The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-05-04
HE GRAIN ELEVATOR
acts and Figures Showing Saving n
Farmers by Bulking Grain W

hiers Dy Bulking Grain.
h,- N az ing Is the text of a letter sent
NO. 'ae i-dOrosS' Wis, Elevator & Pro
~. 49, IIonipahy to members of the Farm.
sls Union III that vicinity os renrn
uuceu III the Pacific Farmers Trnion
~ carries just the Information tba+
nnr, S ~ TINS territory are seeking
- o,. tnat the bulk handling of grain
,,o Inning TO be reality-and will be-
wen worth your reading:
we absolutely know that the logic
"l way TO handle grain is in bullx. We
gre alSo certain that u cents a niece
ior gram sacks is prohibitive. We ore
pretty certain also that ii will no inn
IoSSlple 10 get enough sacks this vear
70 20 around. anu we believe we can
sno" you by actual figures that il will
pay you so well to bulk your grain that
you VIII NOT care If YOU can never oct
sacks again. eO'
III You will build grain tanks like
the lnclosed cicular describes mater.
lai costing SIS and say labor costing
SIT, total $50, this will care for Iooo
ousilels OF grain. BY running the
eianl from the machine into this tank
you VIII save in the way of sack sewer
ana Jlgger at least one cent per bushel
lou VIII save six cents a bushel for
sacks; you will save a quarter of n
cent bushel for discount weight on
SACKS, and If you hold your grain nm
I'll after the first rains the Increased
Weisht Will amount to one and one
half cents bushel. This makes n
TOTAL saving Of eight and three-duar-
tefs cents a bushel, or $3.50 on n
thousand bushels Say your grain
tank will last 10 years; that would
be cost Of $3.50 year on one thou
sand bushels. Say your buyer dis
counted you three cents a bushel for
bulk. He may tell you that your
gram Is Smutted on account of being
IN bulk and being run through an
elevator. For arguments sake, say we
admit this and let him discount the
wheat say three cents for smut, so
for sacks and smut we are discounted
six cents a bushel, or $50 for one
thousand bushels. We are still ahead
81 on the thousand bushels. Now,
say that you hold your grain at home
for four months before selling The
buyer could pay you $l2 more for
that thousand bushels of grain on ac-
count of the storage you have saved.
This would leave you $33 saved on
each thousand bushels of grain thus
handled.
when you haul your grain to the
elevator, a boy costing $3.50 a day
Go as well as man costing So a
day. You haul as much at load OF
more, can haul with a trail wagon if
desired, can load and unload easier
and quicker than with sacks.
1T is impossible to store grain in
an elevator. A farmer must arrange
to store his bulk grain at home, OF
have shipped as he delivers it to the
elevator. Seattle and King county
have built a large public grain ele-
vator and sack grain warehouse. This
is handled by the city and county in
the interests of grain raisers. Your
grain stays there until sold and is not
used by the Spectators Your grain
| is weighed and graded by the state
and you get state registered receipt
for it, showing its grade and weight
With this kind of a receipt you car
sell your grain in Chicago or New
York as easily as you can in LaCrosS
or Seattle
There are also terminal elevators
at Tacoma and Portland and one to
be built at Astoria before the new croI
is ready.
"By the farmers exchanging work
in a neighborhood, say eight of them
going in together and hauling one
mans grain at a time, the elevator
can more easily handle it and il
would require one grain bed to each
| farmer, or tive if he hauls with a
trailer. These beds will hold about
| $50 bushels each and are kept in
stock by all implement dealers, or can
be built ON the ranch.
1--WE have plans engaged for foul
different kinds of farm granaries
which we will furnish anyone desiring
to build a granary.
"Now, take it from me- if YOU eyel
bulk your grain for one season you
will never return to the cumbersome
old sack system.
Yours for prosperity,
m. f. Stansell, Manager
M y,