New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-23
HOW OUR CROPS ARE HANDLED.

MILWAUKEE, July 19.-This city, with its
100000 inhabitants, and Chicago 81 times larger what
they because they handle such vast amounts of the
raw material Of food On average, Mr.. Fisk re-
marked in his wonderful story of the gold panic, il takes
one bushcl Of grain bring the other to its market
When farmer raises 200 bushels the value OF 100 is di
Vdcd among railroads. elevators schoOners, and opera
tors who thus paid for delivering the other 100 to the
this view the facilities for handling grain
become as important tic art by which it Is produced
In the descriptions that follow the accounts Of marvel
Gus quantities and vast warchousing apparatus, the
farmer will how stupcndOus is the system to which
he contributes and warmhcartcd Americans may see
somewhat III al this TO remind them Of the mary US
resources and material grandeur of this nation.
A. general marfOr the sale of all grains, Chicago is
unite in advance Of this city and OF all Of cites but
for wheat as special crop Of tie West, the grand
cereal Milwaukee is the place for learning now u Is
treated after il leaves the bins of the farmers The
reason why this place thus bears OFF the palm and gives
law in The wheat market is simply because she has had
several farsccing and enterprsng citizens who were
duly impressed with the importance of drawing the
crops the great grain region north and west or mere 10
this point Tor shipment to Eastern cities The railroads
built Milwaukee has laid Ler hands on lions share OF
the wheat crops Of the Northwest by certain business
virtues and by prompt aud liberal expenditures at the
right time and place In this respect her example is
ia terri and Is profitable for young business places ana
young business TO study For il is hy no means
matter OF course that Milwaukee should receive ana snip
twenty odd million bushels OF wheat lHl7 i H't tHc
only ont et In fact Chicago is reaching out for this
same 90 600 600 u,hc and she would have drawn it had
not Milwaukee made it the interest Of all shippers of
sprn wheat to send their trains here rather than to her
vigorous, yigilant, daring, and imperial rival
WHAT Is AN ELEvAToR7
An Elevator in these grain cities means an enormous
building usually than 200 feet long and over 100 hgh
with an equipment OF powerful belts and hu' tets Tor Ia
iu grain and rows Of gigantic bins for storing IT, have
inst returned from visit to Elevator A, that stands at
m termination Of the la division Of the Milwaukee
and St. Paul Railroad This structure is $50 feet long
and 30 wide the total length of the great drvingbet
urged 10y 2OOhorse power engine go fcet that Is inc
half extending from cellar TO comb is lO 1eet ana 'ue
down half of course equal TO it. This bcH is SO inches
Wild, and charters Of an inch thick, and is made Of
sixlv or thieknesses Of canvas with sheets OF india
III her pre- sed between and into them But such I'M
mone strength will not excessive when we see the
Titan work has to do 1t drives nine receiving EeVa-
belts set with buckets each Of these is as long S
the main belt; that is TO say they lift the gram $50 rect
TIE lcfes are made Of thick Tin bound with hoOpiron,
and are well rvcted to the belt at intervals
Of il inches. In shape they are ike the DucKets
in common grisnill, hut very much larger, for these
are inches the mouth and is Inches long Wheh
full one contains "a peck. They do not usually go up
quite fu but allowing for this there are 100 peeKs 70
lrsbns loaded on one side OF one OF these belts when
ever is at work. If all nine are running at once, as Is
often the case the quantity Of wheat lifting on llese
svi trimming belts is 225 bushels. The established
weight of a bushel Of NO. Milwaukee Spring If 90
pounds This would make the total lift OF the receiving
elevators every moment they at work, over l2CV
mounds Discharging upon each of these nine is mop
nor. ,aned him beneath the railroad track car load
of wheat is rolled the bin, the doors lifted ana SIX
,tout men step in with big, bright grain shoVes Each
knows his place, and they work like so many engines
with stroke steady and true, and effective In four
tes from the time these six step into the car thero Is
ot,o left but quart or two OF sweepngs Oh the ioor
car carries from $50 TO 800 bushels and the swifuL-
ming belt that Tushcs by them in It's treless INDUSTRY mas
carried the 800 bushels 40 feet in the air as last as hOse
six stout Teuons could shovel it out was pleased 10
noto manly and candid expression on the faces OF all
who were at work wheat. They did not look like men
who spent their earnings on bad whisky or smoked
tern away over lager ana pTctzels, coming nome Iae
n nomd q hard working woman and curse ther
children. 49,.
when carried alot the receiver throws the grain into
bottoned bin fixed scales, and the weight IL
accurately given Before the wheat Is roheI hIo tno
rebouse II il carefully inspected and graded Nine
n ot Of every 20 bushels coming here Is Spring wheat
aud "a per cent Of all that arrives ems year Is gaeu NO.
o The inspector gives his MEMORANDUM 10 the "eienr
and he turns the spout over the Din containing NO
No ar No as directed by the marks on the inspectors
hook Very much depends on the care and honesty OF
,, ,snccfor and the laws OF the Milwaukee Chamber
NJ Commerce require that he be sworn, that nc give
heavy bond and be himself in no sense puyc vi '
of wheat Here let remark to the grain FARMERS WHO
read THL TRIBUNE and their name u ieeion' Sou-
bet il often graded No not so much because IL JACKS
and weight as because you let oats get III with
Il And this neglect rather the increase Farmers
do moi appear to he as particular as they were about
their seed wheat For instance, Mr. Langston the sec
rotary Of tic Board showed me his tables ana from
them il appears that in 1865 n per cent OF the wheat was
No l. The next year we had that paa -" "HoH
80 IN Auol,st and everyDody's grain spr1uted'
re was bu, 10 per cent OF No in 1906 la 1867 IL was
So cent In 1868 aud the harvest has been noun
inc % complain or bat Milwaukee saw but ~ per cent Vi
No. ! wheat. . .o. ro
The bins In which this wheat 10 pouIou "''