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Show Federal Standards, Effective This Year, Have Improved Market of Country. WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. A largo part of this year's wheat crop has graded high at the markets number three or better under the federal wheat standards made effective this ! year, tho department of agriculture announced an-nounced today. Persistent false rumors have been circulated in the grain trade and particularly among country shippers and producers, says the department, that under the new federal standards for wheat, very little of tho marketed crop is being or has wM been placed in the higher grades. On tho contrary, it says, tho requirements u fa of tho federal standards for wheat are W not such as to work harashlp on the M country shippers and producers, for M under theso standards high grades ,9 havo been given to a heavy percentage M of the wheat marketed. m |