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Grain Laboratory 



TARGET GROUPS . The protein testing sections of the Great Falls 

 Laboratory and the Laboratory at Montana State University in Bozeman 

 are members of the Pacific Northwest Section of American Association 

 of Cereal Chemists. Such membership gives a check on protein 

 testing procedure by means of a colaborative check sample. 



ACHIEVEMENTS Since July 1957, official state weighers stationed 

 at the larger grain terminals at Great Falls, Shelby and Lewistown 

 supervise the weighing of carloads of grain being loaded or 

 unloaded. Official weighing at Harlowton was started in March 1966. 

 These official weights are used in settling loss claims of the elevators 

 against the railroads as well as record of grain marketed. 



Mustard seed is also graded at Great Falls under the Montana 

 Mustard Seed Standards established by the Montana legislature for 

 adoption in 1941. These standards have gained world wide acceptance 

 and are the basis of Canadian and other mustard standards. 



The 32nd Legislative Assembly approved $30,000 for a grain in- 

 spection building which was erected in the spring of 1952 containing 

 2600 square feet on the main floor and an unfinished basement of 

 the same size. Since that time, the basement has been finished 

 and the building expanded because of the need for more room necessitated 

 by increased business. The present building has 3,723 square 

 feet on the main floor; 3,198 square feet in the basement; 576 square 

 feet in the garage; total 7,497 square feet. The building is equipped 

 with an automatic sprinkler system for fire protection. This has been 

 paid for by the grain services revolving fund. 



To reduce administrative costs and costs of maintaining a plant 

 at Harlowton, Montana; the plant was closed and the workload 

 transferred to the Great Falls Laboratory. 



For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970 there were approximately 

 20,500 official car inspections, 11,000 submitted samples for 

 a total of 31,500 grade inspections. During the year there were 

 approximately 17,750 car proteins, 24,700 sample proteins, totaling 

 42,500 protein tests. The workload also included 2,500 malting 

 barley analysis and 61 sedimentation tests. Approximately 9,000 

 carloads were officially weighed in and out of the terminals at 

 Great Falls, Shelby, Lewistown and Harlowton. 



FISCAL YEARS 



1967-68 1968-69 1969-70 



Costs $229,029 $225,649 $217,367 



