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perts of the ^'arious firms to which the cars are consigned. A card, giving 

 the number of the car carrying the sampled grain and the place from which 

 it came, is stuck in each pan. Sales are made on the basis of these samples. 

 In the meantime inspection lists are placed in the corridor of the inspec- 

 tion office, and all commission houses have access to them. If the commis- 

 sion house expert is not satisfied with the grade assigned to grain by the 

 State he can demand reinspection, and if the result of this still does not 

 satisfy him he can have recourse to the Appeal Board. If there is a discre- 

 pancy between the sample secured by the State samplers and that of the 

 sampling bureau, resampling is ordered at once. Indeed resampling maj^ 

 be demanded in any case. This provides a check which reduces chances 

 of incorrect grading to a minimum. When the commission firms have been 

 informed of the grading of the cars, they attach the tickets showing grade 

 to the pans in which their samples are displayed, and these act as a check and 

 guide to trading. Most of the samples viewed before twelve o'clock in a 

 morning are sold on the same day, and the diposition on the railroads 

 of the cars, which have usually arrived, is ordered before four o'clock in 

 the afternoon. The whole selling transactions have usually closed before 

 the cars arrive, and cars are therefore switched without delay to the ele- 

 vator or mill where they are to be unloaded, or onto the trucks which will take 

 them to lake ports. 



C) The Functions of the Boards of Appeal. 



The are two boards of appeal in Minnesota, one at iJuluth and the Min- 

 neapolis Grain Inspection Board at Minneapolis, and each of them consists 

 of three members appointed b}^ the governor of the State. These men have 

 the same qualifications as the grain inspectors, and not more than two of 

 them are of the same political party. Each member gives a bond of $ 5,000 

 to the State. It will be noticed that while the Railroad and Warehouse 

 Commission is elective the boards of appeal, which are quite independent 

 of it, are appointed by the governor. 



Any owners, consignees, consigners or warehousemen dissatisfied with 

 grain inspection may appeal to the nearest grain ins|)ection board. The fee 

 for reinspection is $1, refunded if the grade of the grain as to which there 

 is appeal be changed. After such reinspection appeal ma}' again be made 

 to the board of appeal whose decision is final. For such second reinspection 

 the fee is again $1 which may be refunded as before. Most appeals 

 concern wheat, and there are practically none as to barley the grades of 

 which are so various that its value must be judged almost entirely from 

 samples. 



The following figures give some idea of the work done by these boards 

 of appeal. They are for the year ended 31 Augu.st 191 6. 



Receipts IJxpenditure Profit 



Minneapolis. . . ■';? 28,701 §11,130 ^ $17,570 



Diiluth 14,805 11,290 ' 3,514 



