MARKETING OF GRAIN 387 



No. 1 Hard Winter Wheat shall include all varieties of pure, 

 hard winter wheat, sound, plump, dry, sweet, and well cleaned, 

 and weigh not less than 61 pounds to the measured bushel. 



No. 2 Hard Winter Wheat shall include all varieties of hard 

 winter wheat, of both light and darli colors, dry, sound, sweet, 

 and clean, and weigh not less than 59 pounds to the measured 

 bushel. 



No. 3 Hard Winter Wheat shall include all varieties of hard 

 winter wheat of both light and dark colors, not clean and plump 

 enough for No. 2 and weigh not less than 56 pounds to the 

 measured bushel. 



No. 4 Hard Winter Wheat shall include all varieties of hard 

 winter wheat of both light and dark colors. It may be damp, 

 musty, or dirty, and weigh not less than 50 pounds to the meas- 

 ured bushel. 



Similar grades are described for the other classes of 

 v/heat and also for the other grains. Sometimes grain 

 reaches the terminal market in such poor condition that 

 it is not given a grade, but is sold by sample, in which case 

 a small sample is sent to the trading floor so that the pur- 

 chaser may see it before making the purchase. 



413. Methods of inspection. — Two systems of grain 

 inspection are in practice at terminal markets. " Track 

 inspection " is the inspecting and grading of the grain at 

 the car in the railroad yards or on the boat. A sample is 

 taken from the car or boat, and the inspector, after examin- 

 ing it and determining the weight per bushel, gives the 

 grain a grade. The inspector records in a book or on a 

 card the number of the car and the name of the dealer to 

 whom consigned, together with the grade he has given it. 

 Track inspection is not always satisfactory, since the 

 inspector is likely to be influenced in his judgment by ex- 

 tremes of weather, such as severe heat or cold, and when 

 in doubt as to the grade of a certain lot, he has no one to 

 consult or to check up his work. Track inspection for 



