Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-10-08

ern. The standards board also al.
lows Nos. 4, 5. and northern, com.
mercial grades. Any of these, except
one hard, can be classed as no-grade,
condemned, or rejected, and thus
there are no fewer than 81 grades of
western spring wheat alone; 80 for
western winter wheat, 80 for oats,
Is for barley and IS for flax. If
All grain grown in the provinces
Of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and AL
berta has heretofore been shipped
east to terminal elevators at Fort Will
liam and Port Arthur at the head Of
the lakes, after preliminary inspec-
ton at Winnipeg. It is binned &C
cording to grade Grain inspectors.
appointed permanently upon a civil
service basis, conduct examinations
from samples taken upon the grains
arrival. The samples are selected by
skilled samplers, and any attempt to
plug" car results in the whole
car being graded according to the
lowest quality found. The samples
are sent in bags to the Office of the
inspectors located away from the rail-
way yards. The inspector knows the
samples only by number. =.
Grading turns mainly on three
points-quality, condition and admix.
ture. The quality depends upon
soundness, color, weight and the per.
centage of hard wheat. The condi.
ton depends upon moisture content
(which in doubtful cases is tested
mechanically, heat, etc. The admix-
lures are tested by process of STEW
ing and weighing called setting the
dockage. When the grading is fin
ished, the inspectors sheets are hand.
ed to clerical staff, and certificates
of grade are issued to the owners Of
the grain.
If the owner is dissatisfied with the
grade given, he can call for rein
spection which is then given free of
charge. If the owner is still dissatis-
fled he can appeal to the survey board
composed of practical grain men rec
commended by different localities. III
the inspectors grade is confirmed the
owner pays for the survey, otherwise
he does not, and the survey findings
are final.
Meantime the carload has gone for.
ward to Fort William. The grade re-
ports are forwarded also, and the
grain reinspected when loaded into
the terminal elevators, and again when
loaded into the lake steamers. The
government weighmaster has his
headquarters here. The grade receiv.
ed here is the final grade on which
the grain is sold and delivered both
in eastern Canada and on the foreign
markets.
On the Winnipeg grain exchange
contracts are made on the basis Of
delivery at Fort William. The grain !
act theoretically permits, but really
prohibits, the buying and selling of
grain except upon certificate Of grade.
for while a man may sell on sample, |
the act refuses those storage facili. |
ties which sample trading requires. |
All grain inspection, and the admin.
istration Of the grain act, is under the
control of the board Of grain COM
for Canada, a government
Broomhall's Corn Trade
News of Liverpool, says:
"The Dominion grain act Of 1912
and the administrative arrangements
thereto, have effected
very great improvements; SO that all
European buyers have now confidence
in Canadian certificates, and though
a great number prefer trading on sam.
pie or on standard, they acquiesce in
the system of grading and its con-
comitant certificate final,' as estab-
lished by Canadian law and carried
out by Canadian practice.
Zone very important fact which has
greatly enhanced the reputation Of
Canadian grading is this. Both in
the United States and Canada, large
of the crop is sold before
It is reaped. The buyer should be in