Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-09-05
TREASURE STATE FARM AND LIVESTOCK

owned by more than n owner sale
application shall. be signed by al
having an interest therein. In cast
said grain is m%ortgaged, n applica.
ton for inspection shall be signed by
the owner, and any certltlcate issued
for grain owned by more than ONE
person or m~ortgaged shall be issueo
in the names of such persons includ-
ing the mortgage.
Any person who shall state in such
application any material fact known tC
be false or for the purpose of mis-
leading the commissioner Of agricul-
ture or the inspector shall be guilty OF
a miSdemeanor.
The Warehouse
After the application has beer
signed and duly sworn TO, the inspector
shall examine the proposed farm ware
house, and If III his opinion. it con-
forms to the following requirements
he will approve, and if it does not he
will reject such warehouse as unfit for
storage under the requirements of this
act. The warehouse shall be deemed
TO meet the requirements Of this act
and the regulations Of the commits
sioner if it be a structure Of metal
tile, brick, concrete, or other material
giving equal protection from the ele-
mentS.
Wood structures are suitable when
they are proved to the satisfaction OF
the inspector to be water proof and
weather proof in the same degree as
public warehouses or elevators located
at market centers. Hinges and hasps
must be attached to doors in such a
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or the doors opened without breaking
the seal or lock applied by the inspec-
tor. If the warehouse is rejected by
the inspector the fact and reasons for
such rejection shall be noted on the
application for testing and sealing of
grain and said application shall be
returned by the inspector to the COM
missioner and filed for future refer
ence. Upon approval Of the structure
as suitable for storage under the act,
the inspector shall proceed to obtain
a representative sample or samples
from the grain stored therein.
The Samples
A sample shall be deemed to be
representative when taken in the fol-
lowing n At least five prob
ings at various places in the grain
when the amount Of said grain is from
1000 to 1900 bushels. An additional
probing shall be taken of each addi-
tional 300 bushels or less. The grain
probes shall be plunged to the floor
equally distant throughout the area
Of all grain in the various parts is OBJ
tanned.
Whenever any granary is found to
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each portion representing q separate
lot of different quality, n from the
other, then each separation or bulk
head shall be treated as a separate
granary, and samples taken from each
lot. Each sample so taken shall after
examination on the canvas provided
be mixed by folding the canvas back
and forth a number of times, and a
one-Quart tin air-tight container also
provided for this purpose shall be filled
from the canvas and identified by the
owners name and application number
and the inspectors lame an daddress
The sample shall then be submitted
to the state testing laboratory at Great
Falls, HarlowtOn, Glendive or Boze-
man, whichever is nearest to the market
center in which the grain is stored.
The inspector shall also measure and
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grain in the bin and estimate the num-
At the time Of submitting the sample
the inspector also shall forward the
application containing all the intorma-
ton contained therein to the same lab
oratory to which the sample is sub
mitted.
Sealing Warehouse
After completing the Sampling OF
each warehouse the inspector snail
close the door or doors, fasten the hasp
and apply the state seal or seals. These
must be SO locked to the hasp that
they will be impossible of removal
without breaking. The serial number
of the state seal or seals must then
be added to the other information con-
tanned in the application, and a warn
ing against breaking Of such seals
should be attached to each door. Upon
completing the tests for grade, dock
state laboratory shall issue certificates
in duplicate and warehouse certificates
in triplicate, the original grade and
protein certificate shall be attached to
the duplicate warehouse certificate, and
all copies except the triplicate copy
of warehouse certificate shall be re-
turned to the inspector, and he shall at
tach his signature to the original and
duplicate warehouse certificate. The
inspector shall then, upon payment Of
the inspection fee, deliver the original
of all certificates to the owner n file
the duplicate of all certificates with
the county clerk and recorder, for which
the inspector shall pay a filing fee Of
IS cents.
The triplicate copy of the warehouse
certificate, together with the applica-
ton for testing and sealing of grain,
will then be forwarded by the labor
atory issuing same, to the commissioner
of agriculture, and those shall be filed
until final disposition of the grain is
made, and the original warehouse GER
tiicate cancelled. Each sample repre-
senting the inspection under this act
shall. by the laboratory making the
test, be filed until the grain is marketed
and warehouse certificate cancelled,
after which tie said sample shall be
destroyed and the containers returned
to the inspectors from whom received.
The Fees
Fees for testing and sealing of
grain are due when the inspection is
Completed and the warehouse certif-
cate is delivered to the owner, and the
inspector is charged with the collec-