The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-28
DEFICIENCY IN
CHOICE BARLEY
House of Commons Passes
Flax Grading Bill. North
American Visible.

While there has heen a scarcity of
choice barley in the market all the
way through the crop season. there is
now a further deficiency even of a
good class of 1t coming into IN mar
kets. Back OF that the sale for malt
is reported slow. Considerable poor
mand at the high prices asked for 1t.
Notwithstanding. the stuff is worked
off at high figures considering the low
quality of the bulk of II.
Receipts for the week were 81 cars
against 227 cars a year ago. Ship
ments were ISL cars.
A few ears of bright barley were in
from Montana and sold at about SLIP
to s1.15. though not hiohly appreciat-
so valuable AS Minnesota grain. that
to the eye looked not so good. There
was a plentiful. apparent supply on
the tables daily but composed largely
of samples shown n not sold of the
offerings of previous days. Strange
ms it may SEEM. lots offered day after
day and passed by would finally be
taken in the absence of improved
stocks. of the fresh receipts. Really
choice would probably bring S.3O.
hut such was n%oticeably absent. Re
ccipts of barley from August /, 1911,
to this time are about 1~7.50O.000
bushels in Minneapolis and about g.
900. 900 bushels in Duluth against
about $4,000, 900 bushels in Minne-
apolis Il year e and 1000, 900 BUSH
els in Duluth.
The stock of barley found by the
department on the farms March I
was II per @ of the crop raised in
Minnesota. 1S per cent in North Da-
kota, and Is per cent in South Da-
kota. In Montana 35 per cent of the
crop of 1911 was still in farmers
hands March 1. 1912.
The Minnesota production in 1911
is $4,000 0 bushels less than in 1910.
North Dakota 14.45O.OOO bushels
1911 and Montana 100000 bushels
more. That would make the crop of
the four states 100000 bushels
smaller than the crop Of 1910. while
the per cent on farms is also rather
less than Il year ago and leaves on the
farms. in interior houses and in ran
sit something like 100000 bushels
more yet to come to terminal markets
tina nat this time last year.
Flaxsccd Conditions.
Stocks in public storage in Mime
apolis decreased abou $4,000 bushels
and are 1885, a7 bushels. There are
M tiitt SNSyA" o''oAN ps' peS'As 10.
Duluth has in store 5S4, 900 bush
els making an increase for the 6 days
Of $4,000 bushels there. Fort William
n Port Arthur report $4,000 BUSH
els in store. There are estimated to
he in store in the interior of Mime
sofa. North Dakota. South Dakota and
Montana about 100000 bushels of
f1axseed to come in, n farmers are
supposed to have yet for sale some
100000 bushels. above about 1900 900
bushels probably required to- seed the
2.630.00 acres to equal the acreage
OF 1912. Whether the aX acreage
will be increased this season may de-
pend much upon the facilities to ac-
quire seed suitable for the purpose.
The market position is interesting
and quite unique. Use of paint is not
so free as in many previous seasons
Users Of oil and even Of paint of
whatever mixture have suffered cur
tailment to an extent, partly from an
economic standpoint generally in
business affairs. and partly from a
strain of substitution of something
less expensive than the oil and pig
ment, formerly. always used but now
at so high cost.
North American Visible.
The domestic wheat visible decreas-
ed 100000 bushels compared with a
uCCTedSe IdSl year ol l.SJo,UVU plSIl-
els. Corn increased 500. 900 bushels
compared with n decrease last year of
$4,000 bushels. oats decreased 8S.-
900 bushels compared with a decrease
last year of 73?. 900 bushels. Compar-
ative totals follow:
Last Wk. Prev. WIZ. Yr. Ago.
w. 53.153.OOO a4.3S0.00 $3.50. 900
c.. 1921 900 1~5.63S.OO0 11.744,O00
o.. 1881. 900 13,719,00O 1891 900
1Nopn V'Lo,t QOC GAG
bushels. Oats increased 690.241 BUSH
els. Totals follow:
Last Wk Prev. Wk. Yr. Ago.
W.. 2s.3s7,762 21.561.116 ~12.357,297
o.. 7,Os9,lS2 6.39S.941 7.174,245
Canadian Government Flax Grades.
The house of M at Ottawa.
has passed a fax grading. yet to be
confirmed by the senate as follows:
No. 1 northwestern uaxseed shall
be mature, sound, dry and sweet. and
contain no more than twelve and n
half per centum of damaged seed. and
weigh not less than 81 pounds to the
bushel of commercially pure seed.
No. 2 Canada western faxseed shall
be mature. sound. dry and sweet. and
contain not more than twenty-five per
centum of damaged seed. and weigh
not less than so pounds to the bushel
of commercially pure seed.
No. 3 Canada western aaxseed
which Ia immature or musty or which
contains more than twenty-five per
centum damaged seed. and is fit for
warehousing n testing not less than
AZ pounds to the bushel Of CONNER
cially pure seed.
Tlax seed that is damp. warm.
mouldy or otherwise unfit for ware
housing. shall be classed as no grade.
To test flax seed. one pound Of
average seed be taken from the SAM
pie test, and the impurities or for
eign matter therein shall he removed
a smear as possible by the use of two
sleeves Of 32-guage %wire-cloth, one
with meshes 3X16 and the other with
meshes 16X16 to the square inch. The
percentage Of impurities and weight
per bushel Of the commercially pure
seed shall be determined by the use
OF proper testing scales.
Bushel-Means imperial bushel
measure. not Winchester.
No. l Manitoba will be changed to
No. 2 Canada western.
The No. 3 Canada western is clas-
styling a heretofore no grade class.
The weights are all reduced W
pounds under the former weights.
If the senate confirms the bill II
will not take effect until September 1,
1912.
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