Excerpt from Handling Pea Beans in Country Elevators Since 1950, farmers have changed from old threshing methods to new and faster combine methods of harvesting dry edible beans. This technological change has had two effects on the bean industry. Local elevators must handle the crop faster. Where once the harvest lasted for months, it now requires only a few weeks. The second effect has been the change in the condition of the beans received at the elevators. Combine harvesting may cause more damage to the bean and make it split more easily when handled at the elevator. Also, the combined beans may contain more field stones and dirt than those threshed with stationary equipment. Since 1955 the trend has been to increase the storage capacity of country elevators in Michigan. These elevators need larger handling equipment and more efficient work methods in order to handle the beans faster. Too often, farmers have had to wait several hours to unload. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.