The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-10-21
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The annual meeting of the Ma
tional association of grain dealers,
recently held in Minneapolis, was
an occasion of great interest to
grain dealers and grain growers,
and there were some features,
particularly the exhibits, which
were interesting to every one.
This organization is composed of
men who are also members of some
commercial body, such as chamber
of commerce or board of trade, in
their respective cities. The annual
meetings are held for the purpose
of discussing methods of grain in
specton and weighing and such
other questions as are of interest to
the trade. The delegates who
attended the Minneapolis conven
ton were a distinguished looking
body of men, and their meeting was
held in the magnifcently equipped
Grand opera house. There were
addresses and papers on every
feature of the grain growing and
grain handling business by eminent
men from far remote states, and
these addresses were followed by
lively discussions. State super
vision of grain inspection and
weighing, the raising of macaroni
wheat and kindred subjects received
their share OF attention, but that
part of the proceedings will be
reserved for future communica-
| ton.
In a room near the Chamber of
Commerce there we're on exhibition
during the three days session
samples of grain from many differ
ent states, and cards showing the
official grades. 1t gave an oppor-
tunity to compare, not only the
merits of the grains, but the official
grading of the different states. Of
course the inspection departments
of the different cities throughout
the country have the printed in
spection rules of all the other de-
partments, and an effort has always
been made to make the rules as
nearly uniform as varying local
conditions would permit. But here
one could compare the grain itself.
He could take a sample of spring
wheat which had been graded No,
l or No. 2 by the Philadelphia board
of trade, for instance, and compare
it with wheat of the same grade
from Buffalo, Toledo, st. Louis,
Baltimore or Minneapolis.
It must be remembered that Min
nesota is the only state which has a
law in full operation for state in
spection. In other states the work
is done under the supervision of
commercial organizations of the
larger cities, and where there are
several large cities in one state
each city has an inspection depart
ment. For instance there were
samples of official grading here from
Kansas City aud Wichita, Kan,
St. Louis and Kansas City, Mo-,
Chicago and Peoria, ILL.,, Toledo
and Cincinnati, Ohio, and New York
City and Buffalo, n. Y. Other
cities represented by samples,
officially graded, were Indianapolis,
Burlington, Galveston, Baltimore
and New Orleans. These samples
had been carefully selected, as each
exhibitor naturally took pride in
the products of his own state, and
they were feast for the eye.
Toledo, which claims to be the
largest market for clover and tim.
, othy seed in the world, exhibited
some choice samples of those com
modities. Iowa, Illinois and In
diana, which excel in corn growing
had samples of corn which were
simply wonderful. Some ears O.
yellow dent from Howard county
Ind, were nineteen inches lone
and filled to the tips. These were
the only ears on exhibition, but the
shelled corn from other states was
just as nice, and that from Iowa
was right up in the fore front
There were also some nice samples
from southern Minnesota.
But what filed the breast O