Grain inspection in Canada . by the inspector is chal-lenged, there is an opportunity for reinspection and appeal, but if the weightgiven be challenged, there is rarely, if ever, such an opportunity. A lot storedby, itself separately could be reweighed, if there has been no leakage between thereceiving pit and the scale, or between the scale and the bin, but in all othercases, and these are the majority, the grain is binned with other grain, and itcannot be reweighed. These differences between weighing and grading as actually carriedon are fundamental, but they are not the only difficulties in
Grain inspection in Canada . by the inspector is chal-lenged, there is an opportunity for reinspection and appeal, but if the weightgiven be challenged, there is rarely, if ever, such an opportunity. A lot storedby, itself separately could be reweighed, if there has been no leakage between thereceiving pit and the scale, or between the scale and the bin, but in all othercases, and these are the majority, the grain is binned with other grain, and itcannot be reweighed. These differences between weighing and grading as actually carriedon are fundamental, but they are not the only difficulties in the way of a satis-factory weighing department. The scales in the country elevators are approved and inspected by the InlandEevenue Department, and this work of systematic scale inspection is very diffi-cult. There are so many elevators that the Department of Inland Eevenuewould do well if it managed to secure one good inspection of each scale perannum. But one inspection is totally inadequate to the needs of the work. A 45. Mr. White, Chief Weighmaster. Fig. 23. 47 scale may be very easily and readily put out of order, and there may occur somecondition in the elevator that would render the weight unjust, even though thescale were right. Further difficulties arise from the,possibility of car damageand leakage, of pilfering, and of variations between the scales, both of whichhave been inspected and approved. Weighing at Country Elevators.—As stated above, the scales are inspectedby the Inland Eevenue Department and the actual weighing is done by theoperator of the elevator. The Canada Grain Act, however, has some sections framed with the objectof protecting the shipper. Section 158 provides that persons interested in theweighing of grain at any country elevator shall have free access to the scaleswhile such grain is being weighed. The shipper, therefore, can supervise theweighing if he chooses to do so. Again, the Act provides a penalty for falsifyingor misstating the weights
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