South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-27
INFORMA TON FOR FARMERS
AND ORCHARDISTS
AGRICULTURE

oiher tnan wheat, and any other
foreign material which can be re-
moved readily from the wheat by
the use OF appropriate sieves. clean
ing devices. or other practical means
suited 10 separate the foreign ma
terial present. also. undevelope !,
shriveled, and small pieces OF wheat
kernels necessarily removed in prop
erly separating the foreign mater
lal. The quantity OF dockage shall
be calculated in terms Of percent
age based on the total weight Of the
grain including the dOckage. The
percentage OF dockage so calculated
shall be stated In terms of whole
per centum and half per centum. A
traction or per centum when equal
20 or greater than a half shall be
treated as half. and when less tnan
half shall be disregarded The
percentage Of dochase so determined
ard stated shall be ADDED 70 the
grade designation
The purpose of the item above
described is threefold; first, to define
dockage; second 20 prescribe how
dockage shall be calculated: third.
that whenever dockage is found in
wheat, the amount thereof shall be
stated and made part Of tne grade
designation for the wheat
The department interest i'm the
question Of dockage is primarily di-
rected 20 the enforcement Of "A cor
rect determination Of dockage under
the official grain standards Of the
United states for wheat, and 10 OBJ
tanning compliance with the provi-
sion OF the act which require the
use of those standards and the
grades thereof.
For example. in the case OF u
count dealer VINO ships his wheat
In interstate commerce to a termi-
nal market, where inspectors IL
censed under the grain standards
act are located. pursuant 10 a sale
subject 10 an inspection by such in
spectors, let it be assumed that a
particular car of wheat contains ,
percent of dockage. The licensed
inspector who inspeCts and grades
this particular car Of wheat is re-
quired 10y the act and the rules
and regulations Of the secretary Of
agriculture hereunder Cd TO de-
termine the dOckage IT, accordance
with the official standards; CD to
calculate the dockage as provided
for in the official standards: and
CD 20 show, as a part of the grade
designation for the wheat on the
certificate of grade issued by him.
the amount of dockage C2ft) which
ne finds ign the wheat.
For the purpose of obtaining a
uniform application of the standards
with respect To dockage, there will
appear in the service and regula-
tory announcement now i'm course
of publication, a detailed descrip-
tion of the method recommended by
the department for the determine
ton of dockage, which methods is
used i'm all Offices of Federal grain
supervision. i'm connection with the
handling of appeals and disputes
taken or referred 10 the secretary
of agriculture and all supervisional
activities OF such offices. Licensed
inspectors in determining dockage in
wheat in accordance with the OFF,
cial standards necessarily will use
methods with will give results
similar 10 the results obtained by
the use of the method recommended
by the department..
In many instances, the material
determined TO be dockage may con-
tain undeveloped. shriveled. and
small pieces of wheat kernels
necessarily removed i'm properly
separating the foreign material. In
such instances the doCkage may
have considera BILE commercial
value
Assuming that the licensed in
spector properly performs his duty.
that there is no appeal and that
the parties interested comply with
the requirements of sections 4 and 3
OF the act. the manner in which
dockage. determined and stated in
accordance with the official grain
standards of the United states for
wheat is 20 DE assessed against the
seller is a matter 10 be determined
by the parties 10 the transaction.
There are several methods used
I'm various sections of the country
as basis of settlement for wheat
in which dockage may Ice found
CD the price 10 be paid MAJ be for
the net weight contained in the lot
or parcel. that is. the gross weight
of the wheat minus doCkase: CD or
10 may Toe "a certain price per bushel
for the gross weight of wheat less
a fixed discount for each I per cent
of dockage contained therein: (3) or
il may hc "a certain price for the net
weight Cthe gross weight of the
wheat minus the dockageD upon
condition that the dockage is 10 be
disposed of by the buyer at the
market price and the proceeds
turned over 10 the seller. in whole
or i'm part. according to whether
there is am agreement which may
allow the buyer certain percent
age for services performed by him
in cleaning the wheat.
There Is nothing In the act which
would pc event the parties from us
nE any OF these methods However.
this department does not feel that
10 should at this time discuss the
relative merits of these methods or
express any preference among them.
In any methods which the parties
may see fit 10 adopt. IL is the opin-