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stationed, service was rendered at 150 other markets in the adjacent 

 territory. 



Atlanta, Ga. Detroit, Mich. New Orleans, La. 



Baltimore, Md. Fort Worth, Tex. New Yorlv. N. Y. 



Boston, Mass. Houston, Tex. Omaha, Nebr. 



Buftalo, N. Y. Indianapolis, Iml. Philadelphia. Pa. 



Chicago, 111. Jacksonville, Fla.' Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Cincinnati, Ohio. Kansas City, Mo. Portland, Oreg.* 



Cleveland, Oliio. Los Angeles, Calif. St. Louis, jNIo. 



Columbus, Ohio.* I\Ienii)his, Tenn. San Francisco, Calif.' 



Denver, Colo.' Mihvauliee, A\is. Washington, D. C. 



Des Moines, Iowa.' Minneapolis, Minn. 



The total number of inspections throughout the j^ear approximated 

 25,500, which is an increase of 75 per cent over the record for the 

 fiscal 3'ear 1919. These inspections covered 40 different vegetables, 25 

 fruits and several kinds of nuts. Owing to insufficient force it has 

 been necessary to decline 3,150 applications. About 25 per cent of 

 the requests for inspection wore received from carriers, 25 per cent 

 direct from shippers and 50 per*cent from receivers. The total fees 

 received for fruit and vegetable inspections during the fiscal year 

 amounted to approximately $57,000, this sum being covered into the 

 Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 



Inspections have been made on behalf of the United States Navy 

 throughout the year at New York City. Just before the close of the 

 fiscal year similar work was instituted at the Great Lakes Naval 

 Training Station. Such economies have been effected that the Navy 

 Department has requested that fruit and vegetable inspectors be 

 assigned to its work at Boston, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Hamf)ton 

 Koads, San Francisco, and San Diego. 



Cooperative work is done in California in working out the details 

 of a shipping point inspection service, to be conducted by the State 

 Department of Agriculture. 



ENFORCEMENT OF THE U. S. STANDARD CONTAINER ACT. 



The work of enforcing the provisions of the United States standard 

 container Act during the year has been devoted largel}^ to enlisting 

 the cooperation of manufacturers of the containers to which the 

 act relates, that is. Climax or grape baskets and tills or small fruit 

 baskets, so that nonstandard forms would be eliminated. Tests 

 showed that about 38 per cent of the containers tested did not con- 

 form to the established standards, and in all such instances the neces- 

 sary changes were willingly made by the manufacturers. This proj- 

 ect was supervised by Mr. F. P. DoAvning until he resigned in April, 

 1920, when he was succeeded by Mr. H. W. Samson. 



MARKET GRADES AND STANDARDS FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 



After the resignation of Mr. C. T. More, Messrs. H. E. Truax and 

 H. W. Samson directed the work of market grades and standards 

 for fruits and vegetables. Later Mr. Truax was assigned to coopera- 

 tive "work in the State of California, since which time Mr. Samson 

 has acted as project leader. 



As a result of the investigations concerning the grading of bar- 

 reled apples, the tentative grades which had been prepared previ- 



> Offices closed during fiscal year 1920. 



