' _ 148 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL {1 Sepr., 1902. 
Charges. 
In general, the country elevators buy direct from the farmers. Where grain 
is taken, graded, and stored for the farmer, the charges vary in different 
localities. For terminal elevators in the States of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and 
Illinois, the average charges are + cent for receiving, } cent for cleaning, no 
charge for shipping. These rates include fifteen days’ storage free; 4 eent per 
bushel is charged for every fifteen days’ additional storage. That these prices 
show a profit is proved by the number of elevator companies competing for grain 
at these rates No doubt, with a trade of less magnitude the charges would — 
have to be higher. The storage practice among country elevators differs 
considerably with the locality, the chief variation being in the receiving charge, 
the other charges being much as in terminal elevators. 
On receiving wheat for storage, the elevator agent issues to the owner of 
the wheat a storage check, of which the following is a sample, both as to size 
and matter :— E 
IN Ones tS oh SE ow bepy i fe pare ase Acs ty): Minin as vet Aiden, Woe 189 - 
Received in store of = 
an Oe ho VEER ir ee aera Fk ieee ie, fd iBiisiie] sie Ovens Wheat 
Which amount and same quality by grade will be delivered to the persoD 
named herein, or to the lawful owner hereof, or his order, as provided by law, 
on payment of lawful charges. 
The established maximum rates and charges for receiving grain, insuring; 
handling, and storing same fifteen days, and delivering, is 2 cent. per bushel. 
Storage after the first fifteen days, } cent per bushel for each fifteen days 
or part thereof for the first three months; after the first three months, % 
cent per bushel for each thirty days or part thereof. If grain is cleaned at 
owner's request, $ cent extra per bushel. = 
This grain is insured for benefit of the owner. 
G, W. VAN DUSEN & Co. 
Ace ees bu...............1bs. gross G. W. VAN DUSEN & Co., 
Owners or Lessees. 
On presenting this check at a future date, the owner of the wheat is — 
entitled to receive for his wheat the market price ruling at the moment of — 
presentation. Storage checks may be offered and are accepted as security 
case the farmer wishes to borrow money while waiting for a rise in the market 
price of his grain. Often country elevators set a maximum charge per annum 
or storage, as 6 cents, and when, at the rate of 4 cent for each fifteen days; 
the charges reach 6 cents, they cease for the year. ~ 
Inspecting, Grading, and Weighing. sal 
Mr. John Mathieson, Railway Commissioner for Victoria, has recently 
returned from a trip to America and Europe, undertaken at the instance of 
the Victorian Government, and with a view to inquiring into the working apd — 
construction of grain elevators. In his excellent and valuable report, in which _ 
he gives a qualified approval of the elevator system for Victoria, he says; 
concerning the inspection and grading of grain at terminal points :— = 
“ Inspection and Grading at Terminal Points. 
“ Grain is brought to Duluth by nine large railway systems, each of whichm 
is provided with a yard located outside city limits, where inspectors are stationc= 
to intercept and inspect grain on its arrival from farming districts. 
