REPORT OF TIIE STATISTICIAN. 



461 



The Saint Louis inspection, for four years, makes the quality of the ■ 

 last year's receipts about the same as in 1880 and 1881, but much lower 

 than' in 1882. The following table gives the record : 



Inspection by grades of wheat in Saint Louis. 



Grades. 



1880. 



1881. 



1882. 



Ten months 



of 1883. 



Cars. 



Per 

 cent. 



Cars. 



Per 

 cent. 



Cars. 



Per 

 cent. 



Cars. 



Per 

 cent. 



lied winter: 



16, 068 



0, 484 

 3, 640 



1, 370 



52.6 

 31.0 

 11.9 

 4.5 



10, 820 

 4, 276 

 2, 100 

 1,043 



59.3 

 23.5 

 11.5 

 5.7 



20, 440 

 4, 533 

 1,423 

 1,401 



73.5 

 16.3 

 5.1 

 5.1 



8, 964 

 4, 364 

 1, 534 

 1,867 



-to. 6 

 26.1 

 9.2 

 11.1 







30, 562 





18, 239 





27, 797 





16, 729 







25, 552 

 5, 010 



83. 4 

 16.6 



15, 096 

 3, 143 



82.8 

 17.2 



"247973~ 

 2, 824 



1<uT 

 10.2 



13, 328~ 

 3,401 



79.7 

 20.3 





The Detroit inspections are thus reported, for the receipts, between 

 July 1 and November 1, 1883 : 



Grades. 



No. 1 



No. 2 



No. 3 



Rejected... 

 Damaged .. 

 Mixea 



Total 



1, 178 



27.7 



2,387 



56.3 



438 



10.3 



159 



3.7 



80 



1.9 



4 



.1 



4, 246 



100. 00 



This gives 84 per cent. Nos. 1 and 2, a better showing than the Chi- 

 cago average of four years. Mr. L. M. Miller sends the estimates of the 

 Detroit Board of Trade as to average weight of wheat, as follows : From 

 1874 to 1870, 59 to 59J pounds; 1877 to 1880, full GO pounds; 1881, 59i 

 to 59J J 1882, 57£ to 08 pounds ; 1883, 58 J pounds. 



Mr. J. D. Hayes contributes the following relative to Michigan wheat : 



In reply to your favor, I would say the average run of white wheat, when sound, is 

 60 pounds per bushel. For the past three years there has been a very wide difference 

 in weight as well as quality of wheat, owing to its being out of condition ; 1S82 crop 

 in Michigan was very large and in good condition up to harvesting, when the con- 

 tinuous rains ruined about 11,000,000 bushels in this State, and a very large amount 

 of what was marketed was unsound, grown, and light weight. The same thing oc- 

 curred again this year on white wheat, while the small, very red wheat, uugrown 

 when harvested, will weigh from 60 to 63 pounds per standard measured bushel. 



Mr. A. D. Sterling, inspector of the New York Produce Exchange, 

 sends the following statement of inspections up to March, which shows 

 but 35 per cent, of No. 2 wheat. 



Grades. 



Slate white wheat 



No. 1 white wheat 



No. 2 white wheat 



No. 3 white wheat 



No. 1 red wheat 



No. 2 red wheat 



No. 3 red wheat 



No. 4 red wheat 



Mixed wheat 



TJnmerchantahle wheat 



No. 1 N. W. spring 



No. 2 N. W. spring 



3 

 48 

 34 



5 



264 

 3, 204 

 3, 638 

 601 

 13 

 10 

 1 



238 



Grades. 



No. 3 N. W. spring 



JS'o. 2 spring 



No. 3 spring 



Kejected 



No. esth. grade 



Str. 2 white wheat 

 Str. 2 red wheat .. 

 Str. 3 red wheat... 

 Str. mixed 



Total 



Cars. 



9, 816 



