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cept such as are necessarily caused in the opera- 

 tion of packing." Inferior grades are designated 

 "Michigan Standard A," "Michigan Standard B/' 

 and "Michigan unclassified." Containers of apples 

 offered for sale must have the name of the packer and 

 other relevant information displayed on the surface, 

 while the apples on the inside face of the package 

 when offered to view must fairly represent the con- 

 tents throughout. The size of fruit and vegetable 

 barrels is likewise definitely prescribed. 



The State Food and Drug Commissioner is also 

 State Superintendent of Weights and Measures, 

 whose standard is required to conform to that 

 adopted by the United States Bureau of Standards. 

 In addition, counties, through their boards of super- 

 visors, and municipalities may employ a sealer of 

 weights and measures, and sixteen counties and 

 twenty cities do. An act of 1863 specifies the weight 

 a bushel of various kinds of grains and other com- 

 moditieSv unless a different weight is contractually 

 agreed on, which for wheat is 60 pounds ; rye, 56 

 pounds; shelled corn, 56 pounds; corn on the cob, 70; 

 corn-meal, 50 ; oats, 32 ; buckwheat, 48 ; beans and 

 clover seed, 60 ; timothy seed, 45 ; barley, 48 ; pota- 

 toes, 60 ; onions, 54 ; peas, 60 ; cranberries, 40 ; 

 Michigan salt, 56 ; mineral coal, 80 ; and orchard- 

 grass seed, 14. Definite specifications for the con- 

 struction of platform and other scales are published 

 by the Department. 



For the purpose of acquiring information regard- 

 ing the proihu'tion of farm ))ro(lucts in Michigan, 



