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INSPECTION OF BUTTER. 



The division leader has been assisted in this work by C. W. 

 Fryhofer. 



Market inspection of butter has been maintained during the past 

 year at Boston, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, 

 D. C. On February 1, 1922, the service was extended also to the 

 San Francisco market. The total number of inspections of butter 

 shows an increase of nearly 50 per cent over the previous year. 

 An amount of $7,052.30 has been returned to the Treasury as miscel- 

 laneous receipts from fees collected for this service. 



DIVISION OF HAY, FEED, AND SEED. 



The work of the Hay, Feed, and Seed Division was directed by 

 W. A. Wheeler and included the following activities : 



Haj', feed, and seed marketing studies. 



Hay standardization. 



Market news service on liay, feed, and seed. 



HAY, FEED, AND SEED MARKETING STUDIES. 



The hay-marketing studies were conducted by G. A. Collier, the 

 feed investigations by G. C. Wheeler, and the seed investigations by 

 G. C. Elder and J. E. Barr. 



Methods of marketing hay, millfeeds, cotton seed, cowpeas, and 

 broom corn were studied carefully with a view to offering helpful 

 suggestions to buyers and sellers of these commodities. These sug- 

 gestions and other information are incorporated in four bulletins 

 prepared during the year. 



This project cooperated with the War Department in drafting 

 regulations for weighing hay and rendered assistance to New York 

 hay exchanges and associations and to the State department of 

 agriculture, in outlining steps necessary for the improvement of 

 marketing conditions in New York City. 



Seed production maps were prepared from census data, and infor- 

 mation on the effect of delinting cotton seed for planting purposes 

 was obtained. This latter information is to be used in a proposed 

 bulletin on " Delinting and Eecleaning Cotton Seed for Planting 

 Purposes." 



HAY STANDARDIZATION. 



The hay standardization work under the immediate direction of 

 H. B. McClure consisted of tabulating the data accumulated during 

 the previous year and formulating tentative grades for timothy, 

 clover, timothy and clover mixed, mixed grass and timothy, and 

 grass mixed hay. A complete exhibit of these grades has been pre- 

 pared for display at conferences, conventions, terminal markets, 

 and elsewhere. 



Field studies were conducted at East Lansing, Mich. ; Hart, Mich. ; 

 Ithaca, N. Y. ; Elyria, Ohio; and Arlington, Va., and 622 samples 

 were collected for color and chemical analyses. 



New laboratory equipment devised and built consists of a con- 

 ditioner for preparing samples for separation analyses, and racks 

 for displaying exhibits showing results of separation analyses, in- 



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