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FER MOULIN [2 records]

Record 1 2017-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
DEF

Inclined trough down which grain passes from the hopper to the stones.

CONT

The grain was poured through a sieve into a square grain bin which fed the hoppers. Grain trickled down to a trough called the shoe which rested on the casing or the top millstone called the "runner stone."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minoterie et céréales
DEF

Bac sous la trémie qui répartit le grain dans l’œillard de la meule courante.

CONT

Il [le grain] tombe ensuite dans l'auget qui le dirige au centre de la meule. Le grain s’écoule régulièrement grâce aux secousses que le gros fer imprime à l'auget produisant ainsi le «tic-tac» du moulin.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
  • Crop Storage Facilities
CONT

The Manitoba Grain Act provided for the appointment of a warehouse commissioner whose duties included: annual licensing of elevators, warehouses, mills and commission merchants; bonding of licensees; supervision of records kept by licensees; supervision of grain handling and storage in elevators, warehouses and railway cars; investigation of complaints regarding dockage, weights, grading, and car availability; and institution of prosecutions at government expense where the complaint was justified.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Minoterie et céréales
  • Entreposage des récoltes
CONT

La loi des grains du Manitoba prévoyait la nomination d’un commissaire-magasinier dont les fonctions seraient les suivantes : délivrer annuellement des permis aux exploitants de silo, d’entrepôt et de moulin et aux marchands commissionnaires; fixer le montant des cautionnements pour les permis d’exploitation; contrôler la manutention et l'entreposage du grain dans les silos, les entrepôts et les wagons de chemin de fer; étudier les plaintes portant sur le taux d’impuretés, le poids et le classement des grains et la disponibilité des wagons; et intenter des procès aux frais du gouvernement s’il jugeait la plainte justifiée.

Spanish

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