Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 222, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1914 — INSPECTING AND GRADING WHEAT. [ARTICLE]

INSPECTING AND GRADING WHEAT.

Most wheat that is shipped to large terminal grain markets is graded and classified into different groups. The principal classes provided for on most markets are: Hard winter, red winter, hard spring, northern spring, durum, white winter and mixed wheats. The different grades are usually referred to as No. 1,2, A 4 and sample grade. In determining what grade should be given to any lot of wheat the following points should be considered: ’ First—Plumpness, maturity, trueness to type. Second—Condition. Third—Test weight per bushel. Fourth—Amount of weed seed, dirt and foreign material or other u Fifth—General appearance. Grading is usually done by a State Grain Inspection Department, created by law, and a fee fiw inspection M charged for that wort