The Worthington advance., 1882-03-09
MINNESOTA NEWS
Established Grades OF Wheat.

Established Grades OF Wheat
Mankato Free Press: At meeting Of the
farmers board of trade held short time since
the secretary was instructed to have the grades
of wheat, as established by said board. pub.
lished officially. Following is q correct copy
Of samo:
No. Extra-To weigh not less than sixty pounds
to the measured bushe; to be bright. sound and
clean. Of the variety known as Scotch Fife, or any
other equally hard wheat.
No. Hard-To weigh not less than fifty eight
pounds to the measured buste: to be bright.
sound and clean, Scotch Fife other equally hard
variety
No. l-same as No. hard, except to include
No. = Hard-To be sound. reasonably clean, COM
posed mostly OF hard varieties of spring weats: to
wech not less than fifty six pounds to the measured
No Ito weigh not less than fifty six pounds to
the measured bushel, sound and reasonably clean.
No $40 weigh not less than tifty-fonr pounds
able for warehOusng.
Nc ito weigh not less than hfty-one pounds
to the measured bushel suitable for warehousine.
R"jectcd-Weghing not less than forty -eielt
pounds to tho measured bushel. suitable for ware
housing: No m,sty or badly grown wheat or rice
wheat shall be graded higher than rejected.
GEORGE GILES, Secretary
sT. PAUL. Mimi, Feb p, 1882.
BY request, We gladly give tho above space
in the columns Of the Free Press. 10 satify a
curiosity peculiar only to a Yankee, wo COM
pared tho above grades with those now adhered
to by tho milers and buyers Of Minnesota. and
passed by the Farmers board of trade as one
and one. Tho impression is cxtant that tho
miiler's meeting i'll December changed tLo
grade to the present standard This is
not no. ao,,dt. fact ns The ., buyers all over
grade and the convention simply passed reso-
lntions requiring them to adopt the old and
original weight grades. Simply this and moth
Ing more. We arc glad that the Farmers
Board have issued the grade circular above,
and believe they would have still further
pleased . large number Of farmers had they
embodied therein the difference in price be-
tween tho grades. 1t could tllen have been
Hecn at 4 glance just what hardships If any,
tho miler's restrictions are working against
our farmers
The names of the fish commissioners OF the
state are: r 0. Sweeny, St Paul; D. Cameron,
ia Crescent, and ". W. sweeny, Rod Wing.
Duluth Tribune: On the Goth Of last d.
cember young man named Samuel Foughty
was arrested in this city and committed to the
county jail to await his trial for forging the
name Of I4oveioy 4 Co. to checks on the Mer
chants National bank OF st. Paul. Last Satur-
day night Foughty made good bis escape from
the jail and is now 1T liberty. his escape was
assisted by outside parties who furnished HIM
the means to effect it: Sheriff McQuade
offered $50 out OF his own pocket FOR
Foughty's capture.
The new court house at Austin, Mower
county, will be an ornament to the city. It is
to be OF st Louis pressed brick, with trim
mings above the water line Of blue Amherst
stone from the Ohio quarries, sand polished
1t will be three stories high with tall tower
Size on the ground, 1O5xS2 feet It will face
to the west, and the interior will be arranged
with every modern convenience
One day last week, Ralph Flaherty, board.
ing house keeper in Reads Landing, made an
attack with knife on Thomas Anderson of
that place, wounding him in the back, hip and
arm. In defending himself, Anderson picked
up heavy iron poker and knocked his sssail
ant into q state Of temporary quiescence. cut
ting open his head and breaking his Ieg The
next morning Flaherty was arraigned before JUS
tice Cady on the charge Of assault with intent to
kili and held in 81 900 bonds to appear before
the grand jury.
A mass meeting Of farmers OF Rice, Dakot
and Goodhue counties will be held in North
field on Saturday, March 4, to consider the
question OF wheat and milling interests Of our
state
Capt W. B. Bend, of the St. Paul guards
has been elected major Of the first battalion
OF the Minnesota National guard