The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-11
NeW Wheat Grades as
Proposed BY Government
to Be Aired at Hearing

has an unmistakable odor OF garlic
or wild onions.
odor, onions, garlic and live weevils
or other insects injurious TO stored
| grain for the purpose of these stand
| ards shall be upon the basis of the
grain including dockage. All other
| determinations, except that OF dock
| age shall be upon the basis of the
grain when free from dockaEe.
Section 8. Percentages. Percent
| ages except in case OF moisture shall
| be percentages ascertained by weight
Section 3: Dockage. Dockage in
Stama san sang dirt WeeaCseefss weed.
wheat and any other foreign materi-
ais which can be removed readily
from the wheat by the use OF appro-
pirate sleeves, cleaning devices or 9TH
err practical means suited to separate
the foreign material present, also un-
developed, shriveled and small pieces
OF wheat kernels removed In properly
separating the foreign material and
which cannot be recovered by proper
ly rescreeninE and recleanIng The
quantity OF dockages shall be calcu-
the total weight OF the grain incIud-
ing the dockage. The percentage OF
dockage so calculated, when equal to
one percentum or more shall be stated
in terms OF whole percentum and half
percentum and when less than one
percentum shall not be stated, A frac-
tion Of percentum when equal to or
greater than half shall be treated as
a half and when less than a half shall |
be disregarded. The percentage of
dockage so determined and stated |
shall be added to the grade designa-
ton.
Section 10. Test Weight per Bushel. |
Test weight per bushel shall be the /
weight per Winchester bushel as de-
termined by the testing apparatus |
and the method Of use thereof de-
scribed in bulletin 472, dated October |
80, 1915, issued by the u. s. Dept. Of /
Agriculture, or as determined by any |
device giving equivalent results.
Section IL. Percentage of Moisture. /
Percentage of moisture in wheat shall /
be that or the equivalent of that as
certatned by the moisture tester and Il
IN Circular No. 72 and supplement
thereto, issued by u. s. Dept. of Ag-
riculture, Bureau of Plant Industry.
Section IL. Heat Damaged Kernels.
wheat which have been distinctly dis
colored by external heat or as a result
of heating caused by fermentation.
Section 10. Inseparable Foreign
rial shall include all matter other
than wheat and rye which is not sep
arated from the wheat in the proper
determination OF dockage.
Section 19. Grades for Mixed Wheat.
Mixed wheat shall be graded accord
ing to each of the grade requirements
for wheat of the class which FREEDOM
mates over each other class in the |
mixture, except that all of the re-
qutrements In any subclass as to the
maximum percentage of wheat of 9th
eF classes and subclasses or varieties
shall be disregarded. The grade des-
ignatiOn of mixed wheat shall include,
successfully, in the order named, the |
number of the grade or the words
Sample Grade" as the case may be,
the word Mixed and in the order OF
it's predominance, the name and ap-
proXimate percentage of each class
which constitutes ten percentum or
more of the mixture, but IL but one
class exceeds ten percentum of the
mixture, the name. and approximate
percentage of that class shall be add
ed to the grade designation followed
by the name and approximate peri
centage Of at least one other class,
each in the order of its predominahce.
Section 20. Grades for Smutty
Wheat Smutty wheat shall be grad
ed and designated according to the
method described either in paragraph
A or b of this section.
(A) Before the determination of