The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-06-07
INDIAN WHEAT.
London (Ensland) Miller.
(Conlinuctl from lns; week \

((ohilnueu from las; week.
Leaving aside the foreign bodies
and strange grain that are accidentally
or Intentionally mixed with Indian
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are also to be found in abundance in
some consignments ct these wleats.
The dirt and foreign matters may he,
and are sometimes willfully added,
but that can hardly be the case with
witllered or weevilcd berries. 1t will
be the duty of the meeting to consi.
der this point with due attention, and
it is to lie hoped that the concl,ve
may result in light being thrown OH
this aspect OF the question. 1t is us.
serted, and with every appearance of
truth, that the bad condition of au.
t,mn as compared with earlier slip.
ments is due largely to the want of
proper storage accommodations for
wheat on the up country railway sta.
tons; so that in the rainy season piles
of grain remain exposed to drenclling
showers, just as in Snutl, Russia the
spring tllaws expose stacks of wheat
to the combined action of heat and
damp. If this be SO, the question will
naturally arise whether the Indian
may not proGtably follow
the example which has been set by
the advisers Of His Majesty Alexsn.
der III, OF Russia, and promote the
erection Of elevator accommodation
for the cereal wealth yielded by II fer.
tile soil. While OH this subject at.
tention may prolitably be directed to
the strong analogy in one respect he.
tween Indian and Russian wheat.
When complaints are made of the
condition in which grain is frequent.
ly received from India, it should not
he forgotten that precisely the same
may be said of many cargoes of Rus.
sian wheat. Earth clods, seeds, for.
eign grain, sllrveled berries-arc not
these all well known to those who
handle Russian grain! Like causes
produce like effects all the world over,
and lands III which patriarcial sys.
TENS of tiilage still obtain, in which
modern machinery is almost unknown.
can hardly be expected to export
wheat in the condition of the best
American and Canadian shipments.
But without expecting too much from
a county which has yet to assimilate
the appliances of western civilization.
we must not lose sight of our goal
sound, clean wheat at Il moderate
price.
There can be no question but that
Indian grain. if it answered this dis.
crirtion, would he Il great boon TO
those moderately circumstanced mil.
lers, who form the backbone of our
great milling industry. 10 insist on
the "ten'pcring" qualities ofgood, dry
Indian grain in years when British
wheat has come to maturity
amid drencling showers would lie
superiluous; but it is to be hoped that
the coming conference will not lose
sight Of the fact that while the large
mills in the country are well provided
for the most part with cleaning ma.
chinery. their smaller competitors are
in the respect of a great disadvantage.
The country miller, as u rule, has not
had the means of properly preparing
Indian wheat for use, and whenever
measures may materially improve the
condition Of East Indian wheat car.
goes will he Of distinct value to a
most deserving section of British in.
|dustry.