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is the desire of farmers for the inspection and grad- 

 ing of their products. Thus, the Michigan State 

 Farm Bureau has reported great interest in the 

 process of grading wool gathered into the wool-pool 

 in its various warehouses throughout the State, and 

 the fact that there are in reality definite grades of 

 wool is becoming recognized by the farmers. A 

 corollary is the recognition that prices should be 

 adapted to gradations in quality. The inspection 

 service of the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture, Bureau of Markets, extends to a few points 

 in Michigan, the chief inspection office being situ- 

 ated at Detroit, while service is extended to Bay 

 City, Flint, Grand Eapids, Jackson, Lansing, Port 

 Huron, Saginaw, Battle Creek, and Kalamazoo, and 

 requests for additional points of service are being 

 pressed. Thus, the farmers of Chippewa County 

 were desirous, in 1921, of having this inspection 

 service for their export hay. Through this service, 

 both shippers and purchasers have reliable and im- 

 partial information on which to base a judgment in 

 case of disputes between them, railroads have a fair 

 basis for an adjustment of claims, and the consum- 

 ing public is protected against loss and imposition. 



There is little tendency to work farms with lalwr 

 that is transient and not from the farmer's family. 

 Thus, the United States Department of Agriculture 

 reports that, in 1920, the percentage of grain har- 

 vest work done by transient labor drawn from 

 without the county was 5 in Michigan, while in 



