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out of each partition, otherwise the unit of quantity for 

 sampling is the car. 



" The track foreman mounts the ladder, leans over the 

 car door, watches the probing, mixes up the sample so as 

 to secure an average, puts it into the sample bag, writes 

 the sample ticket, inserts the ticket in the sample bag, and 

 on descending hangs the bag on the car door. 



" His name is stamped on the back of the ticket, and on 

 the face he writes the car number, the date, the load line, 

 the initials of the sampler, and any other notations neces- 

 sary, e. g. leakages, etc. Should any question arise later 

 about the sample, the ticket shows who did the work, the 

 notations made at the time, and the name of the foreman 

 responsible. 



" When the sampling is finished, the bags are collected, 

 counted, and taken to the Government office in the yard. 

 The numbers on the sample tickets are checked with those 

 on the track sheet by the car office clerk, and both the 

 samples and the sheets are sent immediately to the in- 

 spection office. 



" The car sealer follows the samplers, closing and seal- 

 ing the doors. Every car is sealed at the shipping point by 

 the railway agent. The object of sealing is, of course, to 

 protect the grain on the way. At Winnipeg only one door 

 of the car is opened, and therefore only one seal is broken. 

 The car sealer reseals that door, and the seals are not 

 touched again until the car is placed at the elevator to be 

 unlocked. 



" When the samples reach the office they are set out on 

 the tables according to number, those ending in 2 

 4, etc., being put together. Each inspector then takes his 

 sheet, the small one prepared by the car office clerk, and 

 picks out the samples the numbers of which correspond 



