80 LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUPvE. 



stave, twenty-eight and one-half inches; diameter of head, seventeen 

 and one-eighth inches; distance between heads, twenty-six inches; 

 circumference of bulge, sixty-four inches outside measurement, rep- 

 resenting as nearly as possible seven thousand and fifty-six cubic 

 inches: Providexl^ That steel barrels containing the interior dimen- 

 sions provided for in this section shall be construed as a compliance 

 therewith. 



Act August 3, 1912, c. 273, s. 1, 37 Stat. 250. 



Standard grades for apples shipped in interstate or foreign commerce; defini- 

 tion. 



Sec. 2. That the standard grades for apples when packed in bar- 

 rels wliich shall be shipped or delivered for shipment in interstate 

 or foreign commerce, or which shall be sold or offered for sale with- 

 in the District of Columbia or the Territories of the United States 

 shall be as follows: Apples of one variety, which are well-grown 

 specimens, hand picked, of good color for the variety, normal shape, 

 practically free from insect and fungous injury, bruises, and other 

 defects, except sucli as are necessarily caused in the operation of 

 packing, or apples of one variety wliich are not more than ten per 

 centum below the foregoing specifications shall be " Standard grade 

 minimum size two and one-half inches," if the minimum size of the 

 apples is two and one-half inches in transverse diameter; " Standard 

 grade minimum size two and one-fourth inches," if the minimum size 

 of the apples is two and one-fourth inches in transverse diameter; or 

 " Standard grade minimum size two inches," if the minimum size of 

 the apples is two inches in transverse diameter. 



Act August 3, 1912, c. 273, s. 2, 37 Stat. 250, 

 Branding of barrels. 



Sec. 3. That the barrels in which apples are packed in accordance 

 •with the provision of this xVct may be branded in accordance with 

 section two of this Act. 



Act August 3, 1912. c. 273, s. 3, 37 Stat. 251. 



Barrels deemed telow standard if misbranded as to capacity; style of marking 

 barrels. 



Sec. 4. That all barrels packed with apples shall be deemed to be 

 below standard if the barrel bears an}' statement, design, or device 

 indicating that the barrel is a standard barrel of apples, as herein 

 defined, and the capacity of the barrel is less than the capacity pre- 

 scribed by section one of this Act, unless the barrel shall be plainly 

 marked on end and side with words or figures showing the fractional 

 relation which the actual capacity of the barrel bears to the capacity 

 prescribed by section one of this Act. The marking required by this 

 paragraph shall be in block letters of size not less than seventy-two 

 point one-inch gothic. 



Act August 3, 1912, c. 273, s. 4, 37 Stat. 251. 



Barrels deemed misbranded; contents below standard required; failure to state 

 variety, locality, packer, etc. 



Sec. 5. That barrels packed with apples shall be deemed to be mis- 

 branded within the meaning of this Act — 



First. If tlie barrel bears any statement, design, or device indicating 

 that the apples contained therein are " Standard " grade and the 



