18 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5-6 EDWARD VII., A. 1906 



THE INSPECTION AND GRADING OF WHEAT IN THE MANITOBA 



GRAIN INSPECTION DIVISION. 



The methods employed in the inspection of wheat and their fairness to the farmer 

 as well as to the miller or export purchaser have of late attracted some attention. 

 Farmers in some instances have been of opinion that they have not received from the 

 millers the full value, especially of their lower grades of wheat. 



This subject has been carefully investigated at the Central Experimental Farm by 

 the Cereal and Chemical Divisions, and a bulletin has been published giving the results 

 cf this inquiry. Authentic and representative samples of the different grades of wheat 

 have been obtained from Mr. David Horn, chief inspector of the Manitoba Grain Ins- 

 pection Division. By the use of a small roller mill flour has been produced from these 

 samples, and the flour made into bread and baked. The results of the bakings several 

 times repeated have been carefully compared as to texture, quality, &c., and the infor- 

 mation compiled. In the Chemical Division the samples both of whole wheat and flour 

 have been analysed, and the proportions of their several constituents determined. A 

 comparison of the conclixsions reached index)endently by the Cerealist and Chemist 

 show conclusively that considering the difficulties surrounding this subject, the present 

 system of grading, which is faithfully administered and well carried out works on the 

 whole fairly well. This bulletin has been widely distributed and copies may still be 

 had by any one desiring them by applying to the Director of Experimental Farms. 



GRADES OF SPRING WHEAT IN THE MANITOBA GRAIN INSPECTION DIVISION. 



The Grain Inspection Act jprovides that the spring wheat grown in Manitoba 

 and the North-west Territories shall be graded as follows: — 



Exlra Manitoba hard wheat shall weigh not less than 62 pounds per bushel, shall 

 bo plump, sound and well cleaned and shall contain not less than eighty-five per cent 

 of hard red Fife wheat. 



No. 1 Manitoba hard wheat shall be plump, sound and wtill cleaned, weighing not 

 less than 60 lbs. to the bushel, and shall be composed of at least seventy-five per cent 

 of hard red Fife wheat. 



No. 1 hard white Fife wheat shall be sound and well cleaned, weighing not less 

 tlian 60 lbs. to the bushel and shall be composed of not less than sixty per cent of hard 

 white Fife wheat, and shall not contain more than twenty-five per cent of soft wheat. 



No. 1 Manitoba northern wheat shall be sound and well cleaned, weighing not less 

 than 60 ]bs. to the bushel and shall be composed of at least sixty per cent of hard red 

 Fife wheat. 



No. 2 Manitoba northern wheat shall be sound and reasonably clean, of good mill- 

 ing qualities and fit for warehousing, weighing not less than 58 pounds to the bushel, 

 and shall be composed of at least forty-five per cent of hard red Fife wheat. 



Any wheat not good enough to be graded No. 2 Manitoba northern shall be graded 

 No. 3 Manitoba northern, in the discretion of the inspector. 



These grades form the bulk of the wheat marketed every season. In a good year 

 the larger part of the grain will be No. 1 Hard and No. 1 Northern, while in a poor 

 year the proportions of No. 2 and No. 3 Northern will be larger. 



Every year a considerable number of cars containing wheat of too low a quality 

 to be graded as No. 3 Northern, find their way into the market, and special standards 

 nre prepared for these low class products, such as No. 4 Extra, No. 4, No. 5, Feedr and 

 No. 2 Feed. Any good wheat that is damp and which cannot be safely warehoused, is 

 classed as No Grade. All good wheat that contains a large admixture of other kinds 

 cf grain is also classed as No Grade. All grain brought to the market in a heating 

 condition or mixed with heated grain, is entered on the inspector's books as con- 

 demned. 



