. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer, student and teacher of agriculture, a textbook for agricultural colleges and high shcools. Corn. SELLING CORN ON THK t'ASII FLOOR 2X9 When this grain arri\ cs in the central market, the cars are switched to the grain 3'ards as already designated. Promptly each car is ex- amined and samples taken for inspection. A part of each sample, after it has been graded by the Inspection Department, is placed in a paper sack on which is recorded a complete description of the car and con- tents, and then taken to the "cash floor&q
. Corn; growing, judging, breeding, feeding, marketing; for the farmer, student and teacher of agriculture, a textbook for agricultural colleges and high shcools. Corn. SELLING CORN ON THK t'ASII FLOOR 2X9 When this grain arri\ cs in the central market, the cars are switched to the grain 3'ards as already designated. Promptly each car is ex- amined and samples taken for inspection. A part of each sample, after it has been graded by the Inspection Department, is placed in a paper sack on which is recorded a complete description of the car and con- tents, and then taken to the "cash floor" in the Board of Trade ON THE CASH FLOOR (Chicago Board of Trade) Note sairii)les in sacks on tlu- tal'le, from the Insi)L-ction Deparlmcnt. Commission nur- cltants. agents, messenger hu\s, iirokers ami hnyers aronntl the talile examining samples, buying and selling. ( Pictine taken li\' koliert II. Moulton, Chicago. 1 What must the commission merchant do now? Just as soon as samples from the cars consigned to him for that day reach his table, and the gong sounds to announce the time for trading he searches for his customers providing they are not already waiting for him. In this big room everything is hurry and hustle. Pong rows ctf tables are heaped with paper 1iags containing samples of grain. Buyers and sellers are rushing here and there. It is noisy and crowded. Hun- dreds of cars of grain must be disposed nf within a couple of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bowman, Melville Le Roy, 1881-. Waterloo, Ia. , Sold by Waterloo publishing co.
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