The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-03-09
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 correct copy
of same:
to the measured bushel; to be bright. sound and
clean, of the variety known Scotch Fife, or any
other equally hard wheat.
No. l Hard-To weigh not less than ffty-eight
pounds to the measured bushel: to be bright,
sound and clean. Scotch Fife or other equally hard
variety.
soft varieties of wheat.
No. Q Hard-To be sound, reasonably clean. COM
posed mostly Of hard varieties OF spring wheats: to
weigh not less than fifty six pounds to the measured
No. 2-To weigh not less than ffty-six pounds to
the measured bushel, sound and reasonably clean
No. $40 weigh not less than ffty-four pounds
TO the measured busne!, reasonably clean and suit
able for warehousng.
No. ITO weigh not less than ffty-one pounds
to the measured bushel, suitable for warehousing.
Rejected-Weighing not less than forty eight
pounds to the measured bushel, suitable for ware
housing. No musty or badly grown wheat or rice
wheat Shall be graded higher than rejected.
GEORGE GILES. Secretary.
ST PAUL, Mimi, Feb 81, 1882.
By request, we gladly give the above space
in the columns of the Free Press. To Salty a
curiosity peculiar only to a Yankee, we COM
pared the above grades with those now adhered
to by the millers and buyers of Minnesota, aud
find the grades as nearly identical with those
passed by the Farmers board of trade as one
and one. The impression is eztant that the
miller's meeting in December changed the
grade to the present nn standard This is
the country were themselves 'Fof Of
grade" and the convention simply passed reso-
1utions requiring them to adopt the old and
original weight grades. Simply this and moth
ing more. We are 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 then have been
seen at glance just what hardships, if any.
the miller's restrictions are working against
our farmers.
Duluth Tribune: On the Goth of last De-
cember young man named Samuel Foughty
was arrested in this city and committed to the
name OF Lovejoy & Co. to checks on the Mer-
chants National bank of st. Paul. Last Satur-
day night Foughty made good his escape from
the jail and is now at 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.
ing house keeper in Reads Landing, made an
attack with q 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 assail-
ant into state Of temporary quiescence, cut
ting open his head and breaking his leg. The
next morning Flaherty was arraigned before JUS
tice Cady on the charge of assault with Intent to
kill, and held in 81 900 bonds to appear before
the grand jury.
There was regular old fashioned blizzard
ct Duluth last Saturday