The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-04-26
TOPICS FOR THE FARM.


respondent Of the Chicago Inter Ocean
asks for description of the different
grades of grain as established by the
Chicago Board OF Trade, commencing
with wheat The Inter- Ocean gives what
it terms reliable answer, and hopes all
readers interested will cut it out and
preserve it for future reference, as it
contains valuable and useful inferma-
ton to farmers shipping grain. No. /
white winter wheat must be pure, sound,
plump, and well cleaned. No. 2 white
winter wheat-Pure, sound, and
reasonably clean. No. red winter
wheat-Pure, red, or red and white
mixed, sound, plump, and well cleaned.
No. 2 red winter wheat-Pure, red,
or red and white mixed, sound, and
reasonably clean. Amber wheat, Nos.
! and 2, includes the lighter colored
varieties of red wheat. No. 8 winter
wheat includes winter wheat not clean
and plump enough for No. 2, and weigh
ing not less than 81 pounds TO the
measured bushel. Rejected winter
wheat includes winter wheat damp,
musty, or from any cause 50 badly dam
aged as to render it unfit for No 3.
Spring wheat-No. hard spring wheat
must be sound, plump, and well cleaned
No. hard spring wheat-sound,
reasonably clean, and Of good milling
quality. No. spring wheat-Sound,
plump, and well cleaned No. spring
wheat-Sound, reasonably clean, and
of good milling quality. No. 3 spring
wheat includes all inferior, shrunken,
or dirty spring wheat, weighing not less
than SO pounds to the measured bushel
Rejected spring wheat includes spring
wheat damp, musty, grown, badly
bleached, or for any other cause which
renders it unfit for No. 8. In case of
mixture of spring and winter wheat, it
is called mixed wheat, and graded ac-
cording to the quality thereof. Black
Sea and finty pffe wheat is in no case
inspected higher than No. 2, and rice
wheat no higher than rejected. No.
yellow corn must be yellow, sound, dry,
plump, ard well cleaned No. | white
corn must be white, sound, dry, plump,
and well cleaned. No. corn must be
sound, dry, plump, and well cleaned,
white and yellow unmixed with red.
High mixed must be three-quarters yell
low, and equal to No. 2 in condition and
quality. No. 2 corn must be dry,
reasonably clean, but not plump enough
for No. |. No. Kindred corn must
be sound, plump, and well cleaned,
white or yellow. All kiln-dried corn
not good enough for No. 2 Kindred
is graded as rejected Kindred corn.
New high mixed corn must be three
fourths yellow of any age, reasonably
dry and reasonably clean, but not sui
fciently dry for high mixed or No. 2.
New mixed corn may be less than three
fourths yellow, of any age, and shall be
reasonably dry and REASONABLY clean, but
not sufficiently dry for No. 2. Rejected
All damp, dirty, or otherwise badly
damaged corn shall be graded as re-
Jected No. | oats must be white,
sound, clean, and reasonably free from
other grain. No. 2 white oats, three
quarters white, and equal to No. . in
all other respects No . oats, sound,
reasonably clean, and reasonably free
from other grain. Reiected-All oats,
damp, unsound, dirty, or for any other
cause unit for No, 2, shall be graded as
rejected. No. | rye must be sound,
plump, and well cleaned. No. 2 rye,
sound, reasonably clean, and reason
ably free from other grain. Rejected
All rye, damp, musty, dirty, or from
any cause unfit for No. 2, shall be
graded as rejected, No. / barley must
be plump, bright, sound, clean, and
free from other grain. No. 2 barley,
sound, bright, not plump enough for
No. |, reasonably clean, aud reasonably
free from other grain. Extra No.
barley includes slightly shrunken and
otherwise slightly damaged barley, not
good enough for No. 2. No. 8 barley
includes shrunken and otherwise dam
aged barley, weighing not less than al
pounds to the measured bushel. Feed
barley includes fall barley which is
damp, or from any cause badly damaged,
or unfit for mailing purposes, or which
is largely mixed with other grain.
Salsify-DO You Grow It Satisfy so
often called "Oyster-plant" We wish
it wasn't, says the american Agricultw
dtast, for many who live far inland di-
not like oysters, and the name preju-
dices these against one of the creates
delicacies of the garden. 1t is indeed
a choice vegetable, but one within the
reach OF every one, as it requires no
more care in cultivation than parsnip.
is requirements are precisely those of
the parsnip-a deep, rich soil and early
sowing of fresh leeds, the seed being
quite uncertain if not of the growth Of
the previous season. Make the rows
fifteen inches apart and SOW as soon as
the soil is dry enough to work the seed
being long and narrow is not sown
readily in machine, and it is safer to
sow by hand. The root is rarely over
an inch through; to get the largest pos
sible, thin to three or four inches and
keep free of weeds.
Scorzonera, or "Black Satisfy" is q
related plant, grown in the same man
ner and for the same uses; the root has
a darker exterior. By some the flavor
of this is preferred both. Both
are hardy, and if desired, part of the
crop may be left in the ground until
spring, the winters supply being stored
like other roots Uses-The roots are
to be scraped and thrown into water at
once, else they turn black. They are
cut into small pieces, stewed, and served
with sauce of butter thickened with
flour; they are boiled whole until soft,
then dipped into butter and fried, or
are mashed after boiling, made into
cakes which are dipped into butter and
fried. 1t is surprising that so excellent
a vegetable should be 80 little known.