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at the country towns ; and the seaports, Seattle, 

 Vancouver, and Portland, in place of having large 

 terminal elevators such as are seen at Chicago or 

 New York, have erected great warehouses in their 

 stead. At the thresher the grain is put into sacks 

 holding about two bushels and is then hauled to 



Courtesy uf \ew Chamber of Commerce, Seattle. 

 FIG. in. Along the water front at Seattle. 



the railway station. Farmers are not equipped 

 with tight wagons, and farm storage is almost 

 unknown. Sometimes the sacked grain is stacked 

 piles alongside the railroad where it awaits 



in 



shipment. On the whole this method of handling 

 wheat is more expensive than the handling of it in 

 bulk, and so the present tendency is to provide for 

 the more economical method. Since this change 



