The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-06-11

as may be derived by presenting our crops TO tn6
Command the b best price. No. Northern xiD
take such grain as will prove suitable and DIS.
tinctive .tntstmediate between Nc. NQfth s5Ea
be hearty Identical with the Well KNOWN fraae
Of Chicago No: .. The grades Of No. q and
Inferior fenajn lnshanged and WI co. eonf Hl as
be provided fQt OF have place IN our pIessns Jaw:
While Il is perhaps true that many larM 1u aie
Situated that It you'd be convenient 20 Pa g
fact that this system has provided meana 1os
the INSCRIPTIONS to take .manv advantages
which they would not have done d1d thls Rr &C.
tice not obtain. There is no doubt that e tha
past the ent1re crop has been inspected, weighed
and handled at great loss and disadvantage to
the producer. because q part OF u mas Deen.p!e
with accuracy how much foul stuff lot OF wheat
contains, he will certainly put the docAa9e snin-
times dock numberless other lots of grain Where
In strict justice it ought not to be done Onoe1
the law the state weighmaster Is undeI oatn any
bonds to weigh accurately each lot OF gram ZOE
just what 1t is, and no discres->>can be anoWea
him to do otherwise: we're he permitted 70 dock
OF subtract anything from ; 1ot t 81 4Ia he hoia
system Of state, weighing would fall to pieces
and all respect for its integrity would be iost;
Very little could be accomplished In doing away
with the grievances complained OF, were Inc
Practice OF dockagc continued, as IL wOmu
always be convenient medium OF wrong-doins
~ those ed to 10
wasteful and expensive one to the producers. II
place Of it let the grain be properly Giea 4h,
ready for intelligent Inspection ana .nen
% %e VI p trast that the state system
Of grades and the inspection and weigh
guide the $3.50 producer, the small buyer with his
fat warehouse. and the merchant. 80 that Wnel
the grain shall reach the public yarenonsSa
or grade. 1t is the desire OF the commission ta
shape and operate the system in the; interest q
the people and not Of any monopoly: We are are
confident that with the united support C1 Gnd
business men and farmers of the Northwest we
will. with the integrity OF state inspection be,
hind it, make No. Northern" the greatest ana
most popular milling grade Of spring wheat ever
before known in the markets OF the world BEFORE
proceeding to establish these grades. the DoaIo
invited and has received the advice ana ASSIST
ance Of the chamber of commerce OF Mlnneapo-
lis and the boards of trade OF ST. Paul ana ~
luth, OF many interested farmers from tne
northern and western parts OF the state ana
Dakota, and has received from grain producers
in other parts of the Northwest many valuanle
suggestions by letter. The board realizes the
impossibility OF satisfying alike all interests
and sections of the state i'll the Oh
these grades 1t claims, however, IN 1's actlon,
to have beet governed only by an earnest ana
sincere desire to promote the interests OF the
commonwealth by giving to the great crop which
is hefc produced an opportunity to find the mar,
kets of the world at its real and true value, and
by maintaining and if possible by advancing me
reputation which Minnesota wheat now justly
deserves.
COMPARED WITH ST. PAUL GRADES.
Seven grades of wheat are found in use by
the ccnmission in the three cities, above
No. 8, but only four of these are used in the
st. Paul board Of trade, viz: No. hard,
No. regular, No. 9 hard, ard No. 2 regular:
Placing the old grades in comparison with
those created by the commission, No.
hard spring is identical with 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: I
Northern spring is new grade, being ike
the OLD No. regular, except that in the lat
ter no hard wheat is necessary, and the
weight is So pounds. No. 1 Northern spring
is also like No hard told grades), with the
exception that the old grade weight is ST
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. 2 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