The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-02-24
Want LADD'S
Mill TESTS
CONSIDERED

Bismarck, N. D., Feb. "a. The
house Of representatives of the North
Dakota legislature yesterday went on
record by unanimous vote petitioning
Secretary Of Agriculture Houston to
consider the tests made by DR.. e. +.
Ladd in establishing the new federal
grain grades. The resolutions fol-
low:
The resolutions are as follows:
ITO the Honorable David f. Hous-
ton. secretary of agriculture of the
United States, Washington, D. c..
Whereas. there has been manifest
ed by the grain growers of the state
of North Dakota a demand for a
change in the present system Of grain
grading. and
Whereas. the Honorable David F.
Houston. secretary Of agriculture of
the United States. ordered a number
Of hearings to be held on said subject,
and
Whereas, one Of such hearings was
held in the city of Fargo on the goth
day of February, 1917, and
Whereas. at the said hearing were
present-C. J. Brand, representing the
United States department of agricul-
ture: Hon. John N. Hagan, commits
sioner Of agriculture and labor Of the
state of North Dakota; DR.. r r.
Ladd, president of the agricultural COLI
lege and state chemist of North Da-
kota; A. c. Townley, representing
10000 North Dakota farmers; J. G..
Critics, representing the Equity Co
operative exchange; A. c. Bemmels, OF
the Bemmels -four mills of Lisbon; o.
Brown and N. Malcolm. representing
the Stark County Grain Growers assoc
citation: S. ]. Nagel and o. McGraff.
representing the Morton County Grain
Growers association. and c. o. Kell,
representing the Burleigh County
Grain Growers association. as well as
many other individual farmers. and
Whereas. at the said hearing it be-
came apparent that the information
secured by the milling and baking
tests at the agricultural college mill
at Fargo is not being considered in
establishing grades of wheat by the
United States department Of agricuI-
ture. and
Whereas. the proposed standards
for grades Of wheat to be established
by the United States department of
able, unfair and unjust, for the reason
that they impose a penalty on the pro-
ducers of wheat in North Dakota, and
Whereas. the percentage permitted
by these proposed standards Of inseo-
arabic foreign material Is entirely too
low to admit Of. q proper and, Just
grade, and
Whereas. the aforesaid representa-
tives of the people of Nerth Dakota
emphatically protested against said
standards at said hearing.
Now, therefore. be it resolved, by
the house Of representatives Of the
state of North Dakota the senate con-
curing therein, that we emphatically
protest against table 1 on page 6 OF
bulletin 10, issued by the United
States department Of agriculture for
the Office of markets and rural organi-
zation, becoming the standard for the
grading of wheat grown in North Da-
kota, and be it further
Resolved. that we earnestly re-
quest the United States department of
agriculture that the findings Of DIR.
e. F.. Ladd. through series of milling
and baking tests. be a basis for es-
tablishing grades applicable to wheat
grown In North Dakota, and
"Be 1t further resolved. that a copy
OF these resolutions be filed in the
Office of the secretary of state of North
Dakota and that the secretary Of state
be instructed to forward copy to the
Honorable David F. Houston, secre-
tary of agriculture, Washington, ID. c.,
and copy to be sent to each of the
senators and representatives of the
state of North Dakota in congress as
sembled."