St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-12
Grades Of Grain Established by the Board
Of Railroad and Warehouse
Commissioners.
OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS.
STATE OF MINNESOTA,

COMMISSIONERS, ST. PAUL, July 10, 1885.
The following are the grades of grain estab-
hshed by the Board of Railroad and Ware
house Commissioners, and will be published
for one week, in compliance with the ware
house and grain law. entitled San act TO resu-
late warehouses, inspection, weighing and
handling of grain" approved March D, 1859,
which shall be known as Minnesota grades;
the same to take effect and be in force on and
after August l.
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 5Oper
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 tifty-seven pounds to the measured
bushel.
No. Northern Spring Wheat-No North
ern spring wheat must be sound, reasonably
clean and of good milling quality.
Note-This grade to include all wheat not
suitable for the higher grades and to weigh
not less than ffty-six pounds to the measured
bushel.
No. 3 Spring Wheat-No 3 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. wheat.
Note-Wheat containing any admiXture OF
Rice or Goose wheat will in no case be graded
higher than rejected.
No Grade-An wheat that is in heating
condition, musty, or too damp to be safe for
warehousing, or has any considerable admiX-
ture of foreign grain or seeds, or is badly ''bin
burnt, whatever grade it might otherwise be,
| shall be pronounced mo grade, with inspec-
| tors notatiOns as 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. 2 white winter to
| be sound, reasonably clean and composed of
| the white varieties.
| No. l Red Winter-No. l red winter to be
| sound, well cleaned, reasonably plump and
| composed of the red varieties.
! No. 2 Red Winter-No. 2 red winter to be
sound, reasonably clean and composed of the
| red varieties.
No. L 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.
| all winter wheat fit for warehousing, weighing
not less than ffty-four pounds to the meas
ured bushel, not sound enough or otherwise
unfit for No. of the other grades.
| Rejected Winter-Rejected winter, fit for
warehousing, but otherwise unfit for No. 3.
! CORN.
No. Yellow COrn-No. 1 yellow corn shall
be yellow, sound, dry, plump and well
cleaned.
No. 2 yellow Corn-No. yellow corn shall
be three-fourths yellow, dry, reasonably
clean, but not plump enough for No. l.
| No. Yellow Corn-No. 3 yellow corn shall
be three-fourths yellow, reasonably dry and
reasonably clean, but not sufficiently sound
for No. 2.
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. White Corn-No. white corn shall
be seven-eights white, reasonably dry, and
reasonably clean, but not sufficiently sound
for No. 2.
No. 1. Corn-No. 1 corn shall be mixed
corn of choice quality, sound, dry and wei
cleaned.
No. Corn-No. 2 corn shall be mixed
corn, dry, reasonably clean, but not gOod
enough for No. /.
No. 3 Corn-No corn shall be mixed corn
reasonably dry and reasonably clean, but
not sufficiently sound for No. =.
No. Corn-NO. corn shall include al
corn not wet or in heating condition, that is
unfit to grade No. 3.
OATS il'-
No. 1 White Oats-NO white oats shah be
white, sound, clean and reasonably free frou
| 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. 5 white oats shall
be seven-eights white, but not sufficiently
sound and clean for No. =.
No. Oats-No. l oats shall be mixed oats
sound, clean and reasonably free from other
grain.
No Oats-No. oats shall be sweet, reas
onably clean and reasonably free from Other
grain.
No. Oats-No 3 oats shall be all oats that
are damp, uusound, dirty, or for any Other
cause unfit for No. 2.
RYE
No l Rye-No. rye shall be sound, plump
and well-cleaned.
No. 2 Rye-No rye shall be sound, reas-
onably clean and reasonably free from othe
grain.
No. Rye-An rye, damp, musty, dirty OF
from any cause unit for No. 2, shall bC
| graded as No. 3.
| BARLEY.
No 1 Barley-No. l 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. Barley-No. barley shall Include
slightly shrunken and otherwise slightly dam
aged barley not good enough for No. 2.
No. Barley-No. barley shall include al
barley tit for mailing purposes not gooC
enough for No. 3.
No. Barley-No. barley shall include al
barley which is badly damaged or from an!
cause unfit for mailing purposes, except tina
barley which has been chemically treatet
shall not be graded at ALL
Scotch Barley-Scotch barley, the grade!
of Nos. l, 2 and Scotch barley shall CORE
spOnd in all respects with the grades of Nos
! l, 2 and barley, except that they shall be o
the Scotch variety.
The word new" shall be inserted in eacl
certificate of inspection of u newly harvested
crop as follows
Oats, until the 18th day of August.
Rye, until the LIST day of September.
Wheat, until the 1st day of October.
Barley, until the LIST day of October.
Corn, until the first day of January.
This change shall be construed as estab
fishing new grade for the time specified
to conform in every particular to the exist
ing grades of grain, except as the distinc
: lions of new and odd 192-l97
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