Improved Apparatus for Determining the Test Weight of Grain, with a Standard Method of Making the Test (Classic Reprint)

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In order to indicate the comparative values Of' different lots of grain, the grain-inspection departments Of various States and grain exchanges have promulgated and adopted grain grades and rules in which the test weight is one Of the principal factors.

When grain is sold by grade, as most Of that which gets into com merce is at one time or another before it is finally consumed, the price is almost invariably found 'to be parallel with the grade; that is, the highest grades command the highest prices, while the lowest grades command the lowest prices.

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