of the Ministry of Agriculture," No. 10, February 10, 1913. In an article entitled 

 "Elevators of the State Bank" we find that, in 1912 and 1913, the Bank constructed 

 new elevators in the following points: 



Griazi South Eastern R.R 25,000 tons capacity 



Valuiki " ■ " 8,500 " " 



Tolkai Samara-Zlatoust R.R 5,000 " " 



Abdulino ■ ■ " 12,000 " " 



Millerovo South Eastern R.R 10,000 " " 



Talova a « " 8,250 tt 



Lisk " " " 8,250 ■ 



Sorotchinska . .Orenburg-Tashkent R.R 12,000 " " 



Neprick ■ ■ " 5,000 « 



Bogata " " " 5,000 " 



Buguruslan. . . Samaro-Zlatoust R.R 10,000 " 



In 1914 the elevator in Samara, of 50,000 tons capacity, was opened. It was also 

 planned to start in the spring of 1913 on the building of 19 elevators with a combined 

 capacity of 185,700 tons. 



The whole system of State Bank elevators, comprising eighty-four elevators, was 

 to be completed in 1916. The network of all these elevators covers eight provinces, 

 i.e. Samara, Saratov, Simbirsk, Voronesh, Tambov, Penza, Orenburg, and Ufa. Later 

 it is planned to enlarge this scheme to the south and the southwest (provinces of Kiev, 

 Kharkov, Poltava) and to the east to Siberia. 



We find a description of the construction of State Bank elevators in an article by 

 Mr. W. Alexandrov, in the "Agricultural Gazette" (the organ of the Russian Ministry 

 of Agriculture) for 1914, No. 23. 



The smallest size elevator is 5,000 tons. The capacity of the elevators in each 

 case is determined in relationship to the grain trade of the place, usually twenty to 

 thirty per cent, of the latter. 



As a rule, the elevators are built upon the silo system; but, in some exceptional 

 cases, in addition to the silo system, there are rooms for the storage of flour in sacks or 

 oats in large bast sacks, prepared for shipment on the rivers Volga and Kama. Each 

 silo has a capacity of from fifty to one hundred and seventy tons. 



The elevators are equipped with conveyors, automatic scales, machines for clean- 

 ing the grain, etc. All the machinery is run by electricity from power station, which is 

 placed in a separate brick building, near the elevator. The principal building materials 

 used in the construction of the elevators are concrete, hollow concrete brick, iron and 

 wood covered with iron. 



FARM STORAGE OF GRAIN 



E. A. HOWES, Dean of Faculty of Agriculture, Edmonton, Alta. 



The question of greater production has been a live one in the Province of Alberta 

 during the past year. There has been an unusually large crop, a record breaker in fact; 

 and the very size of the crop and the great bulk of grain to be marketed has brought 

 to light a condition in the West that must be fairly faced. Reference is made to the 

 congestion in grain traffic that automatically follows a large harvest. Advice is cheap, 

 also there are probably several factors to consider in discussing the amelioration of 

 present conditions, but one factor well worthy of careful consideration is treated in 

 the following paragraphs. 



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