40G6 GENERAL TOPICS. 



No. I, Midland Hay. — Shall be hay of good color, well 

 cured, sweet, sound, and may contain 3 per cent of weeds. 



No. 2, Midland Hay — Shall be fair color or slough hay of 

 good color and inay contain 12^ per cent of weeds. 



Packing Hay. — Shall include all wild hay not good enough 

 for other grades and not caked. 



No-grade Prairie Hay. — -Shall include all hay not good 

 enough for other grades. 



Choice Alfalfa — Shall be reasonably fine, leafy alfalfa of 

 brightgreen color, properly cured, sound, sweet, and well baled. 



A^o. I, Alfalfa. — Shall be coarse alfalfa of natural color or 

 reasonably line, leafy alfalfa of good color, and may contain 

 5 per cent of foreign grasses, must be well baled, sound, and 

 sweet. 



No 2, Alfalfa — Shall include alfalfa somewhat bleached, 

 but of fair color, reasonably leafy, not more than one-eighth 

 foreign grasses, sound, and well baled. 



No. 3, Alfalfa. — Shall include bleached alfalfa or alfalfa 

 mixed with not to exceed- one-fourth foreign grasses, but 

 when mixed must be of fair color, sound, and well baled. 



No- grade Alfalfa. — Shall include all alfalfa not good enough 

 for other grades, caked, musty, greasy, or thrashed. 



B. Straw. 



No. I, Straight Rye Straw. — Shall Ix; in large bales, clean, 

 bright, long rye straw, pressed in bundles, sound, and well baled. 



No. 2, Straight Rye Straw. — Shall be in large bales, long rye 

 straw, pressed ia bundles, sound, and well baled, not good 

 enough for No. i. 



No. I, Tangled Rye Straw. — Shall be reasonably clean rye 

 straw, good color, sound, and well baled. 



No. 2, Tangled Rye Straw. — Sha'l be reasonably clean, may 

 be some stained, but not good enough for No. i. 



A'o. I, Wheat Straw. — Shall be reasonably clean wheat straw, 

 sound, and wel! baled. 



No. 2, Wheat Straw. — Shall be reasonably clean, may be some 

 stained, but not good enough for No. i. 



No. I, Oat Straw. — Shall be reasonably clean oat straw, sound, 

 and well baled. 



No. 2, Oat Straw. — Shall be reasonably clean, may be some 

 stained, but not good enough for No. i. 



