Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1885-06-05
The Railroad and Warehouse Commits
sioners Of Minnesota Establish
Wheat Grade. =,
1t is Believed That This Will Operate
Favorably and Benefcially
to Dakota Farmers.
A Terrible Cyclone in Illinois
other Warming for People to
',. Come to Dakota,
MINNESOTA,
Grain in the Northwest Looking Better
than Last Year.

eAAo
than Last Year.
ST. PAUL, June 4-Crops along the lint
OF the Manitoba road are in excellent con
dition and ten or fifteen days ahead Of wha,
they were at this time last year. Wheat at
some points is from eight to ten inches
high and the late rains have done an
immense amount of good.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS CIRCULAR,
The Railroad Commissioners Of Mime.
sofa this evening issued the following:
STATE OF MINNESOTA BOARD OF r. r, AMI
WAREHOUSE COMMISSIONERS.
ST. PAUL, June 4, 1885.
The following are the grades of grain
established by the board of grain and ware
house commissioners, in compliance with
the warehouse and grain law:
bright and we'll cleaned, must contain not
less than 75 per cent. of hard Scotch fife
and weigh not less than SO pounds tolthe
measured bushel. -. d., =
MOL northern spring wheat must be
sound and well cleaned and must contain
not less than so per cent of the hard vari-
ties Of spring wheat s. Xxi y
minimum best weight of this grade is not
to be less than 81 pounds to the measured
busheL -, -
No. 2 northern spring wheat must be
sound, reasonably clean and Of good mill
So5rE.Ifhis grade to include all wheat
not suitable for higher grades, and to weigh
not less than fifty-six pounds TO the meas
, No. Spring wheat shall comprise all in
ferior or dirty spring wheat weighing not
less than fifty-fOur pounds to the measured
bushel.
Rejected spring wheat shall include all
spring wheat that is grown, badly bleached,
or for any cause unfit for No. 8 wheat.
of 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 ad-
mixture of foreign grain or seeds or is bin
burnt, whatever grade it might otherwise
be, shall be pronounced no grade, with in
spectcr's notations as to quality and con-
To carry out the grade rule of the recent
law, Inspector ::Burdick is preparing rules
for inspection. and drawing certificates to
be issued to elevators in terminal points,
The commission find now in use in the
three cities Of Minneapolis. Duluth and St.
raul a Total OF seven grades Of sprigg
wheat above No. 8, as follows: Extra No
l, No: Hard, No. Northern, No. 1 Reg
ular, No. Hard, No., 2 Northern and No.
Regular. Under the new system there
are but three grades above No. 8 as follows:
No. | Hard, No. l Northern and No. 2
Northern. 1t is believed the grade of No.
Hard as established will be found to pro-
vide for guilt edge wheat to the general
satisfaction of the friends of that grade.
In establishing the grades of Nos. and 2
Northern the commission adOnted the word
"Northern" to give character to and des-
ignate as trade mark our northwestern
wheat in the markets of the world and
thus draw line between northern and
southern spring wheat as all now recoo-
niZe the superiority of northern grown
wheat.
The commission have provided that No.
1 northern shall be COMPOSED Of hard and and
soft varieties of spring Wheat, not less than
SO per cent hard. with view that this
grade shall be the great REPRESENTATIVE
milling grade, and with a hone that when
this grade is well understood. both in the
country and in the markets. we shall he
able to market the great bnIk of onr GOOD
milling wheat Through this grade 7The
test weight of 81 pounds ia fixed with this
view and for the purpOse stated.
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hoN' w. r. STEELE
OF oteele, Dakota, FARMER and elevator
man was appointed one OF the commission
ers OF Dak0ta, 6y the Legislature, to ap-
pear Dedore the Minnesota legislature and
ttry 10 enect community OF grading be-
tween DaKOta ana Minnesota. he was at
uie = Mercnants notel last evening and
~ s1Vpe ~ repoIter snoWed 10 MN schedule