510 



ANNUAL, EEPOETS OF DEPARTMENT OP AGEICULTURE. 



grand total of 31.207 inspections is about 31 per cent more than the 

 total for the fiscal year 1921 : 



Station. 



Atlanta 



Baltimore. . . 



Boston 



Buffalo 



Chicago 



Cincinnati. . 

 Cleveland . . . 

 Columbus. . . 



Denver i 



Detroit 



Fort Worth. 

 Harrisburg i 



Houston 



Indianapolis 

 Kansas City. 

 Los Angeles. 



Station. 



Total. 



LouisviUe 



Memphis 



Milwaukee 



Minneapolis 



New Orleans... 



New York 



Norfolk 2 



Omaha 



Philadelphia . . . 



Pittsburgh 



St. Louis 



San Francisco ' 



Washington 



Wilkes-Barre i . 



Total 



80 



452 



480 



1,035 



684 



4,262 



146 



471 



5,1% 



4,375 



1,357 



5 



536 



136 



31,207 



1 Cooperative inspection work was not started at Harrisburg, Pa., until October, 1921; at Wilkes-Barre 

 Pa., until September, 1921; and at Denver, Colo., until May, 1922. 



' Most of the work at Norfolk and San Francisco is done for the Navy; relatively few commercial Inspec- 

 tions are required at those points. 



The inspections performed covered 91 products, but 71 per cent 

 of all inspections were on potatoes, apples, grapes, peaches, oranges, 

 onions, cabbage, lettuce, and tomatoes. Ninety per cent of these in- 

 spections covered full carloads, the remainder of the inspections 

 covering from a few packages to one-half a car. In addition, 31,- 

 440,016 pounds of fruits and vegetables were inspected for the Navy 

 and Marine Corps at eight naval stations. Of this quantity 2,181,009 

 pounds were rejected, and reductions were made for short weight 

 and other reasons amounting to 160,608 pounds. Fees received for 

 the inspection of fruits and vegetables during the year amounted to 

 $121,575.13. 



It was necessary to refuse over 2,000 requests for inspections in 

 markets already established because of lack of men to perform the 

 work requested. Hundreds of inquiries were received also from 

 shipping points and nondesignated markets, while a number of 

 large designated markets requested the continuous service of an in- 

 spector, stating that the value of the service was decreased because of 

 the expense and delay incident to having inspections made by men 

 who were stationed in some other market. 



ENFORCEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES STANDARD CONTAINER ACT. 



The division leader was assisted in this work by H. W. Samson 

 and H. A. Spilman. 



During the past year visits were made to more than 60 package 

 factories in 12 States. A number of wholesale dealers and State 

 officials were called upon in connection with standardization work, 

 and addresses relating to this work were made at several conven- 

 tions. 



Three specific complaints of violations of the standard-container 

 act were investigated; one relating to Florida tomato baskets, a 

 second connected with Indiana berry boxes, and a third regarding 

 berry boxes from Michigan. The office work of this project was 

 greatly increased during the year. Nearly 2,300 containers of 

 various descriptions were submitted for official capacity tests, an in- 



