The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, November 23, 1916, Page 5

- IFeed Wheat”-- A Big Skin ~ New Bulletin by Dr. Ladd Exposes Latest Trick of Ui e i VGrain Buyers to Cheat Farmers ' ' - Now THEN! ' NEwW CrROP—GOLD MEDAL FLOUR <Al % Owing to climatic conditions dnrini fm'lh of the 1916 crop, it is more important this yeas e Ty o 3 Mdnu-!iw only and we dg{ not consider them 2 . The following suggestions are adaptabdle to Gold - spplicable to ar?' other flour. g “ 5 e quality of the:1916 crop as milled-by us is excellent. v y ; There vfl'i i»e 3 marked increase in loaf v e when GOLD MEDAL FLOUR is used. i The gluten cantent will be from 11% to which is larger than th: r0p. & ‘The time of fermentation: will possibly be about one-hal f hour longer than the Jast crop. E i Owing to the extremely warm weather during the ripening period, the wheat has already gong i _ through the sweat and t!'!‘nuquefilly tl': dificen:’lu'n often experienced in handling new wheag i < : ; lour will not be noticed to any extent. = - 1 ; ; X The indications are that the-absorption will bout 2% to 3% Bighes | than the previous crop.’ G5 . dna n‘:aight don':lil’ use to each 100 1bs. Gold Medal Flour, I Ib. { east, 1% to 13¢ lbs. salt according to the hardness of 'Qle water. i '%‘emperamre 80° 0 82°. The dough should have on 1strising-3 hrs., y 2nd rising 1 bhr., 3rd rising'l hr. Give a medium proof in ‘the pans. Don’t forget new wheat flous 2 requires more sugar than flour which bas Been aged. (I e flour on this crop will improve on aging ve % i oo A e ik L -y . WASHBURN.CRoOSBY CO. | e AR ; : 2 ner2 it MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. b 9 : Above is an exact photographic/reproduction of a postal card.sent out by one of the big Minneapolis mills to’ retail and wholesale flour dealers throughout the { United States. . The cut on the left shows the front of the card, the name of the dealers to whom it is sent being put in the white space to the right of the picture. § back of the card is shewn to the nimfin?flr the signature of the mill.. This eard is an admission by the big mills of ‘Dr. Ladd’s assertion' that ‘the present Northwest spring wheat crop, though light and shriveled -of rust, makes even better flour than last year’s crop. Despite this, however, as Dr. Ladd shows, farmers are being Y forced to sell the bulk of the crop as “feed” wheat at skin-game prices. The “feed” wheat grades under which the bulk of this excellent milling ‘crop is being sold are not 4y : suthorized by law ‘and are a violation of the legal grades of Minnesota and Wisconsin, under which the farmers of the Northwest are supposed to market their crop. OSITIVE PROOF of the cbmpat- Dr. Ladd and the Nonpartisan: Leader grading syétem‘ but every elevator that legal . grades that are applied now in ] 4 -atively = high- flour ' and bread e f value of the 1916 wheat crop, - : - much disparaged by Chamber of | Commerce interests, is set forth in a i ; . bulletin just publisheQ by the North j Dakota, Agricultural s No. '119. This bulletin is based upon : complete milling tests of 96 samples of " the 1916 crop and shows that the highest profits to the dealers over the prices paid to the farmers is, for £ W Northern, 21 per cent; for No. 4; 41 to 47 per cent, and for the so-called “feed” grades, from 57 to. 111 per cent, -when B - this “feed” wheat is manufactured”into “It is not to be assumed that a pro- { . duct of ‘as much value as_this for flour L " production, will be used as cattle feed” : says the bulletin in commenting upon the data. Baking tests of the flour made from this light weight, so-called “feed” ‘wheat (some ‘of it Tunning from 85 to 49 pounds per bushel) show that in i : strength to ‘raise,’ in texture of the loaf, and in volume of the loaf it is the equal of most of the flour made from No. 1 and No. 2, whilé it almost equals these in. color, . ‘exceeded in excellence the higher grades. 'WHEAT 18 GOOD , ‘That Dr. Ladd’s conclusions are cor- _rect from a commercial milling point of - ‘view is proven by a card sent out to the - trade only (not to the public) by the - Washburn-Crosby. company of Minne- “apolis. 'The company. strongly plays up “the superiority of the 1916 wheat crop, and: makes' it a special advertising: feature, using the same conclusions that Dr. Ladd has been using,-and for which he has been severely scored by the ~ showing the excellent quality of the flour “made from the “poor” 1916 ‘wheat, are -~ ‘notthe on ~when the millers ‘big_elevator companies are bu college—bulletin 'MILLS CHEAT FARMERS, ls THE COLLEGE PROVES. . and ‘some samples = ‘ i * millers. Of coumse these arguments . devise a system of grades of their own, ne. Isrmers to. accept., No publicity has . kbgez‘f»‘.givgn_by;ichm er-of Commerce upon several occasions. HeYe are some ' quotations: . “The qusglity of the 1916 crop as ndilled by us is excellent. There will be a marked increase in loaf volume when Gold Medal flour is used.. The - gluten content will be from 11 per ‘cent to 12 per cent, which is con- siderably larger than the 1915 crop. The indications are that the absorp- tion will be about two to three per cent higher than the previous crop. . The flour on this crop will improve on aging very rapidly.” Here is the best kind of testimony from the big' millers themselves that