Grain inspection in Canada . hastaken up the business of terminal storage, operating elevators B and E leased from the Canadian Pacific Eailway Company at Fort William. In addition to this, the farmers at several points organized co-operativecompanies to operate elevators. A few of these companies were successful, andthough many were not the principle of co-operation was fostered. In 1911 thefarmers of Saskatchewan organized a provincial co-operative company with theaid of the Provincial Government. This company is already operating about200 elevators, and now largely controls the whole situat
Grain inspection in Canada . hastaken up the business of terminal storage, operating elevators B and E leased from the Canadian Pacific Eailway Company at Fort William. In addition to this, the farmers at several points organized co-operativecompanies to operate elevators. A few of these companies were successful, andthough many were not the principle of co-operation was fostered. In 1911 thefarmers of Saskatchewan organized a provincial co-operative company with theaid of the Provincial Government. This company is already operating about200 elevators, and now largely controls the whole situation so far as initialelevators in Saskatchewan are concerned. In 1913, Alberta adopted a substan-tially similar system. Experience has already shown that the farmers of thewest can successfully operate their own country elevators, and it gives no groundfor believing that they cannot build up an organization of their own which willenable them to take the grain from the farm and place it in the hands of themiller or ? 1 ]<¥ JK^ \ * ^B^ v***fl i-k , « fcjT jP *#^ T ^?i J^^wt^^^ *>i f Si ^ilSC |Kj 1 J^ P1^ CI W .1?^ 1154r-2 CHAPTER 2. THE INSPECTION OE GEAIN IN WESTEEN CANADA. Differences in the Value of Grain.—Many causes may injure wheat formilling purposes:— 1. It may contain mixtures of other cereals, or of various seeds; of barley,oats and flax; of cactus, chess, cockle, darnel, garlic, wild mustard, wild oats,pigweed, ragweed, stinkweed, etc., etc. None of these mixtures are desired bythe miller of flour, whatever value they may have for other purposes. Animportant part of inspection, therefore, relates to admixtures, usually calledsetting the dockage. 2. It may be free from admixtures, but still be unfit for milling, eitherbecause it is affected by diseases such as smut; or because it contains too largea percentage of moisture, which renders it tough, damp, or wet; or because itis dirty or musty; or because it is heating or binburnt. A second importa
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