The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-08-19


grain on its physical appearance, by
which a new set Of rules for grading
were set forth from year to year, with
a joker provision almost always in
serted, the Society of Equity grain
dealing organization insisted that it
was up to the warehouse commission
to abandon it's time -honored custom,
and get down to a new system of grad
ing, If 1t would be fair with the pro-
ducer.
Ladd Is Invited.
President E. F. Ladd of the North
Dakota Agricultural college. whose
knowledge of wheat grading and grain
values is derived from his extensive
experiments in wheat covering a pc
riod of seven years, has been invited
to attend the September l session
and may participate.
President Ladd, if he does go before
the Minnesota commission, will advo-
cate the establishment of grades based
on actual milling value-doing away
with the existing spread of from 20 to
| 20 cents between No. 1 and No. or
| rejected wheat, and establishing prices
| that will range not more than eight
cents between No. l and No. 4. DR..
Ladd contends that, as a matter of
fact, the actual difference in the value
| of the two grades of wheat is only
six cents-such difference in value be-
| ing established by the milling tests
| that have been conducted at the agri-
cultural college in this city.
Goes to Legislature.
Grading Of grain will become an inn
portant problem for the attention Of
the Minnesota state legislature next
winter, and an effort will be made to
force change in the law which will
| compel the grain board of appeals to
employ new methods in grading grain.
Preliminaries Of this prospective
fight are even now being staged in
Minnesota and the Setember hearing
gives promise of being strikingly in
| teresting.
Same as in Other Seasons.
"The rejected grain of this year
that is, wheat grading No. or re-
jected, has the same value this year
reason to presume that because there
reason to presume thatbecause there
probably is a great deal more lower
grade wheats this year than in prev
ious years, that it is different in quail
ity from the same kind of wheat that
we have been testing over a period
Of seven years, said President Ladd
to a representative of The Forum, this
morning.
"Our tests have shown conclusively
that the low grade wheats are worth
much more in comparison with the
value of higher grades than the far
mers are paid under the present sys-
tenn of inspection and grading. The |
by-products of the lower grades, bran, |
shorts and screenings, are all worth !
so much more now than they were
when the grades and range in prices
were first established, that the old diff |
ference no longer prevails. Even grant !
ing that the first price ranges estab- |
1ioIoa ,Cf- t.
to show that they were just-today |
the distinction between high and low
grades Of wheat is entirely unfair, |
and unjust to the producer, who fails |
to receive the full value Of his pro-
duct"
Four States to be Represented.
Word from Minneapolis today is to |
the effect that four northwestern |
wheat producing states will be repre-
sented at the hearing, being Mime
sofa, South Dakota, >|orth DAkota. and |
Montana.
Prof. Thatcher CT tho Minnesota ag-
ricultural college is the latest man 10 !
invite DR.. Ladd to attend. DR.. Ladd |
has responded to this invitation, but |
is not, as yet, entirely certain that |
he can attend.
Promise Real Fight
President ]. M. Anderson of the |
Equity Cooperative Exchange; Ben |
jamin Drake, their attorney, and J. G. |
Critics, general manager, all of whom
attended the first session of the gain |
board Of appeals declare that the fight |
for the establishment of a new system |
of grain grading is just commencing. |
They are prepared to carry the mat
ter to the next Minnesota legislature. |
They are enlisting the aid Of other |
interests that are favorable to the |
milling value as the basis of grain |
grading-and are keenly interested, it |
is understood, in bringing DR.. Ladd, |
who is responsible for the advance
ment of the milling value" theory, |
before the Minnesota board
Tremendous Difference in Returns.
Should a grain grading be establish |
ed on the basis of milling value, and !
the range in prices be those which |
DR.. Ladd insists are more nearly cor
rect than the present tremendously
wide spread, farmers in the wheat |
producing states of the northwest will |
net greatly increased returns.
Should there be 100000 bushels Of
low grade wheat in the state this year,
every cent that the spread is contract
ed means an additional $400, 900 for the
farmers of North Dakota
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