The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-13
Handling OF Grain
at the. Terminals

Thief River Falls on the 500 line. II
the car does not pass through these
points it will be sampled at Duluth or
Superior.
How Cars Are Sampled.
Samplers in the employ of the state
Of Minnesota are stationed at the
sampling points. The a Of grain is
inspected as to it's condition and seals
and If defective the sampler makes
note Of the fact on the record which
he later forwards to the department
at Duluth. He then breaks one Of the
seals, taking the number. The car Is
entered and he proceeds to obtain an
average sample Of the grain.
He spreads a cloth at the door and
with a grain probe takes samples from
various parts Of the car, at least five
II 1t is. wheat and even, If fax. If
these probings indicate a variation in
the loading he continues the probing
until he q ascertained just hat the
grain in the car is. His samples are
spread upon the cloth at the door and
when he has finished he takes an aver
age of the lot.
Sometimes he cannot get an aver
age sample, the variation in different
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he then takes samples of the different
! qualities and notes the fact that the
load is Uneven. II the car is so full
that he cannot get into use his probe
he makes note Of that fact, SO that
the car may be sampled at unloading
at the elevator.
The sample thus taken by the state
representative is placed in a box
which, when filled, is sealed and for
warded by express to the state inspec-
ton department at Duluth.
When the state sampler has left the
car another sampler enters. He is in
the employ Of the Duluth Sampling
Bureau, which is maintained by the
commission men for the purpose Of
procuring independent samples Of
every a Of grain, in order that the
commission men may have a check
On the work of the state men. He
takes his samples in the same way
and when obtained it is boxed up and
sent to Duluth by express. The state
mar then reseals the car with a state
seal, noting the number and forward
ing that with his record to the Duluth
Office.
Both samplers are under strict in
.structions that the two men must not
be in the car at the same time, thus
making certain the independence Of
the two samples.
Method of Inspection.
Upon arrival at Duluth the samples
taken from the state are delivered to
the Office of the inspection department
and go Immediately to the deputy in
spectors. Inside each sack is. a card
bearing the number Of the car from
which the grain vas taken and be-
yond his the inspector knows moth
ing al to the identity of the car It
may belong to a line elevator COM
pany. to a farmers elevator company.
or to an individual shipper; the in
spector does not know. s<.. e.
These inspectors work in quarters
on the seventh floor of the Duluth
Board of Trade building. The inspec-
ton room is well lighted from the
north, which all grain inspectors claim
to. be the best light in which to judge
grain. The inspector empties the
samples upon the table in front OF him
and by examination determines the
grade. If it is wheat or. fax, by the
use of his sieves and scales, he arrives
at the actual amount of foreign mat
ter in the grain and fixes the dockage.
This completes the original inspection
Of the grain and the record made is
then ready for the inspection Of the
commission man representing the
owner OF the grain.
In the meantime the Duluth
SampIing Bureau has received the
samples taken at the sampling point
by its men and has distributed them
to the commission men according to
the 'tmanifests' supplied them. Every
man is himself an expert
judge of grain, or he has in his enc
ploy a man who is. and the samples Of
grain received are examined, graded
and sifted and tested by scale for
dockage in the same manner as by
the state inspector.
With his inspection made the COM
mission nan determines whether the
grade and dockage fixed by the state |
Inspector are satisfactory .If they are
correct to carry the matter
would be only an expense with |
no chance Of Improvement, but il the
line between the grade given and that
above are very close or If there Is a |
difference in grade given and THAI
aboV are very close or IL there is a
difference in dockage the grain to be
made by a successful appeal justifies |
The expense OF 81 for reinspection and
the same amount for appeal, this
not applying IL a change is
made.
Reinspeetien and Appeal.
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The sample is taken by the chief In
or his first assistant-both
comforting in many cases - and the
grade or dockage or both. as the case
may be, are either sustained, lowered
Dr. raised.
IL the result is still unsatisfactory,
an appeal is taken and the sample then
to the state board OF grain APP
peals, composed of three men, and
they either sustain the r~einspection or
.aise or lower 1t. This lis the finaI
adjudication upon that sample.
This does not, however. exhaust the
Effort Of the commission man to se-
a change in grade or doekage.
f he car, by producing his sample be-
fore the board of appeals, show that
I ID different from that taken by the