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1C030IERCIAL GRADES OF GRAIX. 



(Minneapolis and Dululh Grain Inspection Board.) 



I. WHEAT. 



No. I Hard Spriyig Wheat. — No. i Hard Spring \\Tieat must 

 be sound, bright, and well cleaned, and must be composed 

 mostly of Hard Scotch Fife, and weigh not less than fifty-eight 

 pounds to the measured bushel. 



No. I Northern Spring Wheat. — No. i Northern Spring Wheat 

 must be sound and well cleaned; it may be composed of the 

 hard and soft varieties of spring wheat, but must contain a 

 larger proportion of the hard varieties, and weigh not less than 

 fifty-seven pounds to the measured bushel. 



No. 2 Northern Spring Wheat. — No. 2 Northern Spring 

 Wheat must be reasonably sound and clean and of good milling 

 quality, this grade to include all wheat not suitable for the higher 

 grades, and must weigh not less than fifty-six pounds to the 

 measured bushel. 



No. 3 Spring Wheat. — No. 3 Spring Wheat shall comprise all 

 inferior, shrunken spring wheat, weighing not less than fifty-four 

 pounds to the measured bushel. 



No. 4 Spring Wheat. — No. 4 Spring Wheat shall include all 

 inferior spring wheat that is badly shrunken or damaged, and 

 must weigh not less than forty-nine pounds to the measured 

 bushel. 



Rejected Spring Wheat. — Rejected Spring Wheat shall include 

 all spring wheat grown, badly bleached, or for any other cause 

 unfit for No. 4 Wheat. 



Note. — Hard, flinty wheat of good color, containing no 

 appreciable admixture of soft wheat, may be admitted into the 

 grades of No. 2 Northern Spring and No. 3 Northern Spring 

 Wheat, provided weight of the same is not more than one pound 

 less than the minimum test weight required by the existing rules 

 for said grades, and provided further that such wheat is in all 

 other respects qualified for admission into such grades. 



