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house, cleaning, separating, storing, drying, &c. ; (3) investiga- 

 tion of the changes produced in grain by storage, of the 

 conditions producing heating in bulk, of the effect of the 

 handling on the use of grain for fodder, for malt, &c. ; (4) 

 the working out of methods for judging and valuing grain 

 rapidly, and for ascertaining the water-content ; and (5) ex- 

 periments for the eradication of insect and fungoid pests. 



In order to provide material for observations on these lines 

 and also to enable the warehouse to be self-supporting, the 

 ordinary business of storing, cleaning, drying, &c, is carried on 

 as a commercial undertaking. The total capacity of the ware- 

 house is 1,100 tons. 



There are also in Prussia nine societies which have been 

 founded independently and have not participated in the State 

 grants. Among these may be mentioned the corn-house of 

 Dortmund, which obtained a loan of £6,000 from the town 

 authorities. The capacity of this granary is some 50,000 cwt, 

 and the quantity of grain dealt with annually about four times, 

 as much. It has affiliated to it twenty-four local societies. 



.In Bavaria co-operation in all branches of agriculture has,, 

 owing to the great number of small proprietors, been more fully 

 developed than in other parts of Germany, and the corn-house 

 movement seems to have been more successful and to be more 

 widely spread than in Prussia. 



There were, according to a Report published by the Bavarian 

 Ministry of Agriculture, no less than 97 warehouses in exist- 

 ence up to the end of November, 1903, and nine additional 

 ones were under construction, compared with only 19 in 1897* 

 These warehouses, however, vary much in size. Some are pro- 

 vided with machines for cleaning, distributing, &c, driven by 

 electricity or oil motors, while the smaller ones comprise only a 

 hired shed or room with a cleaner, winnower, and weighing 

 machine. The total cost of building, &c, was £94,525, towards 

 which the Government had assisted by grants to the extent of 

 £7,850, and by loans to the extent of £37,468. The quantity 

 of grain dealt with amounted to nearly 900,000 cwt. in 1902-3. 

 Seventy of the granaries were on the railway, mostly with 

 sidings or approaches, and, with the exception of eight, the 

 advantages of the granaries were open to non-members. This 



