@article{Slay:313063,
      recid = {313063},
      author = {Slay, W. O. and Hutchison, Reed S.},
      title = {Receiving Rice from Farm Trucks at Commercial Dryers  },
      address = {1961-12},
      number = {2393-2021-2299},
      series = {Marketing Research Report No. 499},
      pages = {40},
      year = {1961},
      abstract = {Excerpts from the report:  The amount of rice grown in the  United States increased considerably between 1950 and 1960.   Improvements in harvesting methods and equipment not only  kept pace with this increase, but shortened the harvest  season. As a consequence, trucks used to transport rice  from field to dryer increased in number and size in the  same relatively short period of time.  The rice dryers,  built to dry and handle a given volume of rice, could not  change quite as rapidly.  Any appreciable increase in the  volume received necessitated an expensive modification in  the drying and handling facilities.  To avoid unnecessary  expense, dryer operators became increasingly interested in  improved methods and equipment for handling rice.  The  purpose of this research was to determine what methods and  equipment operators of commercial dryers could use to  increase labor and equipment utilization and thereby reduce  handling costs.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/313063},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.313063},
}