Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-11-13
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HEARING ON GRAIN
STANDARDS BRINGS
OUT LARGE NUMBER
NEW GOVERNMENT STANDARDS
ARE REOt i.STED BY PAN.
HANDLE INTERESTS.


The subject Of establishing new gov.
ornmeni standards on grain. which Is
infested with wcovilH or smut. WAS dis
cussed yesterday afternoon at a meet
ing II the Panhandle Grain Dealers
Association In the Board 81 city De.
velopmat room II the CITY Hall. The
hnaring was conducted by Il. r. Miles.
~ the field headquarters 81 federal
grain supervisors In Chicago. o. =. Phil.
lips chaii1nau of tn" Bard Of Review
~ federal grain supervisors. and T.. T.
Morris. division grain supervisor az
Kansas City. H. u. Dorsey. who rs the
secretary u the Texas Grain Dealers
Association. was hCrc with these men
and took pnrt In the discussion.
Heretofore grain which has more than
two wccvils In iivc'probc. sample has
been given sample classification No
difference has been made In connection
with the difference II percentage ~
Se,vils IN n shipment and no definite
Interpretation hrs been placed ON the
term "infostntlnn," u was stated The
same rule hnS been used IN grain that
~ smutty. and the meeting wns called
yesterday Ia learn whether the grain
dealers thought new standards ~ class.
ifcatioG could be established by the gov.
crnment
Asked Ia Talk.
The various memhCrs of the associn.
ton We're called on cor their sentiments
on the matter. and general discussion
~ the matter WIS gone into Inspector
''oss ~ Amarillo and Inspector Wallace
~ Plainvicw were ~ the meeting. and
each one was called on for a statement
ms To- the effect that would be- produced
hy The establishment 81 new standards
The consensus of opinion was that new
standards would be- ~ great benefit to
he dealers
After hlc matter had been discussed
pretty thoroughly. Nh Phillips made
q talk an the question of woyils, and
quoted some fncts about them H.
stated that u one wrcyil were found
IN a fiv".probe s,mplc. II was estimated
that there ARE % iO0 wecyilF lon u chr.
lead of grain The WceVils have lie
cycle ~ .orty.two DAVIS. h. STATED. and
y female wcfvil viii lay from 500 20
G,O00 eggs ~ anc time. or 9 1000 to 90.
600 eggs IN lifetime Thus. Il was
pointed out. even II 10" number ~
wccvils IN carluad nigh, be- very small
AT the time ~ shipment. the number
would be greatly increased hv the time
The shipment reached its destination
Treatment with hisulphid, ~ carbon
Mr.. Phillips stated. would KIN 'hc live
wcovils, but would have no effect on
N" eggs and that method would not
prove 81 much ~" IN 'Ntcrmin ting tht
pests
Way ~ XIII Pests.
Mr.. Phillips stated that the only two
methods TINT had been found fur killing
h..
~ about 1870 degrees ur hy putting q IN
nirtirht containers. Both methods. ne.
stated were impractical fur the dealer
or owner ~ q grain elevator IN use.
A. there are many other insects that
gci into IN" grain besides the woevil.
Mr. Phillips pointed ont that " any
w.cvils or other Insects whatever To
L." found In = car ~ grain at the time
ut shipment. u was very likely that by
the time the Gear reached It's destination
the entire shipment would Dee badly
infested. and that as consequence the
grain would Ice considerably damaged.
nnd Tint no dcfinit. grade could be-
placed upon H.
~ to the subject II smut on grain
IL WAS pointed out that this doses not
multiply after shipment and Cunsc.
pucntlv grain that IL smutty could be-
classified as to the degree ~ smut Il
had No classification IL placed on the
dffcron; degrees ~ smut nj present and
the dealers are experiencing consider.
ahl" annoyance from the buyers because
of IA" fact that the scale uf dnckagc H.
not the same with an the haycrs. and
there II no way ~ knowing how badly
the grain n really damaged 10y the smut
The dealers only have the honestly ~
the buyers to depend On In this instance.
The two subjects were gone into az
considerable length. md the govern.
men, men promised To- de- what they
could to have new standards placed on
the grain. and To- formulate plans Tor
the marketing Il damaged grain ~ that
no undue loss might be- experienced ~
the dealers \ motion was passed to re-.
quest the Department NJ Agriculture 10
investigated the wccyil and smut prupo.
sitiun. and To further favorable logisla.
ton \ rising vote of thanks was given
IN the government men who were here
for their interest IN the work.
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