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When wheat is stacked, it goes through what is called a 

 sweating process; that is, it warms up sHghtly, becomes 

 moist, and the straw gets tough and remains so for two to 



Figure 60. 



•An elevator where wheat is stored and from which it is loaded into 

 boats for shipment. 



three weeks. Wheat is believed to have a sUghtly better 

 color if allowed to go through this sweating process in the 

 stack. On this account many persons prefer to stack their 

 wheat before it is threshed. 



186. Storing. Wheat may be satisfactorily stored in any 

 l^in or room that will protect it from rain, if it is dry when 

 stored. If wheat is threshed soon after it is cut, it will 

 sweat in the bin, and in that condition it is not safe to put 

 large quantities of the grain in one place, for it is likely to 



