Activities

The use of this tram is mentioned in the Rest of the Story Section of the Ole Ruud entries.

Plate No. 22—Douglas County Wheat at Tram Waiting Shipment on Columbia River Boats.

1. Are these bags going to go up the tram or have they already come down? How do you know?
2. What has to happen to the wheat before it can be sent on the tram?
3. Why are the bags of wheat stacked in a criss-cross fashion?
4. What do you think the job is of the man who is standing on the bags? (Top photo.) Explain.
5. Mentally compare these bags to a 10-pound sack of potatoes. How much do you estimate each bag of wheat holds?
6. How do these two pictures relate to one another?
7. Write a cause and effect statement about the bags of grain based on these two pictures.

Plate No. 27—Combined Harvester Operating in the Wheat Fields of Franklin County. This Machine Cuts, Threshes and Sacks the Grain, Depositing the Filled Sacks on the Ground as it Moves Through the Field.