Middletown transcript., 1922-04-22
CAN SAVE 100000
By Changes Made in Grading Of
Carlicky Wheat
M. o. PENCE PRESENTED DATA

Farmers of Delaware would save
more than $1O0, 600 annually on their
marketing OF wheat if changes are
made in the grading of "garIicky"
wheat as suggested at conference
held at Chicago last week and which
was attended by representatives from
Delaware. Maryland and Pennsylvania.
u :laware was represented at this con-
ference by Walker Mlfflin of the State
Board of Agriculture and M. o. Pence
of the University of Delaware, who
presented data to show that the present
grades of wheat, now classed as gar
llcky, are too strict, and that they can
Justly lower the market value of wheat
below its true value in view of the fact
that large part of it can be miIed
without the so-called garicky flavor.
AT the present time the spread between
"garlicky" wheat and wheat which
would grade the same but for the gar
lie averages throughout the year IL. &c
per bushel and the range is from SC to
22c per bushel. The heavier cut ap-
plies, too, when the major part of the
wheat goes to market during July,
August. September and October. The
garlic grade is at present determined by
the fact that one or more bulblets are
found in 900 grsms, (about q ounces)
of wheat. On such basis 1T is prac-
tically impossible to load car of wheat
in Delaware which will not grade gar
licky, even though the miller could use
it to full advantage. More than 80 per
cent. of all the wheat grown and sold
In Delaware grades ''garllcky", and rs
per cent. of all the wheat sold in Penn
sylvania and Maryland grades the same
way
1t was pointed out by representatives
of the Eastern States that during the
war the United States Grain Corpora
tion made difference of only &c per
bushel between garlicky wheat End
wheat free or g4rlc of the same grade.
Also, before the war about the same
difference existed when ''garlicky'
wheat was known as No. 2 Southern.
1t is evident that the name itself, gar
licky", depresses the market unduly
even though the garlic is present in
such small amounts as to be almost
negligible.
Representatives of the Philadelphia
Grain Exchange supported in the main
the contentious of the Eastern States
representatives and said that they an
ticlpated no difficulty in exporting
wheat having as high as three or -four
bulblets to each 1,0u0 grams. There
was evidence presented on the part OF
large milling ints 'ests to substantate
the claims made about the milling OF
garlicky wheat with small per cent.
of garlic present.
If the Eastern States representatives
secure a lowering of the garlic grade
to three or four bulbets to | 900 grams
instead of 10 to the | 900 grams which
they asked, it will be possible for 1
large part of our wheat to go into the
market under the straight No. 2 grade
and thus make the saving first men
toned. The matter is W in the hand.
of Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
who will render decision in few
days. Messrs. Miffii and Pence O
Delaware will be keenly disappointed il
these grades arn not changed in part al
suggested. 1t will then be up to tn,
farmers to clean their grain so that i
will come within the regular No
grade, which will be possible in the ma
jority OF cases.