Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-08-02
WHEAT sTANDARDs
AND THEIR APPLICATION
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mark Haru w ih'Si A@9 NNA
l.a, 90 per cent to 80 per cent This
,nits wheat containing between 80
- cent and 80 per cent of dark.
sord and yitreous kernels, which
,ormerly would have been classed
uoyd winter, to be classed as Dark
Hard Winter.
class Nv Soft Red Winter--In this
class the subclass Soft Red has been
animated, and garlicky wheat is
Graded as previously described.
Glass V Common White-For the
nrrnose of distinguishing between
uord White wheat and Soft White
Wheat. the revised standards specify
that Hard White wheat in order to be
Graded Hard must contain rs per
cont of hard mot soft and chalky)
ternels. Formerly the distinction be-
tween Hard and Soft White wheat
was that Hard White wheat could not
contain more than 20 per cent of soft
and chalky kernels.
Grade Requirements
Changes have been made with a
view, primarily, to simplification Of
the standards and moderation of
grade requirem ents. This is true es-
Decially with respect to the factors
moisture and adnixture Of wheat of
other classes. With reference to the
latter, grade No. l permits five per
cent of wheat of other classes, ex-
cept in certain admiXtures which do
not occur frequently and which are
especially detrimental. Likewise,
wheat will not be graded lower than
No. 2 on account OF the presence of
wheat of other classes, except where
the admixture is decidedly undesir-
farm. These decidedly undesirable
admixtures may cause wheat to be
graded No. but never lower.
Moisture Tho Hard Red Spring
wheat OF the crops OF 1911 to 1916
(lnclusiyeD. with respect to moisture
content, was sufficiently dry to per-
mit,50.7 per cent to grade No. and
4 1878 per cent TO grade No. : or bet
ter, under the present standards.
The average moisture content of
spring wheat for these years was 1874
i per cent. The amount of moisture
allowed by the present standards in
grade No. l is 1876 per cent. The
revised standards increased the per-
centage to IA. Based upon past
crops, this increase would permit
632 per cent, an increase of 1926 per
cent, to grade No. / with respect to
moisture,
In the case of Hard Winter wheats,
the records Of the department show
that of past crops 80 per cent or
more would grade No. /, with respect
to moisture, under present standards
Under the revised standards, which
Increase the moisture limit one-half
of one percent, a still larger proper
ton of the wheat crop should meet
the moisture requirements of grade
No. /.
The changes in the percentage of
moisture allowed in the various
grades in the revised standards are
as follows:
Hard Red Spring and Durum:
No. l increased from 1875 TO IA
per cent.
No. 2 no change, remains at 145
per cent.
No. increased from 14.5 to Is
per cent.
No. 4 increased from 1915 to 16
per cent.
No. increased from 1915 to 16
per cent.
All other classes:
NO. l increased from 13 to 1875.
NO increased from 10 to IA.
NO. 3 increased from IA to 14.5.
NO Increased from IA to 1876.
NO. increased from Is to 1876.
Admixtures of Other Wheats-A
radical change has been made in the
amounts of other wheats permitted
III the higher grades. The changes
/ are as follows:
NO l changed from to per
cent.
NO 2 changed from 4 to 10 per
cent.
NO changed from to 10 per
cont.
NO no change, remains at 10
per cent.
cent.
0"iy IN rare cases will wheat grade
0"er than No > on account of mix
m oi other wheats. Therefore a
sn 'n smaller proportion of the crop
~ ''u be graded down on account of
h. FACTOR than has been the case