the; contentions’ of Dr. Ladd have been ‘well founded, and that when he insisted the farmers should get more money: for the kind of wheat that would make this kind . of flour, he had science, practical mill experience and facts on his zide, as well as justice. The: bulletin in which Dr. Ladd sets - forth these facts is the third in a wheat . and flour series, and’ carries to a still further. point discoveries ‘and: conclu- sions made in former years at the A. C,, showing that the millers, elevators and - other handlers are making immense, profits: on : grain, which “they “have - deceived the farmers into. regarding as almost worthless. And the best features - of the bulletin are the 28 tables of figures showing in'detail the facts upon which he (and thé Washburn-Crosby company) concludes that the much abused 1916 ‘wheat is prefty good stuff after all. special effort thi _ ' price of the light g Iowest" possible . point, the big much more stringent " than' the legal: innesota grades, which they compel the BUYERS sells to Chamber of Commerce firms has to buy -by it. It comes fresh ‘every morning ‘from Minneapolis on a ‘postal - card, each 'day’s quotations cancelling those of the day before. The Agricul- tural college’ secured one of these cards ' and the new bulletin contains a complete ,comparison of these grades with the legally established grades of the board of grain appeals at Minneapolis and Duluth® The Léader also had a similar card of different date. . On this card there are three grades of “No. 4”, wheat, and they must weigh from two to four pounds more per bushel " than the legal No. 4. 'There are four additional = grades marked “feed A,” “feed 'B” and so forth and specific weights are fixed for these. These so- called “feed” grades ‘eliminate the use of sample” grade, which both Minnesota and Wisconsin established in order to ' permit the farmers to deal on the merits ‘of their own particular grain with the buyers. Under this special card grad- ing system, there is mo elasticity to per- “mit " quality to be reckoned by :sample. Every variation” of a pound is rigidly establishéd, down to 35 pounds per. bushel, and 8 price fixed for each varia- tion downito the fraction of a cent. Thus practically all the light weight grain of the 1916 crop is being obtained at: low fixed prices, and this wheat is at once tutned into flour that Dr. ‘Ladd’s tests have proyen is the’ equal of the flours m: de from: the very best wheats, and in som{, Tespects. superior. k PRICE BY D PTION That such valuable wheat is not turned into feed is practically-certain, although the use of the term “feed” in establish-. - ing these special card grades was no- doubt: done for the purpose of dec‘epti_on. On: this point, the bulletin says: “It may be assamed that the term #feed’ is intended to imply that the wheat ‘had no’ milling value, but is to be used exclusively for feed purposesY = «"As it is'the card grades and not the AT yq | - Worth $13.65, making a net gain through | per car, due entirely to the diff . he d North Dakota in buying wheat from the | farmers, the A. C. used the caid grades | in the wheat milled, as shown in the | bulletin. It was a matter of a few | minutes with a pencil and paper to ascertain the difference in price paid the farmers'by the card grades, and the price received by the elevators under the legal Minnesota grades, by which alone all wheat is sold at Minneapolis. It was likewise a matter of simple arithmetic L to ascertain the value of this wheat bought at card grades, when turned into various mill products and sold at Minne- apolis, 'and -the comparison .of the cost and the receipts is interesting. As the mill tests showed exactly how much flour, bran .and shorts, each bushel would make, and the baking tests showed exactly what kind of flour this was, it 3 was. easy to determine the final value of A the mill products from this so-called “feed” wheat. Fractions of a cent are omitted here, although included in the ! tables, . i The value of a bushel of No. 1 wheat bought at $1.73 ‘was $2.10, an increase of 87 cents in value, or 21.4 per cent; a ' bushel of No. 2 bought at $1.70 was $2.17, an increase of 46 cents per bushel, or 27.5 per cent. This relative increase in value as the grade decreased was shown . throughout the series, and ranged from : 74 cents a bushel increase-in “feed’” A to b $1.05 a bushel in “feed D.” For instance’ AL one bushel of “feed D” wheat, bought gt the card quotation of 79 cents per bushel, made in flour, bran,” and shorts -(and screenings) a’value of $1.99, or yielded ; an increase of $1.05. This, when con= & verted into a percentage, shows 111 per ; cent of gain in value. HOW ILLEGAL “FEED” GRADES HURT FARMER % The best comparison¥, however, well'e shown in carload lots, figured as pur- .chased: in Fargo at the card grades and ag sold in Minneapolis, or manufactured 5 -and resold at Fargo. On this basis one” carload ‘of 60,000 pounds of No. 1 ' Northern purchased in Fargo at card grades cost $1526.25. - When sold on' the tracks at Minneapolis under the Minnesata grades, and $66 for i freight had been deducted, this wheat - was worth $1607.34, and the screeni the ration of the card grades, of +$94.24 on one car. In the same way No.. 2 Northern showed a riet gain of $109.97 ‘Taking the “feed” grades as s the card at the prices. by