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tend with in the shipment of their grain. So 

 much has been said about the excellent methods 

 of the elevators in helping farmers to realize 

 their harvests, that the would-be colonist is apt 

 entirely to mistake the position. 



The truth is, that though the theory and some 

 of the methods may be good, most growers would 

 hail with derision a statement that they worked 

 well in practice. 



The general handling of grain in bulk instead 

 of in bags (the common practice in Britain and 

 some colonies) is probably far superior to the 

 latter method, and effects a great saving of time 

 and expense. Then, too, the plan by which, on 

 delivering his load at the elevator, the grower 

 receives a cheque for the value at the market 

 price of the day for his grade of quality is good. 



But to form an idea of the farmers' grievances 

 in this matter we must begin further back. Now, 

 it must be borne in mind that, though railroad 

 construction has been very active, the country 

 is so immense, and settlement has been so rapid 

 and great, that it has pushed far ahead of the 

 railroads, the consequence being that settlers are 

 trying to grow grain fifty or a hundred or even 

 more miles from existing railroads. 



There was, for instance, a settlement thirty 

 or forty miles north of us, although, as has been 



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