GRAIN GRADING. 11 



limit of a srrade it is difficult to determine in cases close to this line 

 whether they may be admitted or not. More than this, the qualities 

 considered do not vary uniformly; for example, one lot of grain may 

 be of very high quality in all respects but one, while another may be 

 good in all but some other one point, and still another may be mediocre 

 in all respects. For some purposes the first lot might be worth quite 

 as much as if it had no defect, while for other purposes it would be 

 worth less than the other lots merely on this account. It has therefore 

 been difficult to make rules governing grades or to state grade require- 

 ments in a way that is definite and satisfactory. The men who have 

 made these rules and definitions for grades have met this difficulty by 

 resorting to the use of indefinite terms and obscure phrases, leaving 

 the responsibility for their interpretation almost entirely with the 

 inspector. 



Following are the rules for grading corn recently recommended by 

 the Chief Grain Inspectors 1 National Association for adoption by the 

 trade organizations and commissions which control the inspection 

 departments represented by these chiefs: 



CORN. 



No. 1 Yellow Corn shall be pure yellow corn, sound, plump, dry, sweet, and clean. 



No. 2 Yellow Com shall be 95 per cent yellow corn, dry, sweet, and reasonably clean, 

 but not sufficiently sound or plump for No. 1 Yellow. 



No. 3 Yellow Cum shall be 95 per cent yellow corn, reasonably dry, reasonably clean, 

 but not sufficiently sound anil dry for No. 2 Yellow. 



No. 4 Yellow Corn shall be 95 per cent yellow corn, not fit for a higher grade in 

 consequence of being of poor quality, damp, musty, or dirty. 



No Grade Yellow Corn. (See general rule.) 



No. 1 Mixed Corn shall be mixed corn, sound, plump, dry, sweet, and clean. 



No. -J Mixed Com shall be mixed corn, dry, sweet, and reasonably clean, but not 

 sufficiently sound and plump for No. 1 Mixed. 



No. 3 Mixed Corn shall be mixed corn, reasonably dry, reasonably clean, but not 

 sufficiently sound and dry for No. 2 Mixed. 



No. 4 Mixed Corn shall be mixed corn not fit for a higher grade, in consequence of 

 being of poor quality, damp, musty, or dirty. 



No Grade Mixed Corn. (See general rule.) 



No. 1 White Com shall be pure white corn, sound, dry, plump, sweet, and clean. 



No. 2 White Com shall be 98 per cent white corn, dry, sweet, reasonably clean, 

 but not sufficiently sound and plump for No. 1 "White. 



No. 3 White Com shall be 98 per cent white corn, reasonably dry, reasonably clean, 

 but not sufficiently sound and dry for No. 2 White. 



No. 4 White Corn shall be 98 per cent white corn, not fit for a higher grade in con- 

 sequence of being of poor quality, damp, musty, or dirty. 



No Grade White Corn. (See general rule.) 



No Grade — Genera! Hide. — All grain of any kind and variety that is wet, hot, or in 

 a heating condition, burned or smoky, contains weevil, or is for any reason unfit for 

 warehousing, shall be classed and graded "No Grade." 



These rules are considered as representing the latest commercial 

 ideas on rule making for the grading of corn, and were proposed for 



