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1n. — West
a co-operative grain-marketing organization among farmers.
Quotations
1920
All pool members should receive the same price for the same grade of wheat, after adjustment of freight charges at terminals.
1940
The depression hit the pools hard but they have survived and are apparently in the West to stay.
1957
Wheatmen and their marketing "pools," as well as the government's own Wheat Board, ignore census data, rely on information supplied by grain elevator agents at 2,000 shipping points across the prairie provinces
2 — Attributive use
a train operated over a line of track by more than one railway company.
Quotations
1959
The treasures were moved . . . from the Bank of Montreal to Union Station and a pool baggage car bound for Toronto.