ANNUAL REPORT-—COMMERCE. 
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For the benefit of our readers, so large a number of whom 
must be interested in knowing the rules of inspection which 
govern in the grading of grain of different kinds, we quote 
the rules now in force in Milwaukee and Chicago respectively. 
Rules of the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce. 
SPRING WHEAT. 
No. 1— Spring Wheat —Must be sound; well cleaned wheat, weighing 
not less than fifty-eight pounds to the measured bushel. 
No. 2— Spring Wheat —Must be sound; and weigh not less than fifty- 
five pounds to the measured bushel, and must be free from grown or 
sprouted wheat. 
No. 3—Shall comprise all wheat fit for warehousing, weighing not 
less than fifty-four pounds to the measured bushel, which under the es¬ 
tablished rules for inspection may be unfit to go into the higher grades. 
Rejected —Shall comprise all wheat fit for warehousing, but too low in 
weight, or otherwise unfit to pass into No. Three. 
(Rice Wheat —No matter what quality/is invariably graded as Rejected .— 
Secretary.) 
winter wheat. 
White Winter —Must be choice white wheat, plump, sound and clean. 
No. 1 Winter —Red, or red and white mixed, clean and sound milling 
wheat. 
No. 2 Winter —Sound winter wheat, but of inferior grade. 
Rejected Winter —Merchantable winter wheat inferior to No. Two. 
COARSE GRAINS. 
CORN—No. 1—To be sound, dry and well cleaned. 
No. 2.—To include all other corn, dry, merchantable and reasona¬ 
bly clean. 
Rejected —All wet, very dirty, hot or otherwise badly damaged 
corn, and unfit for warehousing. 
Oats —No. 1—To be sound, free from other grain, and well cleaned. 
No. 2—All other oats, not unmerchantable. 
Rejected —All oats unsound or from any cause unmerchantable. 
Rye —No. 1—To be sound and well cleaned. 
No. 2—All rye not included in No. 1, that is not, in the judgment of 
the inspector unmerchantable. 
Rejected —All unsound rye that, from any cause, shall be deemed 
unmerchantable, and unfit for warehousing. 
Barley —No. 1—To be plump, bright; clean, sound, and free from other 
grains. 
No. 2—To be sound and reasonably clean. 
Rejected —All barley, that from any cause, is unsound or un¬ 
merchantable. 
The inspector shall receive fifteen cents per car load for all grain inspected. 
