Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-18
DISCUSSES MARKETING
or VIRGINIA WHEAT
ers to BE Careful OF Proper
Grading.
REGULATIONS ARE EXPLAINED
Bulk OF Virginia Crop Is Sold Direct
to Mill s-H DIV Government
Prices Arc to Be Calculated for
Different Points.

OF Markets. of the state Department
Of Agriculture. yesterday issued the
following statement A. to marketing
Virginia wheat under government rcgu-
lation:
Tho Food Administration Grain Cor
poraton is II government organiza-
ton. which has been formed to enforce
the government regulations In regard
II marketing the country'S wheat crop.
These regulations arc not generally
understood, and many inquiries come
into this Office in regard to the price
of wheat Mt Virginia points and the
method OF determining this price.
The government fixed the price on
wheat at Chicago. with SEQ for
Northern spring wheat as basis.
Other kinds of wheat were fixed at
higher or lower prices, according to
their value. The price set at Balt-
more and Philadelphia is I cents the
bushcl more for each grade than the
same grade commands at Chicago. All
Virginia wheat had it's price based on
Baltimore originally. and the price of
wheat at any Virginia point could be
determined by deducting the freight
ratio from that point to Baltimore, plus
i cent bushei
The freight rates on wheat from
many Virginia points to Baltimore are
very excessive. and since these high
rates were subtracted from the gov
"rnment price at Baltimore to deter
mine the local value OF wheat this
division, with tho cooperation Of the
Bureau OF Markets at Washington. Sue
cecded in having tho grain corporation
80 f.t liGh
tion Of the Baltimore zone. with the
same price Baltimore. Newport
News takss lower freight rate from
points on the Chesapeake and Ohio
and all slipping points 10 the South
OF the Chesapeake and Ohio. with one
or two unimportant exceptions. The
establishment OF Newport News as "a
Bubstation means that the price OF
wheat at all local points on the Chesa-
peake and Ohio and South should be
Increased By the difference in the
freight rate per bushei.
VIRGINIA CROP Is
BOUGHT ny LOCAL MILLS
The greater part OF Virginia wheat
is purchased by local mills and the
price of this grain may be determined
as suggested above by dcducting the
freight rate, plus cent a bushel. from
port News or Baltimore. using the one
OF these two points that has the low
est rate OF freight basis. For
instance. to find the price on No.
soft red winter wheat at Charlottes-
Vile:
Newport News price per bushcl s?.22
l."-s freight rate per bunhel.
charlottesville to Newport
News, 6.5 cents. plus cent 20
Price at Charlottesville. .sor4l
Before tho establishment Of Newport
News as a base. the charlottesville
price was determined by sub,ractinS
the freight from Baltimore. which is
80 cents the bushcl more than tina,
to Newport News. so that the cs:ab-
tshment Of Newport New; as a basis
Should mean cents the bushc! more
10 the farmers OF this section
Mills that hav. n capacity of seven.
ty-rvc barrels Of -four a day and over
are regulated by the government and
are required TO pay for local wheat not
more than the price determined on the
above basis Dealers and small mill
ers are not at present restricted as
TO the price they may pay for wheat
and farmers may. Of course. sell wheat
for seed at any Price agreed unon by
the contracting parties.
DE CERTAIN OF GRADE
BEFORE SHIPPING WHEAT
1t has been called to the attention
OF this division that in some sections
of the State both millers and dealers
arc paying the farmers less for their
wheat than the government price
Where this is true, the farmer may
obtain the government price by ship.
ping his wheat to either Baltimore or
Newport News. where it will be pur-
chased by the government or sold in
accordance with government regula-
tons. The farmers should. however
be certain of the grade OF their wheat
before shipping. The government does
not desire 10 have wheat shipped from
Virginia points to Newport News or
TO baltimore for their purchases as
The greater part OF this wheat should
normally lie consumed Ly Virginia
mills. However. the government has
made arrangements to purchase wheat
AT both of these points. and unless the
local dealers and the local mills viii
pay Tor Virginia wheat the price ar
rived at by the above basis. the farm
or may secure this price by shipping
TO either OF the above points
II has also come to the attention of
this division that some sections of the
state produce wheat the large ma
'"r:'y OF which is free from garlic or
onions. and that the mills Of these
sections arc purchasing it on the ba
sis OF NO. sOft red instead Of "No
red winter" which grade on,mauds
--cetlt hlSncr price. Where wheat
is Tree from garlic the mills are MOI
lustihed in this practice. and farmers
should insist on receiving the higher
price for such wheat
The Investigations conducted l.v the
DIVISION Of Markets have established
tn" fact that while the mills arc bIy-
Ing Virginia wheat on the No. . ,oft
red winter grade. they are recurring
q weight OF sixty pounds to the bushel
Inc weight required by tho govern.
ment regulations for this grade is oul,
hfty-nine pounds to the bu.hal and
the gram corporation has advised M
mat no one has 4 right to require q
weight OF sixty pounds The fnr,ner.
should see that their wheat is WEIGH
ed in accoi dance with the Grade Inv
winch 1t IS bought. Since wheat IA
worth Ia cents the pound, this ono
item alone Will equal an increase I'm
price of that amount
FINED PRICES AT
BALTIMORE AND NEWPORT NEWS
practically all wheat grown in Vir-
ginia OF the Red Winter or Soft Red
Winter varieties. which Lave n fixed
government price ut Baltimore and
Newport News as follows for the sew