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Soil- Analysis for available nutrients and informa- 

 tion as to best soil additives for particular 

 plant growth. 



Plants: Analysis for inorganic content to detect defi- 

 ciencies. 



The soil Lab is funded primarily through Agricultural Exper- 

 iment staSoi Funds. State general fund support of the Soxl Lab 

 averages $10,500 annually. 



5. Montana State Grain mp p^ntion Laboratory 

 The Montana state Grain inspection Laboratory,^!^ 



Falls, IS the official state ^^enoy auidelines, is done 



of grain f jj^^f ---^^°^;enf b^ttSL^coLlrcfal buyirs.and 

 ^^lle?r The SlighSg Sepa^Slent is responsible for supervising 

 sellers. The ^^^^^i^^^a r.f orain being loaded or unloaded at 

 the weighing of carloads °f f^^^^^^^ow^on, Lewistown and Shelby, 

 grain terminals at Great ^^-^-^J' "^J"^ ,ised in settling loss claims 

 Official weights ^re issued which are used in setti^^g.^. ^ 



however, such labs are non-existent at the present time. 



samples of grain are taKen by | -f^^^S^/r^Lr^nrsent^to'thf' 



spection points noted f°^J-^2j^Pi^|3,f graded by grain inspectors, 

 central Great Falls lab, ^^ere they are graaeayg^^^^.^^ ^^^^^ 



AS the grain is graded, "J^^^J^^J ' ^f ^S SrSat Falls lab test the 

 are determined. Junior chemists at ^he i,re ^ ^^ re- 



grain for protein content - -cord -^h USDA^stan^^^^^ ^^^^^^ 



?:tr?s"Lsrgr°aS:d';t°the'Gre:t^?alls lat to enforce the provisions 

 of Title 3, Chapter 19, R.C.M. 1947. 



.3 noted in the discussion of the fzeman -ai .ab, USDA licensed 

 inspectors and assistant inspectors ^^^^^J^ ^^^^^Ig and protein 

 Agricultural Experiment Station and conaucy supervision 



tlsts. However, the ^ozeman facility is not un ^^^.^ ^^_ 



of the Department of Agriculture as is the Montan ^^^ identical, 



T.I If ifca^^d ft-Sf cfntero^-trgritn^shipping area as well 

 as the grain-growing belt of the state. 



The Bozeman Grain Lab is ^--J^-^J^,''°^'%X llS^tX olTl^l^H 

 grain seed for g*™^"**^^"" »"J ^^''to ^he BoLman lab annually for 

 ;ltlTtlf..lrl^^ S^/g^^dfn:? Ts Zoll. to .7.000 samples 

 submitted to the Great Falls lab. 



