32 BULLETIN 860, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



which should show the number of bushels of grain of each kind 

 which is being carried unsold or oversold as the case may be. Failure 

 of the manager to keep within a stipulated number of bushels long 

 or short should be followed by dismissal. The province of a farmers' 

 elevator is extensive, and its legitimate activities are many, but 

 speculation, well-meaning or otherwise, is foreign to its intent and 

 purpose and must be carefully guarded against if lasting and worth 

 while success is to be attained. 





