02 



ESSAYS ON WHEAT 



Number of Cars of Wheat Inspected in the Western Grain In- 

 spection Division During the Crop Years Stated 



1908 70,527 cars 



1909 89,329 cars 



1910 81,506 cars 



1911 135,756 cars 



1912 125,969 cars 



1913 137,403 cars 



1914 95,926 cars 



1915 282,021 cars 



1916 167,018 cars 



1917 127,765 cars 



To show how the grades are distributed, the statistics 

 for the grades for the crop years 1914, 1915, and 1916 

 may be quoted. In 1915, the wheat crop was the largest 

 ever obtained in the West, while in 1916 the crop suffered 

 severely from the rust disease. 



Number of Cars of Different Grades in the Crop Years Stated 



Wheat 



Hard No. 1 



Northern No. 1 . . . 

 Northern No. 2 . . . 

 Northern No. 3 . . . 



White Fife 



No Grade and Feed 



Rejected 



Commercial Grades 



Winter Wheat 



Condemned 



Others 



Total cars 



1914 



21 



16,152 



32,735 



23,057 



1 



3,833 



3,848 



15,990 



216 



60 



13 



95,926 



1915 



2,126 



138,117 



49,110 



36,497 



1 



21,962 



9,336 



23,954 



742 



82 



94 



282,021 



1916 



79 

 18,261 

 32,262 

 30,207 



40,885 



3,171 



41,828 



166 



93 



66 



167,018 



The importance of accurately determining the grades 

 of car-loads of wheat is shown by the following Table 

 which gives the price of wheat in cents per bushel for the 

 chief grades for the crop year 1918-19. These prices 

 were fixed by the Board of Grain Supervisors as a war 

 measure; but corresponding differences in prices affect 



