72 CEREALS OR GRAINS 



The legal weight per bushel in many States is fifty-six pounds 

 per bushel, but in some localities sixty pounds is the amount 

 for shelled corn. For unshelled corn the legal weight varies from 

 seventy to eighty pounds in different States according to the dry- 

 ness of the corn. 



Grading Corn. According to Scofield the essential elements 

 in grading maize are as follows: (1) the moisture; (2) the percent- 

 age of colors in mixtures; (3) the percentage of damaged grains; 

 (4) the percentage of broken grains and dirt. The ordinary 

 system of inspection for corn depends on soundness, plumpness, 

 and mixture of foreign substances or of corn of different colors. In 

 this case weight is not considered in determining the grade. The 

 classes and grades as recognized by the Illinois Board of Railroad 

 and Warehouse Commissioners are : 



Yellow Maize, Numbers, 1, 2, 3. 

 White Maize, Numbers, 1, 2, 3. 

 Maize, Numbers, 1, 2, 3, and 4. 



The rules for grading yellow maize are as follows: 



No. 1. Yellow maize shall be sound, dry, plump, and well 

 cleaned. 



No. 2. Yellow maize shall be three fourths yellow, dry, 

 reasonably clean, but not plump enough for No. 1. 



No. 3. Yellow maize shall be three fourths yellow, reason- 

 ably dry and reasonably clean, but not sufficiently sound for No. 2. 

 The rules for white maize are the same as for yellow, except 

 wherever we have the word three fourths in the above we read 

 seven eighths. 



Mixed maize or maize includes all maize that is less than three 

 fourths yellow and less than seven eighths white. Yellow maize 

 on the large markets is more abundant than white maize; and 

 as might be expected, more mixed maize is dealt in than in both 

 yellow and white combined. 



Corn Judging. This is a question that may frequently come 

 up for discussion at Farmers' Institutes. There are a number of 

 points to be considered in our tests on corn judging. The following 

 are the points usually given in the ordinary score cartU 



