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the clover mixture not over one-fourth, properly cured, sound, good 

 color, and well baled. 



No. 1 clover mixed hay. Shall be timothy and clover mixed, 

 with at least one-half timothy, good color, sound, and well baled. 



No. 2 clover mixed hay. Shall be timothy and clover mixed, 

 with at least one-third timothy, reasonably sound and well baled. 



No. 1 clover hay. Shall be medium clover not over one-twen- 

 tieth other grasses, properly cured, sound and well baled. 



No. 2 clover hay. Shall be clover, sound, well baled, not good 

 enough for No. 1. 



Choice prairie hay. Shall be upland hay, of bright natural 

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



No. 1 prairie hay. Shall be upland, and may contain one- 

 quarter midland, both of good color, well cured, sweet, sound, and 

 may contain 8 per cent of weeds. 



No. 2 prairie hay. Shall be upland of fair color, and may con- 

 tain one-half midland, both of good color, well cured, sweet, sound, 

 and may contain 12% per cent of weeds. 



No. 3 prairie hay. Shall include hay not good enough for 

 other grades and not caked. 



No. 1 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 may 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 bright 

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



No. 1 alfalfa. Shall be coarse alfalfa or natural color or reason- 

 ably fine, 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. 



In years when the total crop of the United States is an average 

 one there is not much profit per ton to the producer on low-grade 

 hay, and it is only when there is a scarcity that he can dispose of it 

 advantageously. He should get every cent his good hay is worth 

 and not have to help even up the price which is paid for the poor 

 hay that others in his vicinity grow. The only way he can realize 

 the most from his crop is to know its kind or grade, so that he can 

 sell it intelligently. 



Loss Caused by Stacking Hay. The feeding value of hay is 



