The Dickinson press., 1883-09-01

special kilograms, and are given our read
ers simply as showing some of the impor.
tant events now transpiring within the ter
ritory. We do not vouch for the truth or
falsity of these items or indorse the senti-
ments they express only in SO far as they
of this paper.
DakOta's Gram Commission.
At meeting of the board of grain in
spectors for Dakota, held on the second
day of August, 1883, the following rules
governing the inspection of grain in the
territory of Dakota for the year ending
August LIST, 1884, were adopted:
SPRING HEAT
No. | Hard Spring Wheat-Shall be
composed mostly of the hard varieties
of spring wheat, which must be sound,
we'll cleaned. and weigh not less than
So pounds to the measured bnshel.
No. l Spring Wheat-Must be sound.
we'll cleaned, weighing not less than So
pounds to the measured bushel.
No. 2. Hard Spring Wheat-Must be
sound and reasonably clean, composed
mostly of the hard varieties of spring
wheat, and weigh not less than 81
DOuuUS 10 Uu0 Hl0ASdE0u UuSl0l.
No. 2 Spring Wheat-Must be sound
less than Sc pounds to the measured
bushel.
No. 8 Spring Wheat-Shall comprise
all wheat fit for warehousing, not good
enough for No. 2, weighing not less than
81 pounds to the measured bushel.
Rejected Spring Wheat-Shall COM
prise all wheat fit for W~arehousing; but
too low in weight or otherwise unfit for
No.3.
Note-Al wheat that is in a heating
condition, or too damp to be considered
safe for w%arehousing, or that has any
considerable admixture of foreign grain
or seeds, or is badly bin burnt, whatever
grade it might otherwise be-, is pro-
nounced Condemned"
Rice Wheat-Win in no case be in
spected higher than rejected.
Wheat containing any mixture, how
eve light of rice wheat lsometimes
termed "Goose wheat or "California")
is liable to grade rejected, however high
it might otherwise grade.
WINTER WHEAT.
No. l Winter Wheat-To be pure
white winter wheat, s,und, plump, and
we'll cleaned and weigh not less than SO
pounds to the measured bushel.
No. 2 Winter Wheat-To be pure
white winter wheat, sound and reason
ably clean, and weigh not less than Sc
pounds to the measured bushel.
No. l Red Winter-To be pure winter
sound plump, and we'll cleaned, and
weigh not less than So pounds to the
measured bushel.
No. 2 Red Winter-Tob be pure winter
wheat, red or red and white mixed,
sound and reasonably cleaned. and
weigh not less than Sc pounds to the
measured bushel.
No. 8 WHITEHALL winter wheat not
clean and plump enough for No. 2,
weighing not less than IS pounds to the
measured bushel.
Rejected Winter-All winter wheat
damp, musty, grown, OF from any cause
so badly damaged as to be unfit for No.
No. Ito be sound, plump, and we'll
cleaned white and yellow.
No. 2-To be dry, reasonably clean.
but not plump enough for No. 1.
Rejected-All damp, dirty and other
wise badly damaged.
White Corn-To be white and in all
other respects the same as No. l corn.
Vel ow Corn-To be yellow, and in all
other respects same as No. l corn.
High mixed corn shall be three quar-
ton and quality.
Mol White Oats-Shall be white
clean and bright, and weigh not less
than 50 pounds to the measured bushel.
No. 2 White Oats-Must be nearly
white, reasonably clean, and weigh not
bushel.
No.3 White Oats-shall be mainly
white, and not equal to No. 2 white in
other respects.
No. 2 Mixed Oats-Shall include light
and dark mixed, reasonably clean.
REASONABLE free from other grains. and
weigh not less than, 20 pounds to the
measured bushel.
No. 8 Oats-All ~merchantable oats I'm.
fit for No. 2 shall be graded No. 8.
Rejected-All damp, unsound. dirty.
or from any other cause unfit for No. 4.
No. Ito be sound, plump and we'll
cleaned.
No. 2-To be sour d, reasonably clean
and free from other grain.
Rtjected--Al damp, musty, dirty or
otherwise unfit for No. 2.
BARLEY.
No. Ito be plump, bright, sound.
clean and free from other grain.
No. 2 Barley-Shall be sonnd, reason
ably plump. reasonably clean, and free
from other grain, good mailing barley.
but may be slightly stained, testing moi
less than 81 pounds to the measured
bushel.
No. 4 B~arley-Shall include shrunken
discolored. but reasonably sound barley
I'D tit for mailing purposes, weighing
n6c less than 43 pounds to the measured
bus.lel.
Rejected Rarley-Shall include all
damp, musty, damaged; or for any cause
unit for mailing purposes, or largely
mixed with other grains.
Counties in the Sioux Falls Con.
ventiOn.
The following is a list of the counties
in the South half of Dakota which have
elected delegates to the constitutional
convention to be held at Sioux Falls on
the 4th of September:
Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brook
ings, Brown, Brule, Butte. Buffalo.
Campbell, MCPHERSON, Clark, Charles.
Mix, Clay, C%odington, Custer, Dawson,
Day, Douglas, Deuel., Edmunds, Faux
Fall River, Grant, Hand, Hamlin. Han,
son, Hutchinson, Hughes, Hyde, Jer-