Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1910-08-25
MINNESOTA GRADES
Grain Grades for South Dakota are
Fixed by Terminal Shipping Points
NORTHERN srR1Nt WHEAT

NORTHERN srRING WHEAT
sound. bright sweet, clean and consist
cites, ana Weigh not less than IS
pounds to the measured bushel
No. Northern Spring wheat-shan
be sound, sweet and clean, may consist
OF the hard and soft varieties of
spring wheat and weigh not less than
81 pounds to the measured bushel.
No. Northern Spring Whest-Shan
be spring wheat not clean enough or
sound enough for No. l, but of good
milling. quality, and may consist OF the
bearded varieties, and must not weigh
less than 6e pounds to the measured
bushel.
No. 8 Northern Spring wheat-ShaN
be composed of inferior. shrunken,
spring wheat and weigh not less than
"a pounds to the measured bushel
No. 4 Northern Spring wbeat-shan
is badly shrunken OF damaged, and
weigh not less than 40 pounds to the
measured busheL
Rejected Spring wheat-shall in
sprouted. badly bleached or for any
other cause unfit for No. 4
Note-Hard. finty wheat, of good
color, containing no appreciate ad-
mixture Of soft wheat. may be admit
Spring wheat, and No. 8 Northern
Spring wheat provided weight of the
same Is not more than one pound less
CURED by the existing rules Of said
grades, and provided further, that
such sue w wheat is in all other respects
grades
WHITE WINTER WHEAT
! No. 1 White Winter Wheat-Shall
include all varieties Of pure, soft
white winter wheat, sound, plump,
less than So pounds to the measured
bushel.
No. 2 White Winter Wheat-Shall
include all varieties Of soft, white
winter wheat, dry, sound and clean,
may contain not more, than per cent
| of soft red winter wheat, and weigh
not less than 6s pounds to the measur-
ed bushel.
No. 3 White Winter Wheat-shnll
| include all varieties of soft, white win
ter wheat, may contain 5 per cent or
damaged grains other than now
burnt wheat. and may contain 10 per
| cent OF soft red winter wheat and
weigh not less than SO pounds to the
| measured bushel.
HARD WINTER WHEAT
No. Hard Winter Wheat-Shall IN
Crude all varieties of hard winter
wheat, sound, plump, dry. sweet and
pounds to the measured busheL
No. 2 Hard Winter wheat-Shan In
clude. al! varieties Of hard winter
weigh G not less THAI than s. pounds to the
| measured bushel.
No. S Hard Winter Wheat-Shall In
clude all varieties of hard winter
wheat, both light and dark colors, not
clean and plump enough for No. 2,
and weigh not less than So pounds to
| the measured bushel
No. Hard Winter Wheat--Shall In
wheat not fit for higher grade.
RED WINTER WHEAT.
No. 1 Red Winter Wheat-Shall be
pure red winter wheat of both light
and dark colors, sound, sweet, plump
| and we'll cleaned, and weigh not less
than 90 pounds to the measured bu
sheA
No. Red Winter wheat-shan be
red winter wheat of both light and
than per cent of white winter; sound
sweet and clean, and weigh not less
than IS pounds to the measured bushel
No: 3 Red Winter Wheat-sha l,o be
and plump enough for No. 3; shall
not contain more than 5 per cent Of
white winter and weigh not less than
| 66 pounds to the measured bushel
WESTERN WHITE AND RED
WHEAT
No Western White-No. l western
White shall nl be sound wei cleaned cleaned
|
| No. 2 Western White-No. 2 western
| white shall be sound, reasonably clean,
and composed Of western varieties Of
| white wheat
white shall be composed of all west
! ern white wheat fit for warehousing,
weighing not less than 81 pounds to
the measured bushel and not sound
enough or otherwise fit for tho higher
| grades.
Rejected Western White - Rejected
western white shall comprise all west
ern white wheat fit for warehousing
| but unfit for higher grades.
NOTE-We red wheat and west
ern wheat shall correspond in all re
spects with the grades of Nos. l, 3, 8
and rejected.
DURUM (MACARoNI) WHEAT
No. Durum Wheat-Shall be bright,
| sound, dry well cleaned and be COM
! posed of durum, commonly known as
macaroni wheat and weigh not less
| than 60 pounds to the measured bu-
shell
No. Durum whent-shall be dry,
clean and of good milling quality. 1t
shall include all durum wheat that for
any reason is not suitable for No. !
durum and weigh not less than So
pounds to the measured bushel.
No. 3, Durum Whent-Shall include
all durum wheat bleached shrunken
or for any cause unfit for No. 2, and
weigh not less than IS pounds to the
| measured bushel.
No. DurUm Wheat-Shall include
all durunl wheat that is badly bleached
or for any cause unfit for No. g.
MIXED WHEAT
In case OF any appreciate admtx-
ture of durum, western, winter or
western white and red wheat with
Minnesota grades of northern spring
wheat, with each other it
shall be graded according to the quail
ity thereof. and classed as Nos. l, 9.
3, etc, mixed wheat with inspectors
notation describing it's character.
| No. I Corn-Shall be corn of various
colors, sound, plump, and well cleaned
and should contain not more than is
per cent moisture.
No. Oorn-Shall be corn of various
oolors, sweet, reasonably clean and
| should not contain more than 1914 per
cent of moisture
No. 3 Corn-Shall be corn of various
| colors. sweet, shall be reasonably
sound and reasonably clean and should
not contain more than 10 per cent OF
| moisture.
1 No No A oorn Include