Morris tribune., 1880-10-28
GRAIN INSPECTION.

Important Notifications Made by the Board
|. of Trade in the Rules Regulating the
Grading of Wheat and Other Grains in
st. Paul Elevators.
Ar meeting of the st. Paul Board of Trade
Wednesday, the 2Oth, new rules and regula-
tions for the inspection of grain were adopted.
The new rules are Of the utmost
importance to all who are in any
way concerned in the grain business through
out these parts, and those interested will do
we'll to keep them as published below in the
GLOBE as they are absolutely correct in letter
and word. The following are the rules, of
which the board voted to have 500 copies prin-
ted on separate sheets for the private use OF
members:
WHEAT
No. hard wheat shall be composed of the
hard varieties of wheat, clean, bright and
seuud, and weigh not less than 5S pounds to
the measured bushel.
NJ. 3, hard wheat shall be sound and well
cleaned. weighing not less than So pounds to
the measured bushel.
No. 2 wheat shall be sound, reasonably clean
and weigh not less than Sc pounds to the meas
ured bushel.
No wheat shall comprise all wheat fit for
warehousing, weighing not less than 81 pounds
to the measured bushel; but very seedy or very
dirty wheat shall not be inspected "a OF this
grade,
No. wheat shall include all wheat 1T for
warehousing not good enough for No. 8, and
shall weigh not less than 81 pounds to the
measured bushel.
Rejected wheat shall include damp, bin burnt
| or musty wheat fit for warehousing, and wheat
| too low in weight for No. 4.
Condemned wheat shall include all wheat
that is unfit for warehousing, by reason of
being damp or full of foul seeds or dirt.
Rice wheat shall in no case be inspected
| higher than rejected.
CORN.
No. yellow corn shall be dry. yellow, sound
| and we'll cleaned.
No. 2 corn shall be sound, dry and reasona
| bly, clean. An occasional dark kernel shall mo-
deprive it of this grade.
No. 3 corn shall include drv corn that is toe
dirty Or has too many damaged kernels fol
| No. 2.
Rejected corn shall include all new or damE
corn, also heated and musty.
OATS.
| No. / white oats shall be white, clean and
| bright, and weigh not less than 50 pounds t
| the measured bushel.
No. Q white oats must be nearly white, res
sonably clean and weigh not less than 2:
pounds to the measured bushel.
| No. white oats shall be mainly white, anc
| not equal to No, 2 white in other respects.
No. mixed oats shall in olude light and darl
| mixed, reasonably clean, reasonably free from
other grains, and weigh not less than 20 9pound
/ to the measured bushel.
| No. 8 oats. All merchantable oats unfit FOL
No. 2 shall be graded No. 8.
/ Rejected oats shall include all damp, musty
| or badly mixed with screenings or other grain.
| RYE.
No. l rye 10 be sound and well cleaned.
No. rye to be sound and reasonably clean
Rejected rye, unsound but ft for ware
housing.
BARLEY.
No. barley shall be of q bright. natura
| color, plump, sound, well cleaned and fret
from other grain.
No. 2 barley shall be sound, reasonabi!
plump, reasonably clean and free from othe
erain-good mailing barley, but may be slight
/ ly stained.
Extraj No. 8 barley shall comprise barle!
that is slightly unsOnnd, or too much stained
| or shrunken for No. 2, but otherwise meeting
the requirements of that grade.
| No. barley shall include shrunken, dis
colored, but reasonably sound barley. and d
for mailing purposes, weighlng not lees tnal
| "a lbs. to the measured bushel.
Rejected barley shall include all damp
muaty, damaged, or for any cause unfit 70
mailing purposes, or largely mixed with othe
grain.
FLAX SEED.
Rule same as that adopted by the Ohicag
board of trade.
The board also adopted rule that all grail
sold must be delivered ON or before noon o
the day of sale, and that il shall have fire.
storage for the next succeeding thirty-six hour
after IL NJ. of the day of delivery.
On Tuesday, Oct. IL, in Owatonna, Han
Erickson was killed by the falling of . der
rick. He survived his injuries about thre
hours.