A number of the grains had been in wooden barrels. Most of them had writing on them which presumably indicated the contents of the barrel; some also had a drawing in case it wasn’t clear. The sacks seemed normal enough, but it was a little odd to have wooden barrels for food storage. They didn’t stack well, and they were heavy even when they were empty. A five-gallon pail would have made more sense. The architecture might have been a stylistic choice, but wooden barrels? Of course, there could be some kind of law that mandated food items be shipped in wooden barrels even when an alternative container was available . . . there were enough of those weird laws in the US. 