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occupy less than one-third the cubic space of those of the 

 ordinary description, and their cost would be less than one- 

 fifth. . . . With this security for storing safely, a 

 farmer would have less hesitation in sowing great breadths 

 of land. He would not be driven to market under an 

 average value, and might choose his own time for selling. 

 The fear of loss being dispelled, people would buy with less 

 hesitation, and the great food-stores of the community 

 would, by wholesome competition, insure the great mass of 

 the community against a short supply. But as long as 

 uncertainty shall prevail in the storage of grain, so long 

 will it be a perilous trade to those engaged in it, and so 

 long will the food of the community be subject to a very- 

 irregular fluctuation of prices. There is nothing difficult 

 in this proposition. It is merely applying existing arrange- 

 ments to unusual cases. There needs but the practical ex- 

 ample to be set by influential people, and the great mass 

 will travel in the same tract. To the wealthy agriculturist 

 it will be but the amplification of the principle of the tin- 

 lined corn-bin, that keeps out the rats from the oats of the 

 stable. . . . Were this mode of preserving grain to 

 become general, the facility of ascertaining stocks and crops 

 after reaping would be very great. The granaries being 

 measures of quantity, no hand -measuring would be needed, 

 and the effects of wet harvest weather might be obviated." 

 30. For Storing up Corn or Grain. The invention of 

 M. E. Mile Pasy, of Canton Neuvy le Eoi, France, may be 

 noticed now. The form of granary which the inventor pre- 

 fers is that of large vertical reservoirs of a cylindrical form 

 placed together like the pipes of an organ, and placed on a 

 platform, beneath which is placed a winnowing machine. 

 From the winnowing machine the dressed corn is taken up 

 by a series of small buckets fixed to an endless strap, which 

 works in the spaces left between the cylindrical tubes. 

 The corn is delivered to a central reservoir, from whence it 

 is passed into the interior of the cylinders in which the 

 corn is to be stored. The cylinders are of wider dimensions 

 at the bottom than at the top, and all terminate in a funnel 



