The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-03-02
WHOLE NO. IS.

formation as 10 how the "No. I Hard~
was graded and his views. (he having
been q Minnesota farmer for years. } a.
to tho production OF it. We have re-
ceived reply, in which he says.
DsAR SsR;-Your letter i at hard. and en-
closed hand You the rules governing ia in
spection Of grain here. No. /, or. extra I.
wheat may be nicer looking sample of wheat
Rio Grande. White Hamburg. and an variet;es
will not pass as ''Hard >" but Fife, and Black
Sea. The common Fife is the hest wheat to
raise, IN my opinion, in our climate. New
land is better than old, for hard wheat. and
opening land is better than prairie, and early
also consider limestone land better for hard
wheat than any other.
The following is the copy Of rules as
to grading of wheat, referred to by Mr..
Pearce they will be interesting to our
farmer friends:
Rules OF the Milwaukee Chamber of Com
merce tor Inspection Of Grain.
SPRING wnEAF.
No. Spring Wheat-Must be sound. veil
cleaned wheat, weighing not less than ffty-
eight pounds to tho measured bushel.
Extra No. Spring-Shall be composed Of
plump, sound, well-oleaned spring wheat.
bright in kcolor, and weighing not less than
sixty pounds to the measured bushel.
No. Hard Spring Wheat-Shall be oom-
posed mostly OF hard Fife or Black Sea wheat.
which must Be sound, well. cleaned. and
not less than ffty-eght pounds to tic meas
ured bushel
NJ . o.. What ns -
reasonably clean, and weigh not less than ffty.
1--WE pounds to the measured bushel.
No. 8 Spring Wheat Shall comprise N
wheat 1t for wArehOusing, weighing NOT
less than ffty-four pounds 70 tbs measured
buShel.
Rejected--shall comprise All wheat d. for
warehousing, but TOO low in weight, or other
No. Corn--Muss b. plump, sound, dry.
No. 2. Corn--Must Be sound, dry, and reas-
onably olean.
Rejsoted- All corn ft for warshousing. that
from any causs falls below the standard Of
No. 9.
No, I Oats-To b white, sound. free from
other grain. and reasonably well cleaned.
No. 2 Oats--To b sound and reasonably
Rejected 0ats-- Damp, unsound, dirty. Or
from any cause unfit for No. 2.
I'm.
No. I Rys--To b. sound and well CLEANED.
No. kys--To b. sound and reasonably
Rejected Rye Unsound. but 1T for wa.s-
housing.
BARLEY.
No.. Barley To BE- plump, bright, olean.
sound, and frse from other grain.
No. Barley--To Be sound and reasonably
No. . Barley TO incuds all sound barleY
which may be too much discolorsd, or other
wise nnattsd 70 Inspect No. 2.
Rejected Bsrley--To include all unsound
barley but TT for warehousing.
EsrD,rloS 1Exs.
The Tess for inspecting grain under those
rules shall ba fifteen cents per car load; and
for inspecting cargocs OF grain out Of the rail-
road elevators, shall b thirty cents per thou
sand bushels: and ont Of all other elevators
and warehouses, forty cents per thousand
bushels.
cERTIv1cATEs or IHsPscr1oS.
Il shall b. ths dnty or the Inspector 10 rive
. certificate ~ 70 the quality Of the grain 30 in
speOted under the corporate seal Of the Cham
ber Of Commerce. the cost OF inspection to Be
paid BY the purchaser Of the cargo inspected
No certificate Of inspection shall be Issued I'M.
der the seal Of the Chamber OF Commercs, un-
iess such certificate covers the entire cargo.
Ths foregoing is a correct copy Of thsrules
Of the Chamber Of Commeros OF the oity Of
Milwaukee. governing the inspection Of grain
in force at this date.
W. J. LAxosos,
Secretary.
II the farmer asks q warehouseman
what is the standard weight ot "No /
Spring wheat" he will be very apt to
tell him that it is sixty pounds. L will
be seen by the above that it il really but
ffty-eight pounds, and that the sixty
pound measure applies only TO ''Essro
No. Spring. which commands an ex-
ira price.
In conversation with leading Mime
apolis miller the other day, We asked
him why it was that wheat on tho main
line Of the St. Paul and Pacific road
commanded . higher price than wheat
at points 900 miles nearer Milwaukee
and Chicago. His reply was. Arst, that
the wheat on the St. p: 4 r. r. B. was
Aardey. and therefore more IN demand
for the patent process. .Aour; and second
", th1t the wheab on that road was mot
'doctored" BY mixing, 80 that whea the
farmer deposited No. 1, the miller
bought No. l. But, said he, IN other
points the warehouseman takes in No. I
as No. 2. n;xes M. s with Il and sells
It to the nillcrs - No. or 2. He ~.
ferred to large towns where no Mime
apolis miller would dare to huy bash-
el Of wheat from ; wsEehousemaA aa1
hence The price was deprecated. - ~
loss Of The farmer and The gain q tbs
nfddleman-
Wepropose to invssigsss tAis matter
sill fasther and lst Il - dsyhght apon
| It. and to give ~ nanes of tbo townS
whsre this kisd Of shasp ppaetioe bsss
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