Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 3 Western Australia, Series 3
Volume 3
Number 6 November-December, 1954 Article 27
11-1954
Bulk-handling of grain on the farm Bulk-handling of grain on the farm
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W f E S T E R N Australia's bulk-handling system for wheat made its debut in the 1931- 32 season when five sidings were experimentally equipped and handled less than 3J per cent, of the State's marketable harvest. Nine years later 232 sidings were fitted with bulk-hand-
ling equipment, re- ceiving nearly 98 per cent, of the State's
wheat, and since then, 1 1 1 JU the whole of the mar-
ketable harvest has been handled on a bulk basis at sidings, save for a few parcels of special milling wheat on which a pre- mium was paid.
Even today, m a n y farmers still use bags when taking w h e a t from t h e harvester box, a n d for carting
it into t h e bulk bins at the siding. On a n ever-increasing number of farms how- ever, the j u t e sack is becoming as obsolete as the horse-works.
The photographs accompanying these notes were t a k e n on the property of Miss M. York, of Wongans Hills where, from harvester to siding, t h e grain is handled entirely without t h e use of bags.
A trailer-mounted bin (not shown in the photographs) is a t t a c h e d to t h e harvester and holds about 70 bushels of grain when filled.
An elevator (Fig. 1) which is operated by the power take-off of either t h e truck or the tractor, is used for transferring wheat from t h e trailer bin. It can handle
£hf h ™ I 'C! ~0 p e rtt.e d e l e v a t o r. mounted on farm-built transport frame is shown In position ready to transfer wheat from the field storage bin
to the motor truck
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The field storage bin showing transport wheels fitted for moving to a new position. The wheels are removed
when the bin Is In use
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Close-up of field storage bin showing the Inbuilt auger underneath the bin
up to a ton of wheat a minute and is easily transportable. With the elevator, grain may be transferred from the harvester trailer bin to the truck-mounted bin for transportation to the siding—or alterna- tively into the large field storage bin.
The field storage bin is made of timber, lined with flat galvanised iron and has a capacity of approximately 1,000 bushels.
It is fitted with detachable wheels for transportation to selected sites when empty, and has a tarpaulin cover. When in position, the transport wheels are re- moved and the bin rests firmly on the under-frame.
Its sloping floor permits most of the wheat to run by gravitation through a side door into the elevator hopper. The last 100 bushels are driven out by an inbuilt auger shown beneath the bin in Fig. 3.
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