St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-13
Grades Of Grain Established by the Board
Of Railroad and Warehouse
Commissioners.
OFFICIAL PUBLIcATIoN.)
STATE OF MINNESOTA,
BOARD OF RAUROAn AMI WApruoTTSE

BOARD OF RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE
COMMISSIONERS, ST.. PAUL, July 10, 1885.
The following are the grades of grain eStab-
hshed by the Board of Railroad and Ware
mouse Commissioners, and will be published
1or one week, in compliance with the ware
house and grain law, entitled ''Anact to reeu-
tate warehouses, inspection. weighing and
handling of grain approved March 5, 1885.
which shall be known as Minnesota grades;
the samSto take effect and be in force on and
after August 1.
MINNESOTA GRADES.
No. Hard Spring Wheat-No. hard spring
wheat must be sound, bright and well cleaned,
must contain not less than IS per cent. of hard
Scotch Fife, and weigh not less than fifty
eight pounds to the measured bushel.
No. Northern Spring Wheat-No. North
ern spring wheat must be sound and well
cleaned, and must contain not less than so per
cent. of the hard varieties of spring wheat
Note-It is to be understood that the mini
mum test weight of this grade shall not be less
than fifty-seven pounds to the measured
bushel.
No. 2 Northern Spring Wheat-No. 2 North
ern spring wheat must be sound, reasonably
clean and of good milling quality.
Note-This grade to include all wheat neg
suitable for the higher grades and to weigh
not less than fifty-six pounds to the measured
buShel.
No. Spring Wheat-No. spring wheat
shall comprise all inferior, shrunken or dirty
spring wheat weighing not less than ffty-four
pounds to the measured buShel.
Rejected Spring Wheat-Rejected spring
wheat shall include all spring wheat that is
grown, badly bleached, or for any cause unfit
for No. 3 wheat.
Note-Wheat containing any adm1Xture or
Rice or Goose wheat will in no case be graded
higher than rejected.
No Grade-All wheat that is in heating
condition. musty, or too damp to be safe for
warehousing, or has any considerable admix-
ture of foreign grain seeds, or is badly ''bin
burnt whatever grade it might otherwise be,
shall be pronounced mo grade, " with inSpec-
tors notations US to quality and conditions.
WINTER WHEAT.
No. White Winter-No. 1 white winter to
be sound, well cleaned, reasonably plu-np and
composed of the white varieties.
No. 2 White Winter-No. white winter to
be sound, reasonably clean and composed OF
the white varieties
No. Red Winter-No 1 red winter to be
sound, well cleaned, reasonably plump and
composed of the red varieties.
No. 2 Red Winter-No. red winter to be
sound, reasonably clean and composed of the
red varieties.
No. Winter-No. winter to be sound, well
cleaned reasonably plump and composed OF
mixed white and red winter.
No. ? Winter-No. winter to be sound. rea-
sonably clean and composed of mixed white
and red winter.
No. winter-No. winter shall comprise
all winter wheat fit for warehOusing, weighing
not less than fifty-fOur pounds to the meas.
unfit for No. 2 of the other grades.
Rejected Winter-Rejected winter, fit for
warehousing, but otherwise unfit for No. 3.
CORN.
No. Yellow Corn-No. yellow corn shall
be yellow, sound, dry, plump and well
cleaned.
No. Yellow Corn-No. yellow corn shall
| be three-fourths yellow, dry, reasonably
clean, but not plump enough for No. l.
No. 3 Yellow Corn-No. yellow corn shall
be three-fourths yellow, reasonably dry and
reasonably clean, but not sufficiently sound
for No. ,.
No. White Corn-No. 1 white corn shall
| be sound, dry, plump and well cleaned.
No. 2 White Corn-No.2 white corn shall be
/ seven-eights white, dry, reasonably clean,
| but not plump enough for No. l.
No. 3 White Corn-No. white corn shall
| be seven-eights white, reasonably dry, and
| reasonably clean, but not sufficiently sound
| for No. 2.
No. l. Corn-No. 1 corn shall be mixed
corn of choice quality, sound, dry and well
| cleaned
No. 2 Corn-No. 2 corn shall be mixed
| corn, dry, reasonably clean, but not good
| enough for No. l.
| No. Corn-No corn shall be mixed corn,
reasonably dry and reasonably clean, but
| not sufficiently sound for No. 2.
No. I Corn-No. 4 corn shall include all
| corn not wet or in heating condition, that is
| unfit to grade No. ).
| OATS.
| i
white, sound, clean and reasonably free from
| other grain.
No. White Oats-No. 2 white oats shall be
| seven-eightS white, sweet, reasonably clean,
and reasonably free from other grain.
No. White Oats-No. white oats shall
be seven-eights white, but not sufficiently
sound and clean for No. 2.
No. 1 Oats-No. l oats shall be mixed oats,
sound, clean and reasonably free from other
grain.
No. 2 Oats-No. 2 oats shall be sweet reas
onably clean and reasonably free from other
| grain.
No. 3 Oats-No. 8 oats shall be all oats that
are damp, uusound, dirty, or for any other
cause unfit for No. 2.
! No. Rye-No. rye shall be sound, plump
| and well-ceaned.
No. 2 Rye-No. rye shall be sound, reas-
onably clean and reasonably free from other
| grain.
No. Rye-An rye, damp, musty, dirty or
| from any cause unfit for No. 2, shall be
| graded as No. 3.
| BARLEY.
| No. 1 Barley-No. barley shall be plump,
| bright, clean, and free from other grain.
| No. Barley-No. barley shall be sound,
| of healthy color, not plump enough for No.
| l, reasonably clean, and reasonably free from
| other grain.
No. 3 Barley-No. 8 barley shall include
| slightly shrunken and otherwise slightly dam
aged barley not good enough for No. 2.
| No. Barley-No. barley shall include all
barley fit for mailing purposes not good
| enough for No. 8.
No. Barley-No. barley shall include all
barley which is badly damaged or from any
cause unfit for mailing purposes, except that
| barley which has been chemically treated
| shall not be graded at ALL
Scotch Barley-Scotch barley, the grades
! of Nos. /, 2 and Scotch barley shall CORE
! spond in all respects with the grades of Nos.
l, 2 and barley, except that they shall be Of
| the Scotch variety.
The word ''new" shall be inserted in each
| certificate of inspection of a newly-harvested
| crop as follows:
| Oats until the 18th day of August.
| Rye, until the 1st day of September.
| Wheat, until the LIST day of October.
| Barley, until the 1st day of October.
| Corn, until the first day of January.
| This change shall be construed as estab-
| fishing new grade for the time specified,
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