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WHEAT CHAFF [6 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2017-03-30
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Grain Growing
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- volunteer wheat
1, record 1, English, volunteer%20wheat
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
On the other hand, in a Brandon field study, chaff collection significantly reduced the amount of volunteer wheat in the subsequent years’ seedbank but had limited impact on the numbers of wheat plants emerging in the crop. 1, record 1, English, - volunteer%20wheat
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Culture des céréales
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- blé spontané
1, record 1, French, bl%C3%A9%20spontan%C3%A9
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
En revanche, dans une étude réalisée à Brandon, la récolte des paillettes a sensiblement réduit la quantité de blé spontané dans la banque de semences des années ultérieures mais a eu peu d’impact sur le nombre de plants de blé qui ont levé. 1, record 1, French, - bl%C3%A9%20spontan%C3%A9
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2016-11-10
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Milling and Cereal Industries
- Grain Growing
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- wheat screening
1, record 2, English, wheat%20screening
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Wheat screenings, which are not used for human consumption, can include broken grains, crop and weed seeds, hulls, chaff, joints, straw, elevator or mill dust, sand, and dirt. 2, record 2, English, - wheat%20screening
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
wheat screening: term usually used in the plural. 3, record 2, English, - wheat%20screening
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
wheat screening: term extracted from the “Glossaire de l’agriculture” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 3, record 2, English, - wheat%20screening
Record 2, Key term(s)
- wheat screenings
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Minoterie et céréales
- Culture des céréales
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- criblure de blé
1, record 2, French, criblure%20de%20bl%C3%A9
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
criblures de blé : [...] impuretés contenues dans le blé commercial et enlevées soit au cours des opérations de nettoyage dans les magasins et dans les silos, soit dans les minoteries avant la mouture. 2, record 2, French, - criblure%20de%20bl%C3%A9
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Elles contiennent des grains rabougris, des débris variés de céréales, des graines étrangères et des matières terreuses, des résidus de pailles et de balle. 2, record 2, French, - criblure%20de%20bl%C3%A9
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
criblure de blé: terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel. 3, record 2, French, - criblure%20de%20bl%C3%A9
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 3 OBS
criblure de blé : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’agriculture» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques. 3, record 2, French, - criblure%20de%20bl%C3%A9
Record 2, Key term(s)
- criblures de blé
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Molinería y cereales
- Cultivo de cereales
Record 2, Main entry term, Spanish
- impurezas del trigo
1, record 2, Spanish, impurezas%20del%20trigo
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 2, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2004-11-09
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Animal Feed (Agric.)
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- mixed feed oats
1, record 3, English, mixed%20feed%20oats
correct, plural
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Mixed Feed Oats shall(a) contain not less than fifty percent wild oats;(b) contain not more than one percent of material that passes through a 4 1/2/64 inch round-hole sieve; and(c) contain in whole, broken, hulled or hulless form not more than(i) five percent heated kernels,(ii) five percent wild buckwheat,(iii) five percent wheat heads,(iv) four percent knuckles, straw and chaff,(v) five percent in the aggregate of wild buckwheat, wheat heads, knuckles, straw and chaff,(vi) five percent flaxseed,(vii) one-tenth of one percent stones, or(viii) one-quarter of one percent ergot. 1, record 3, English, - mixed%20feed%20oats
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- avoine fourragère mélangée
1, record 3, French, avoine%20fourrag%C3%A8re%20m%C3%A9lang%C3%A9e
correct, feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
- avoine mélangée à bétail 2, record 3, French, avoine%20m%C3%A9lang%C3%A9e%20%C3%A0%20b%C3%A9tail
feminine noun
- avoine à bétail mélangée 3, record 3, French, avoine%20%C3%A0%20b%C3%A9tail%20m%C3%A9lang%C3%A9e
feminine noun
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
L'avoine fourragère mélangée doit a) contenir au moins 50 pour cent de folle avoine; b) contenir au plus un pour cent de matières passant au tamis à trous ronds de 4 1/2 sur 64 pouces; c) contenir au plus le pourcentage indiqué ci-après des matières suivantes, qu'elles soient entières, cassées, décortiquées ou nues, i) cinq pour cent de grains chauffés; ii) cinq pour cent de renouée liseron; iii) cinq pour cent d'épis de blé; iv) quatre pour cent de jointures, de pailles et de paillettes; v) cinq pour cent au total de renouée liseron, d'épis de blé, de jointures, de pailles et de paillettes; vi) cinq pour cent de lin; vii) 0,10 pour cent de pierres; viii) 0,25 pour cent d'ergot. 1, record 3, French, - avoine%20fourrag%C3%A8re%20m%C3%A9lang%C3%A9e
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2001-08-16
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Milling and Cereal Industries
- Industrial Tools and Equipment
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- receiving separator
1, record 4, English, receiving%20separator
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
- warehouse separator 2, record 4, English, warehouse%20separator
- pre-cleaning machinery 3, record 4, English, pre%2Dcleaning%20machinery
