The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-06-11

as may be derived by presenting our crops 70 the
customers II Just that condi,ioG which. VII!
command com n the best price NJ 2 No.tae1n xtI
aud No. 8: This erAde will run parallel To and
b nearly Identical with the we'll known knde
inferior remain unchanged sud will continue -
heretofore. No system of dockaEe for dirt can
Se PROVIDED for or have place In our present. law
90 situated that It would be convenient to hsve
their grain cleaned ct tho elevators, yet tits
fsct that this system has provided Meane for
Wien VIZ Wopla ne ss1e aene did ss sse.
tica not ebtain. There IL no doubt that M the
past the entire crop has been inspected, Weighed
the producer. because > part Of it has been put
into tho market without pr per cleaning. AZ 1t
Is not possible for an inspector to determine
with accuracy how much foul stun : lot o. What
cient to be safe against loss, and besides often
times dock numberless other lots Of grain where
In strict Justice 1t ought not to be done Under
the law the state weighmaster Is under oath and
bonds to weigh accurately each lot Of grain fox
Just what 1t is. and no disere:..>>san be allowed
OF subtract anything from lot Of xrain upon
system Of state weighing would fan to pieces,
Very little could be accomplished in doing swsS
With the grievances complained Of. were ths
practice 81 dockage Continued; q 1t would
Sy those disposed to resort 70 sl.Ip asetieat:
This practice of dockage "a. an. anprovtde1e.
wasteful and expensive one to the producers. LIP
ready for tnteliisent inspection. and then
weight. We trust that the state: system
Ing Of grain nu viii ie be found Veil .d.psed to
guide the producer the Small buyer with his
hat warehouse and the merchant, 10 that when
the grain shall reach the public warehouses.
thew will mr. he made arffpr in either weight
or grade. 1t is the desire of the commission to
shape and operate the system in the interest OF
confident that with the united support Of tho
business men and farmers OF tho Northwest, We
will: With the integrity Of state inspection be,
most popular milling grade of spring wheat ever
before known in the markets Of the world. Before
proceeding to establish these grades, the board
ance Of the chamber Of commerce Of Minneepo-
lis and the boards OF trade of st. Paul and Du.
luth. o. many interested farmers from tho
northern and western parts OF the state and
Dakota, and has received from grain producers
in other parts Of the Northwest many valuable
suggestions by letter: The board realizes the
impossibility of satisfying alike ali interests
and sections of the state in the establishment Of
these grades, 1t claims, however, in its action,
to have been governed only by an earnest and
sincere desire to promote the interests Of the
is here produced an opportunity to find the mar
kets of the world at its real and true value, and
Dy MAINTAINING ana II possible Dv advancing the
reputation which Minnesota wheat now justly
deserves.
COMPARED WITH ST. PAUL GRADES
Seven grades of wheat are found in use by
the commission in the three cities. above
No 3, but only four Of these are used in the
St Paul board of trade, viz: No. 1 hare,
No. regular, No. hard, and No 2 regular.
Placing the old grades in comparison with
those created by the commission, No.
l hard spring is identical with
the former calls for only IS per cent of hard
Scotch Fife while in the latter 50 or 80 per
cent is required No. 2 Northern spring cor
responds with the old No. regular, with the
exception of the word Northern. No 1
Northern spring is a new grade. being like
the old No. regular, except that in the lat
ter no hard wheat is Necessary, and the
weight is 50 pounds No. l Northern spring
is also like No 2 hard Told grades). with the
exception that the old grade weight is So
pounds, instead of 81, and the percentage Of
hard wheat required is 20 in the old No
Northern spring partially combines the feat
ures of No regular and No. hard
The rules for the government of assistant
grain inspectors will be published in the next
issue. They are not yet definitely fixed