SAMPIJNG CARS 



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This ticket is tacked un the car fur the inspectoi to make his recnrfl. 

 It is perforated acrdss the middle so the inspector can tear off the l)ot- 

 tom half for his o\vn record, giving initials of consignee, contents of 

 car and car nnmlicr. The part (if the ticket lelt on the car gives the 

 name of the railroad on whose tracks the car stands, and date of in- 

 spection. This remains on the car until it is loaded and is the author- 

 ity of the elex'ator superintendent for unloading the car. 



THE INSPECTOR'S TAG IS NOW PUT ON THE CAR 



With the inspector there are proljably twd helpers who get the 

 samples of grain from the cars. They go ahead and carefully sample 

 each car with a "tryer." (A "Tryer" is a hollow steel or brass tube 

 about two inches in diameter and four feet Inng, with spaces four 

 inches long and an mch and a half wide, the full length of the tryer, 

 with a closed space between these open spaces of two and three quar- 

 ter inches. This tube is fitted with a wooden plunger that fits closely 

 inside the tube.) The tryer is ])Ushed down to the bottom ni the car 

 and then plunger taken out. The tube readily fills, thus getting a 

 sample of all of the grain from the bottom to the top of the load. 



