Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-07-24
Supervisors To Demon.
stfate Grain Grading.
Farmers OF This County To Be
Shown How Tests Are
Made.

Shown How Tests Are
Made.
That farmers, country grain deal
ers, millers and county agents, in
certain sections of Maryland and
West Virginia may have an oppor-
tunity to familiarize themselves with
the correct methods of grading grain
under Federal standards for wheat,
shelled corn and oats, Harold Ander-
son. in charge of the Baltimore office
of Federal Grain Supervision, United
States Department of Agriculture,
and l.. M. Carr, also of that off ce.
will conduct series of grain grading
meetings at assembly halls at 1000
a. m. in the following cities:
Frederick, Md, Monday, July %.
Martinsburg, w. Va, Tuesday,
July 20.
The tentative program is as follows:
| 1000 a. Miniature and Purpose of
, the Meeting" Harold Anderson; Buy
ing Wheat by Grade" Local miller or
dealer; brief Description of Wheat
Marketing from the Farmers Viewpoint. !"
By local farmer; "What the County
Agent can do to assist in Wheat Grading, !"
Local county agent. Adjournment for
| lunch.
100 p. m.-"The Application of the
Grain Standards Act" Harold Anderson;
1.-THE Story of Grading Grain under Fed
eral Standards" Harold Anderson;
practical Demonstration in Grain Grad
ing" Harold Anderson and l.. M. Carr
General Discussion.
At all meetings fully equipped
grain inspection office will be arrang-
ed with exactly the same equipment
and appliances that are used by the
licensed grain inspectors in the large
markets and offices of Federal grain
supervision. Samples of wheat, oats
and shelled corn will be handled the
same way as in actual inspection, to
show how the grades are determined.
A more limited and less expensive
set of equipment which has been
suggested by the Department of Agri-
culture as convenient to apply the
Federal grades at country points will
also be shown. The equipment will
be carried over the itinerary by motor
truck and is furnished by the Bureau
of Ma rkets of the Department of Az
riculture.
To m axe the demonstration thoroly
practical, farmers are invited to bring
samples of their grain, in order that
factors that determine the grades
may be indicated on their own grain
Every operation necessary to de
termine the grade will be conducted
in the meetings exactly as it would
be in the office of any inspection de-
partment in the large market.
Besides equipment and type trays,
showing classes, grades and varieties
of grain, publications of the United
States Department of Agriculture re
lating to grain and grain grading will
be distributed, and photographs will
be on display showing the various
phases of Federal grain supervision
work.
The importance of the meetings is
emphasized by the fact that the
wheat director has required the local
mills and wheat buyers to buy accur-
ately, according to the Federal grades,
to properly reflect the price schedule
to the local points, and to insure a
premium grade for premium quality
wheat. The object of the meetings
is t. show the country buyers the cor
rect methods of applying the grades
and to give the farmers an opportun-
ity to have a knowledge of grain
grading in order that they may super
wise intelligently the assignment of a
grade to their own grain when mar
keting it.