Show TO 0 DETERMINE WHEAT DOCK DOCKAGE AG E A aa lit a leasur 3 of f wheat preparatory ti to weighing it and determining grade of the wheat OS of prime importance to the wheat growing furnier farmer ie Is on an understanding of an the term ie Is used in federal gratias and how dockage in wheat la Is determined since in sending grading hent under federal one of tito the fundamental principles ie 19 to determine the numerical grade on a dockage free basis with a few exception exceptions the dockage la to first removed from the samples and tho tile grade determined with tilt the clean or dockage free wheat dockage Is the foreign material screened from a sample of stuat at to be graded by the use of appropriate hand nieves or other cleaning devices and consists con alsta of band sand dirt weed seeds weed items stems chaff draw straw grain other than wheat heat and any other foreign material it also troy contain finely broken or mail small shriveled grains of wheat in case cases where each such material cannot be separated from dirt and other foreign material by the uso use of appropriate a foreign material determined the purpose of the dockage provi elan in the federal wheat standards Is to enable the person grading the saw pie to determine the approximate amount of easily separated foreign forel Hii inn ilia aerial that la Is in the lot of wheat therefore dockage ie Is approximately the percentage of material which can be easily removed from the lite lot of wheat by the commercial types of cleaning machinery commonly found in crain grain elevators and mills the dockage teat test Is described in camers bulletin 1118 entitled I 1 dock ago under federal wheat tirades which aich has recently been lnier by tho the united states department of agriculture to aid old wheat grower and others in this important tea fert ture of wheat grading as p ovidea in the revised federal grain standards for wheat which became effective july 15 13 1913 1918 dockage tet test described the dockage test is made ordinarily oy ty weighing 1000 grains groins of wheat about 2 pounds which constitutes a sample drama grams are usco instead of other unit units tor for ease in determining percentages tho the dockage ie in separated from this 1 coo IWO grain ample sample by screening with pan slews of specified types or by using ft a cleaning device which has licit been upp the dockage so separated Is weighed and the percent age ge ie is found based on the total weight a of jho ho including tho the dockage it lite amount ot of Is below 1 per ct c t it la Is disregarded for exam pip pie if only one halt half of I 1 per cent of foreign material Is separated by the means described above no dockage lo 10 I 1 assessed this one hnit half of 1 per cent howe er should not be returned to the sample used in dote dete mining tho the grade if it iki per cent of dockage la Is ed I 1 per tier cent of dockage would be indicated in anI aligning gnIng the tile grade thus it will be seen that any fraction of a per cent of dockage ie is considered conal dered as an a tolerance in lit the indicated in certificate after the dockage la Is removed tho the clean ie Is used in determining tie tile bratle save in a few exception dockage doea does not affect the grade as ened reigned to tho wheat if I 1 per cint ci nt or more inore of separable parable ee foreign material la is found dockage ie Is essed in the in certificate the amount Is indicated dilated after the grade dellI gnatt i ae as for example no I 1 northern spring dockage I 1 per cent it if the 09 wheat heat seed used Is to curt carefully fully lecter K cleaned tested and treated before planting if it care ie Is exercised in cultivation and crop rotation and it if the wheat beat Is carefully threshed and leaned there should be ordinarily very little foreign material present when the tile crop Is marketed apply to foreign material two terms in the fe derril wheat standard apply to foreign latherial ater lal dockage and foreign n rial etal other tho dockow doc kog the ton for r Is foreign material that flint la Is separator separ atod from front the sample of beat b the cioper use of 1 hand sieve 1 Io foreign reign I 1 material other than doc dockage liage la Is the tile 1 material not mpa rated d in lit the tile screening and a in fie dockage tree free sample fort loii material other I 1 than dockage on the other hand Is a factor tn in the arnde and definite percentages cen ore permitted in emit numer lent leal grade dockage easily removed ordinary doc dockage krige can call bo be rei removed from front quantities of client coin par actively simple denning cleaning machinery auch such apt ie Is installed in ln ninny gruin grain lie tie gators and mills or it can be removed on the tile an ordinary portable fanning funning mill equi equipped pled with a screen having perforations like tied fled for tic dockage 1 Doc kalot found in wheat mient in duany cabalu cabia te Is of real value while tn in ether enact it not only may have no alue but troy contain ingredients positively brimful it ground with tilt the wheat Doc dockage kAgo frequently contains quantities of other grains and weed eeds seeds such a mustard flaxseed oats or other cereal groin grain muth of tilts can bu ue us d to rood good onn tao no poultry or stock tied importance Import anc of dockage system it should be understood that it to optional ith tilt a fanner former whither hi he remote dockage or not alie point which united states department of agrical turo lure officials imp haRiM Is that it ie Is to hie his advantage to dockage anti in rany cisca to remove it hill silt stif the eystein system Is not employ the foreign material in the wheat tuny cause a 4 loN loncrini cring of thu the grade if it no gradler system Is I 1 ern em aloyed trading grading utitia usually lly ie Is not coni con for the lie farmer tamer in selling wheat at country points though nil all shipments to terminal inar kote are broiled graded end anti the country miller nr or grain dealer buy adient its dell delivered sered at a flat rate or on the baeck of the he average quality detta ered the price paid usually to 1 eum sum 1 low to protect the buyer against 1 loss by objectionable foreign material delivered with the general run of the grain under the lockage of the federal standards however the amount of such foreign material sei pep orated rind considered ae as dockage ie Is deducted tron from ho tile weight of the wheat purchased nod rind in lit any event does not affect he the grade of the wheat heat after it line boo been cleaned aits results in a it higher grade and tile price paid ie Is on the basis of this grade after the dockage Is to removed from the th e ordinal original sample and the test weight per bust el line been determined the complo la Is then examined to as mirtala whether an analysis is in to be made for 11 any ny other factors which determine the grade crade method of candll c Voc kago various poff factory method methods of handling dockage may be employed la in normal times where wheat Is in cloned on the tile farm fam or at thov th country ele elevator an and of only the screened wheat heat Is delivered to tho the local buyer there la to less possibility of difference of opinion regarding the grade of delivered bitch on an arrangement bendi to establish greater confidence in the tile grades given by the local buyer when noxious bcd weed reeds seeds are present it la to ed ad violable to have tho this removed dockage ground before feeding to present the further spread of these weed weeds oil oa the to farm rm in tit ninny many ca co es e such material has a relatively high feed value and ofte farmers will find it to flidr advantage to remote the docktor doc keLso them belvea pelves or I raie ime me their local buyers do it for them the bulletin describes other methods of liand handling ling dockage and aUona alloy further information as an to the correct method of determining dockage in wheat may bu obtained by writing the states department of agriculture or by writing to or visiting iho ilia nearest office of federal grain on suet such offices are located in n 0 tra 09 9 large groin grain market markets A famer or country grain dealer may oso mail a sample to tho tile nearest groin grain inspector and anti receive for a email small fee an certificate lion log the grade and unit dot linge on oil that particular sample 1 this sample be two quails in size of which lit tit genst 1 Is in a n elern airtight container the remainder if ony any with tho the ton on tattler should be ilacad in n a clean cloth seek aoh tho the addrel of the tile groin be secured by writing the depar LUj or any super felon officio |