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After 1860, the tall grain elevator with its high bins of grain began to replace horizontal grain warehouse.

1860年之后，高大的带有升降设备的谷物储存仓代替了卧式谷物仓库。

The first elevator in Canada was built in Manitoba in 1881. The main advantage of the grain elevator over the warehouse is that the grain elevator uses the flowing property of grain which eliminates the need for sacking.

加拿大第一座垂直式谷仓于1881年在曼尼托巴建成，垂直式粮仓比较水平式的主要优点在于它利用了谷物本身可流动的特性，从而免去了装袋的需要。

The skyline of virtually very Western Canadian town contains two or more of these tall structures.

在加拿大西部，几乎每个乡镇的地平线上都含有两个或更多的这种高高的建筑物。

Built beside a railroad track, the average Canadian elevator is made up of 20 bins with a total capacity of 50,000 bushels,These days the grain is delivered to the elevators by truck as compared to the horse and wagon approach of an earlier era.

加拿大的垂直谷物仓平均有二十个储仓，总容量为5万蒲式耳，这些谷物仓一般都建在铁路线旁。当年把谷物运到谷仓的交通工具是马车，与之比较，现在用的都是卡车了。

After the trucks are weighted, their loads of grain are dumped and the grain is then lifted mechanically into bins, From there the grain is loaded onto railway cars for transport to the giant port elevators in Vancouver. Montreal, Thunder Bay, Churchill and Baie Comeau.

卡车在过磅后，就将所载的谷物卸下，然后机械将谷物提升到谷仓里。从那里，谷物再装到火车的货箱里，最后运到温哥华，蒙特利尔，桑德湾，丘吉尔和科幕湾巨大的港口粮仓去。

These giant terminal elevators may have as many as 400 to 500 bins with a total capacity of 9,000.000 bushels.

这些巨大港湾的谷物可能有四百至五百个储仓之多，总容量可以达到九百万蒲式耳。

In winter it is very quiet around an elevator, and the time is used for maintenance and training.

在冬季，大储存仓周围都静下来，这是进行维修和训练的时候。

With the announcement of a major foreign sale, usually in the fall or spring, a quota call goes out. This tells grain farmers to deliver their quota of grain to the elevator, ie, so many bushels per acre, based on the number of acres each one farms,This is when things begin to pick up around our grain elevators.

大宗粮食出口的通知一般在秋季和春季发布，这时，份额也要随之报出。份额报告告诉农场主们把指派给他们一定数量的粮食送到大谷仓来，也就是说每英亩应交多少蒲式耳，份额是根据每个人所拥有的土地的亩数而定的，这就是大储仓周围的生机开始复苏的时刻。