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[When the wheat arrives at the receiving and storage part of the mill, a] rough cleaning... is done with a sieving machine called a receiving separator... This separator removes sticks, straw, large stones, pieces of paper and other material larger than wheat and also sieves out sand and seeds smaller than wheat by means of inclined oscillating sieves. A built-in fan is arranged to draw air through the stream of grain as it enters and leaves the machine, removing wheat chaff, dust and other light impurities. 4, record 4, English, - receiving%20separator
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
An almost exactly similar machine is sometimes used in the screen room for final wheat cleaning. When so employed it is called a milling separator and is identical with the [receiving separator], except that the sieves perforations are altered and the feed is reduced to a quarter or a fifth of that of a receiving separator to enable it to make the much stricter separations required. 5, record 4, English, - receiving%20separator
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Minoterie et céréales
- Outillage industriel
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- séparateur-aspirateur
1, record 4, French, s%C3%A9parateur%2Daspirateur
correct, masculine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
- séparateur de réception 2, record 4, French, s%C3%A9parateur%20de%20r%C3%A9ception
correct, masculine noun
- prénettoyeur 3, record 4, French, pr%C3%A9nettoyeur
masculine noun
- zigzag 4, record 4, French, zigzag
masculine noun
- tarare 5, record 4, French, tarare
see observation, masculine noun
- tarare aspirateur 3, record 4, French, tarare%20aspirateur
masculine noun
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
[...] appareil [qui] a pour but d'enlever du blé les impuretés de taille nettement différente. [...] Le séparateur-aspirateur est principalement constitué par 3 tamis légèrement inclinés et mus par un mouvement de va-et-vient, le tout complété par une forte aspiration à l'entrée et à la sortie du grain. 1, record 4, French, - s%C3%A9parateur%2Daspirateur
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Les sources consultées placent le séparateur-aspirateur dans la partie du moulin où a lieu le nettoyage du blé (screenroom) et non pas dans la partie où le grain est reçu. La machine s'appelle alors «milling separator». Mais étant donné qu'il s'agit de la même machine, on peut employer «séparateur-aspirateur» pour désigner la machine qui fait le nettoyage préliminaire là où le grain est reçu. 6, record 4, French, - s%C3%A9parateur%2Daspirateur
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 OBS
tarare : Le tarare est au départ une machine utilisée à la ferme. Certaines sources l'emploient dans le domaine de la meunerie. 6, record 4, French, - s%C3%A9parateur%2Daspirateur
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 2001-07-23
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Industrial Tools and Equipment
- Industrial Techniques and Processes
- Milling and Cereal Industries
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- milling separator
1, record 5, English, milling%20separator
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The general practice in Canada is to use only one cleaning passage for the blend. The first cleaning machine is a milling separator, similar to the receiving separator used in the elevator, but more precise in its ability to separate impurities that are larger and smaller than wheat. The top sieve has large perforations about six millimetres in diameter and the bottom sieve has holes two millimetres in diameter. As the grain passes through the machine, large impurities such as corn, soybeans and unthreshed wheat are removed by the top screen, while the finer bottom sieve allows small impurities such as mustard seed, buckwheat and sand to pass through for separate collection. The partially cleaned wheat tails over the finer sieve. As it falls off the end of the sieve, it is aspirated by air currents that remove chaff and dust to a separate outlet. 1, record 5, English, - milling%20separator
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Outillage industriel
- Techniques industrielles
- Minoterie et céréales
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- séparateur de mouture
1, record 5, French, s%C3%A9parateur%20de%20mouture
correct, masculine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La pratique générale au Canada est de n'effectuer qu'un seul passage du mélange préparé au nettoyage. La première machine à nettoyer est un séparateur de mouture semblable au séparateur de réception utilisé au silo, mais d'une plus grande précision dans la séparation des impuretés plus grosses ou plus petites que le blé. Le tamis supérieur a de grandes perforations d'environ 6 mm de diamètre, et celui du bas des trous de 2mm. A mesure que le grain passe dans la machine, les grosses impuretés comme le maïs, le soja et le blé non battu sont refusés par le tamis du haut, tandis que celui du bas laisse passer les petites impuretés comme les graines de moutarde et de sarrazin et le sable qui sont recueillis. Le blé partiellement nettoyé est refusé en queue du tamis fin où il est aspiré par des courants d'air qui en séparent la balle et la poussière. 1, record 5, French, - s%C3%A9parateur%20de%20mouture
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 1996-06-04
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Harvesting Equipment (Agriculture)
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- chaff spreader
1, record 6, English, chaff%20spreader
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Wheat threshing on the prairie, old steam tractor powering thresher, bales of hay on field, single combine at work, truck being loaded with grain, windrow pickup and chaff spreader are all part of a day's work. 2, record 6, English, - chaff%20spreader
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Machines de récolte (Agriculture)
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- éparpilleur de paille
1, record 6, French, %C3%A9parpilleur%20de%20paille
correct, masculine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
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