the storage and handling of wheat.
