STORING GRAIN.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 2179, 1 July 1890, Page 3

STORING GRAIN.

A system is now under consideration by which the present method of storing grain will be completely revolutionised. Should it prove a success, says a con* temporary, the elevators now in general uae will become obsolete, and every farmer will be able to store his grain for years at little cost and no risk. The inventor maintains that he can manu* facture steel tanks of any required ca« pacity, and at a cost averaging from 4c. to sc, say 2d to 2£d for each bushel of capacity, as against 40c. to 50c. now expended on wooden elevators. The tanks will be filled with grain by a simple process. When the tank is full, a percentage of air is exhausted and a quantity of carbonic acid gas admitted. The valves are then closed, and ihe grain will keep sound for years. Having exhausted the oxy* gen theie is no chance of ferni«ntation, and, as a consequeuce, no decay or rot. At the same time all tbe animal life perishes, and the grain is necure against the ravages of weevils, which are so destructive. With a tank coating 500 dollars, th j farmer baa storage for 16,000 bu*behs, and can hold his crop ag liiift low prices until the market' improves. Fire cannot bum it, nor damp nor rain can injure it. The process by which ih* gniu is man pulatt-d is as simple as io is effective. It consists ot an airtight receiver, leading from which is a largn pipe t-o arrauged as to be held over the graiu in the receiver it is desired to uuload. By means of a suctiou fan tbe air is exhausted in the receiver, and rushing to fill the vacuum is sufficient, it is eaid, to draw the grain into the pipe, through which it passes to the tank. Should the process prove a success, it will most effectively put an cud to the proceedings of those persons whose business appears to be the m*kiug of fictitious valuations of breadstuff^. — 'Home News.'