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HANDLING WHEAT IN BULK
Al rangements had been made by the Grain Elevators Boaid to íeceive wheat from growers in bulk this sea- son at 78 elevatoi stations said Mr H Glow ley boaid chairman last
night Togethei with elevators leased| fiom millers in the country areas total capacity would be 12 600 000 bushels
Atistiallan Wheat Board had in- dicated that it would allow the Grain Elevatoi s Board to truck approxi- mately 2 500 000 bushels to metropoli- tan nilli silas in the delivery period Mr Glow rev said The Wheat Board expected that a fuither 1500 000 bushels could be gristed into flour bj Hie milleis foi home coonsump Uon during the deliven peilod
Giain Elevatois Board was there
fere able to feel certain of an out ! let foi Iß 500 000 bushels and it had marie piovision for the handling of the remoindei of the wheat in bulk bv submitting and seeming the adop- tion of a proposal foi providing an emeitencj bulk wheat stoiage foi
3 000 000 odd bushels
Replying to a contention bj Mel- bourne wheat merchants in a letter published in the argus on Thursday that it was to the farmers advan- tage to délit ei In bags Mr Glovvrey said figures previously quoted bv him weie supplied by the Australian Wheat Boaid as costs foi handling bagbe-d wheat He believed the (lunes liad not been inflated by the Wheat Boaid
Giain Elevatoi s Board had under tal cn to handle tile 3 000 000 bushels of heat In the emergency bulk wheat storage to be erected at the same handling cost as that indicated bj Hie Wheat Board foi handling in bigs