Newark post., 1922-04-19
CarIicky Wheat .
Is Discussed
p,onosed Notifications in
Grading Would Save Della
ware Farmers 100000

More than 100000 would be saved
Aha farmers of Delaware annually it
Qualifications were made in the pres
ort grading of "garlicky wheat" IN
oooordancc with the recommendations
.f N. States of Delaware, Maryland
and Pennsylvania representatives at
conference held in Chicago last
u,ool, The grain marketing confer
o,oo yas called by the Secretary of
,orirli't,lre and was attended by
walker Iif1in, Dover, member of the
c+oto Hoard of Agriculture, and M.
q Pence of the University of Della
ware
Mr. Pence, in discussing the pur-
nosos AMI possible results of the con-
foroncc said: "At the present time,
4horo is a spread between garlicky
,,hoo% and wheat of the same grade
having no garlic of from 5 to % cents
hnshpI, and the garlicky grade is
hospd on wheat having one or more
hrIhIet, for 1000 grams of wheat
aouivaIeut to about two ounces. On
this basis, over 80 per cent. of the
wheat in Delaware and rs per cent
of MARYLAND and Pennsylvania is
Graded in the terminal markets as
garIicky. 1t was pointed out by the
Eastern States representatives that
much OF this wheat is being used by
millers and, according to their own
statements, is being found satisfac-
tory and Of equal value to wheat not
having garlic. In other words, there
is no discrimination at present in
nrices with wheat having one garlic
buIblet for each 2 ounces or in wheat
having 1000 bulblets for each two
ounces. The Eastern States repre-
spntatives showed that during the
time the United States Grain Corpor-
alton was handling wheat for export
in 1915 and 1916, when the same
grades as at present applied, that
there was a spread of only 2 cents
per bushel in the two grades Of wheat
but since that time buyers have been
discriminating more strongly against
garlicky wheat because of the name,
as it was formerly known as Number
2 Southern
"If the grade of garlicky wheat is
lowered to the point where three or
more bulbets are allowed for each
two ounces, according to the request
of representatives of the Eastern
States to the secretary, such a ruling
will allow more than IS per cent Of
the wheat now marketed to go in as
Number instead of garlicky wheat,
and on this basis it will save the
wheat growers of the State an aver
age of 1876 cents per bushel on pro-
duction of about two million, of which
one and a half million is sold each
year.
"While it is possible under modern
conditions of handling wheat at local
points of shipment to remove at least
90 per cent of the garlic, yet enough
remains to put it in that class under
the present system of grading. The
contention Of the representatives of
the above states was supported in
part by the Philadelphia Grain Ex-
change representatives, but was op-
posed in part by the Baltimore Grain
Exchange It is the Delaware repre-
Sentatives' hope that the Secretary of
Agriculture will compromise on the
garIicky wheat in favor of the pro-
ducer, so that he will be allowed a
little more liberal grading in order to
better the prices at the local points of
shipment
"a statement will be made by the
Secretary of Agriculture within the
next few days, acting upon the recon-
mendations of the Chicago Conference
and making the new changes in the
wheat grades for the next few years.
The representatives will be keenly
disappointed if the standard is not
lowered so that Delaware farmers
may secure greater justice in the
marketing of their grain, to which
they are entitled"
Mr.. Pence, in concluding his state
ment, said that he did not in any way
mean to reflect on wheat buyers in
THIS State, who, he said, have to go by
government grades.