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CORN 



THK MAIN' IN'SPKCTK'N ROOM, niliiiois Inspection Oepartment) 



(ivading i^'raiii. Samples lia\c liceii reciri\i.i] fninn tli 



aiT being" (;-xamiiii_-[| f<"ii- ilamaged grain, cilni-. cfindilion 



sample pans, scales, i.-tc. Tlic man at iIk- desk tu tlie I 



grain, gi\-ing its full bistijr\ fia an which certiticate \\ ill 1 



opicd fiom th 



■'s ticket. I rictnrc taken 



nnsistme-test r.njm adjoining. They 



dirt a!id fi>i-eign matter, etc. Xote 



t is making a record of each car of 



niadi.' hy the Kegistraj". The record 

 il.ert H. ilonlt.m.l 



l)m-in,i;- the lais_v sca.'^nn ajiprMxiniatcly tiftet-n hundred car.s (->f 

 grain arri\-f at the C'hicagd }'ards thtily. Indeed a.s many as 2,520 cars 

 uf grain have licen rect.rdetl h ir a single ihiy. d'hese must he in- 

 specteil, sampled, tested, graded and made ready fur the dav's market 

 Ijy 11:00 oi'cldck each nmrning. ddie samples in the paper sacks are 

 assemhled lur each man Ui wlium the cars uf grain were consigned. 

 These sacks are then taken across to the Board of Trade Building and 

 placed on tables arranged on the door close to the "pit" where buying 

 and selling is done. Jvich commission firm rents a table, or part of 

 one, usu.all)- a rpiarter ur half, iipun w liieh tu tlo business. 



