Photo: Grain Elevator
If you were playing a game where you had to come up
with symbols of Saskatchewan, the "grain elevator" would
definitely be one of them -- nearly every town and city in Saskatchewan
has a grain elevator. They are quite large (you can see the size
of the elevator compared to the train and house next to it in the photo)
and the landscape is very flat -- this makes the grain elevators
"stick out" as the most dominant feature for kilometers away
when you're driving across the province.
The grain elevator is where the farmers deliver their
crops. In Saskatchewan, the grain elevators are run by the
"Saskatchewan Wheat Board". When the farmer comes with
the grain, the people at the grain elevator measures how much was
brought and samples it to rate its quality. The farmer gets paid
based on what type of grain they grew (ex: wheat, canola, barley),
its "grade" (the quality) and the number of bushels he
delivered.
Trains (you can see one running behind the elevator in
the photo above) come to the grain elevator to pick up the grain and
deliver them to buyers across North America or to ships headed overseas.
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