New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-31


DEFINITION BY OFFICIAL
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has been practically eliminated. This
injects feature unpreceden in the
history Of grain marketing. This fact,
together with the fact athat the Federal
standards for wheat are comparatively
new, having been in effect only few
weeks, constitutes the cause Of the
agitation and confusion. It is believed
that under existing conditions, no matter
what standards or methods of grain
grading were used, the same difficulties
would be met. For your further in-
formation, the opinion Of the depart
ment Regarding 'dockage' in wheat is
set forth as follows:
The official grain standards Of the
United States for wheat, in force and
effect for Hard Red Winter wheat,
Soft Red Winter wheat, Common White
wheat, and White Club wheat, on and
after July |, 1917, and, for all other
wheat, on and after August, /, 1917, as
set forth in Service and Regulatory An
nouncements, Markets No. 22, include,
IN part, an item for dockage. This item
is found under section 8, as follows:
Sec. 8. Dockage. -Dockage includes
sand, dirt, weed seeds, weed stems,
chat, straw, grain other than wheat,
and any other foreign material which
can be removed readily from the wheat
by the use Of appropriate sleeves, clean.
ing devices, or other practical means
suited to separate the foreign material
present; also, undeveloped shriveled, and.
small pieces Of wheat kernels neces-
sarily removed in properly separating
the foreign material. The quantity Of
dockage shall be calculated in terms Of
percentage based on the total weight Of
the grain including the dockage. The
percentage Of docakge SO calculated shall
be stated in terms of whole per centum
and half per centum. A fraction of a
per .centum when equal to OF greater
than a half shall be treated as half, and
when less than a half shall be distre-
garded. The percentage Of dockage so
determined and stated shall be added
to the grade designation.
1.-THE purpose of the item above de-
scribed is three fold-frst, to define
.dockage shall be calculated; third, that
whenever dockage is found in wheat
the amount thereof shall be stated and
made a part of the grade designation
for the wheat. #
The departments interest in the
question of dockage is primarily directed
to the enforcement of correct deter
mination of dockage under the official
grain standards Of the United States
for wheat and to obtaining compliance
with the provisions Of the act which
require the use sof those standards and
the grades IhereO1.s IS
For example, in the case Of country
dealer who ships his wheat in interstate
commerce to terminal market, where
inspectors licensed under the grain
standards act are located, pursuant to
a sale subject to an inspection by such
inspectors, let it be assumed that a
particular car of wheat contains per
cent Of dockage The licensed inspector
who inspects and grades this particular
car Of wheat is required by the act
and the rules and regulations of the:
Secretary Of Agriculture hereunder a.
to determine the dockage in accordance
with the official standards; (2l to cal
culate the dockage as provided for in
the official standards; and % to show.
as a part Of the grade designation for
the wheat on the certificate of grade
issued by him, the amount of dockage
e per cent? which he finds IN the wheat.
For the purpose Of obtaining uni-
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