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work to a point where we have been able to grade eggs by our ten- 

 tative standards. Under a cooperative arrangement made with the 

 State of Missouri, a number of egg graders are employed bv the State 

 of Missouri, but under our general direction, as our grades are being 

 used, and 90 carloads of eggs were actually graded at the various 

 shipping points in Missouri. We were thus able to tell how the ten- 

 tative grades worked out, and we have found that they worked out 

 satisfactorilv under commercial conditions. We want to continue 

 that work and go further with it, and see just what the additional 

 processes involved are in carrying those standards for eggs through 

 to the terminal markets. That work has not been done yet. 



MARKETING OF HAY, FEED, AND SEED, 



The eighth project is entitled. ''Marketing hay, feed, and seed." 

 That project is increased this year in our estimates due to the very 

 great demand to the markets for the standardization of hay. We 

 have been working on standardization of hay for two years and have 

 completed standard grades on timothy, clover, and clover and 

 timothy mixed hay. Hearings have been held in the last three 

 months, and beginning: with the 1st of January, nearly all of the 

 large hay associations in the eastern terminal markets have agreed 

 with us to present to their membership, with considerable assurance 

 that it will be adopted, the plan of having hay sold in these big 

 terminnl markets according to United States standard grades. 



So while we have no compulsory grading law on hay and are not 

 asking for any, we feel that the grades on hay are going to be adopted 

 almost universally in a comparatively short time. 



All of this work has demonstrated the need for additional work on 

 such hay as the western hay, alfalfa, particularly, and wire grass hay, 

 of the West, but the appropriation up to the present time, has allowed 

 only for that being done on timothy, and that must be continued. 

 We must do a great deal of work also in getting ready for our hay 

 grading classes, because all of these cities will employ, jointlv with 

 us, official hay graders, so that the hay will be graded according to 

 the United States standards. 



Now, it takes about five weeks to train these men in grading hay. 

 according to United States Standards, and it retjuires a great deal of 

 hay to use in their laboratories. 



Mr. AxDERsox. Arc you making any investigations as to the 

 marketing conditions of hay? 



Mr. Tknn'y. Yes, sir. 



Mr. Andeksox. I have heard a great deal of complaint. 



Mr. Tkxxv. T do not have them with me, but we have two or three 

 ])ull('lins on hay marketing that have been very well received indeed. 



Tliis allotment is also increased with the idea of doing some little 

 work on the iniprovenuMil of the Uhh\ market. There is a great deal 

 of interest in the staiubirdi/ation of feeds and the standardizjition »>f 

 methods of selling feed, and the human aspect of it, and they are 

 very impoi'tant in addition to the biologic aspect which we recognize 

 should be taken care of by Plant Industry. 



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