A Trip to Town 



have made great efforts to amend the evils by 

 a co-operative elevator scheme, of the success 

 of which there are great hopes. 



For the men who can individually or collec- 

 tively load cars themselves, at least when they 

 can get them, the case is somewhat different, 

 and after having dinner I spent a few minutes 

 in watching this process. 



The four teams which had passed us on the 

 way, having returned home, had now brought 

 four more loads. As each car takes about one 

 thousand bushels of wheat (though the larger 

 ones take more), it will be noted that these four 

 teams would have to make five trips to and fro in 

 order to load a car, and assuming the distance not 

 to exceed twelve or fourteen miles, a load can be 

 hauled each day, so that with four teams a car 

 may be loaded in five days, but with bad weather 

 conditions or longer distances, the difficulties are 

 increased, especially as after the first two or three 

 days demurrage is charged for detention of the car. 



When loaded the car is consigned to a firm 

 of commission agents for sale and grading, though 

 the latter operation is performed by Govern- 

 ment agents. There are many of these firms 

 of commission agents who advertise in the papers, 

 and they will, if desired, advance money on 

 receipt of the bill of lading. 



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