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ESSAYS ON WHEAT 



know what their grain should weigh on the scale of the 

 country elevator and thus have a check upon the work of 

 weighing performed by the elevator operator. 



There is a Chief Weighmaster who has charge of all 

 the weighing in Canada. His authority is exercised under 

 the Board of Grain Commissioners. At the terminal 

 elevators he is also the scale inspector and is thus re- 

 sponsible at the lake front not merely for weighing but for 

 the condition of the scales. 



A car of grain which has been shipped from a country 

 elevator or a loading platform, is inspected for grade at 

 Winnipeg but is not weighed ofiBcially until it arrives at 

 Fort William or Port Arthur. When a car has been 

 brought into place or spotted at the siding of a terminal 

 elevator, it is at once examined for defects or leakages 

 and, if such are found, a record is made of the car num- 

 ber and the condition. The seals on the doors are also 

 observed and a record is made of their numbers and 

 whether or not they are intact. The outer doors of the 

 car are then drawn aside, the depth of the grain in the 

 car is measured, and the load line noted. One or both 

 of the grain doors are then removed, and the grain is un- 

 loaded into the grain pit. From this pit it is elevated 

 to the hopper above the scale in the working house, and 

 it is then weighed by the elevator company's weighman 

 under the supervision of the Government weighman. A 

 draft ticket which shows the amount which has been 

 weighed, is then punched by the scale register. A record 

 of the weight is taken, and upon this the certificate of 

 weight is issued. ^^ 



XXI. Warehouse Receipts, Registration, and Stocktaking 



When grain has been received into a terminal elevator 

 36 Vide E. Magill, loc. cit., pp. 46^7. 



