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have the pleasure of pumping it up again when he wanted it for use? What 
would you think of a man who preferred to store his water in a way that not 
only allowed but actually invited various sorts of vermin to injure it, and cause 
it to leak away? The English language is hardly strong enough to tell how big 
a fool such a man would be. 
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Fig. 1.—Rough diagram to illustrate the action of an elevating belt. The pulleys 1 and 2 
carry an endless band, 8, to which are riveted buckets, 4. As the buckets pass round the lower 
pulley they dip into the grain, 5, and fill themselves. As they pass over the upper pulley they 
shoot the grain into a trough, 7. The distance fromthe lower pulley to the upper is over 100 feet 
in the largest elevators. 
s== Yet, observe how grain is handled in Australia. It is lifted by hand, when 
to lift it by simple and inexpensive machinery would be both easier and cheaper. 
It is lifted over the edges of receptacles instead of being allowed to run out of 
them at the bottom; itis habitually carried downhill instead of being allowed 
to run of its ownaccord. When being transported by the thousand bushels, it is 
cooped up in 4-bushel receptacles. It is everywhere put down so as to bé lifted 
again by hand at the next handling. It is preferred to store it in a way that 
not only allows but actually invites various vermin to injure it and cause it to 
leak away. 
