32 BULLETIN 860, U. S. DEPAKTMENT OE AGKICULTUBE. 
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. 
