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of Buenos Aires and Rosario, the following statistics 

 'had been formed which demonstrated in themselves the 

 necessity of proceeding with the construction of elevators 

 without delay. 



HARVESTING EXPENSES WITH AND 

 WITHOUT ELEVATORS. 



In Argentina the average cost per ton of placing 

 wheat at the station is $28.30; Linseed $33.70; Maize 

 $29.00; Oats $19.90. Taking the harvest of the last six 

 years as a basis, and allowing for the constant increase 

 in production, the gathering in of an average harvest of 

 4 millions tons wheat, one of linseed, four of maize and 

 800,000 tons of oats at the above rates cost annually ap 

 proximately 250 millions pesos mln. 



What is the calculated cost in this country without 

 elevators compared say with the United States with ele- 

 vators ? 



Expenses under the Argentine system, for one 

 thousand quintals of maize : 



. Peons and picking $1,000 



1. Cartage, 1,600 bags at 15 cents 240 



,2. Shelling (desgranar) at 20 cents 200 



3. Sacks. 1,600 at 16 cents 256 



4. Wastage 100 



5. Loading, discharging, general handling 



etc., Commission 1 per cent 50 



6. Baskets for gathering 10 



7. Sacks for transporting picked maize . . 60 



8. Peones for loading maize in "troje" . . 100 

 '9. Average profit to "Acopiador", 15 cents 



per 100 kilos ..." 150 



Total expenses up to placing maize at the 



station . . $2,166 



United States, under system employed there. 



Picking . . . * $ 750 



Cartage. 600 bags at 7 cents 112 



Shelling 50 



Loading, discharging, etc., at station ... 70 



Elevator charges for selling 25 



Elevator Drying and Ventilating 10 



Total $1,017 



The difference between the two costs is thus explain- 

 ed; 0. Picking: here we employ the bag and the basket 



for harvesting, whereas in the U.S.A. the maize is picked 



