APPENDIX II 

 II. MARKET GRADES OF HAY AND STRAW 



HAY 



No. i Timothy Hay. Shall be timothy, with not more than one- 

 eighth (y 8 ) mixed with clover or other tame grasses, may contain some 

 brown blades, properly cured, good color, sound and well baled. 



No. 2 Timothy Hay. Shall be timothy, not good enough for No. 1, 

 not over one-fourth (%) mixed with clover or other tame grasses, fair 

 color, sound and well baled. 



No. 3 Timothy Hay. Shall include all timothy not good enough for 

 other grades, sound and reasonably well baled. 



Light Clover Mixed Hay. Shall be timothy mixed with clover. The 

 clover mixture not over one-third (Vs), properly cured, sound, good color 

 and well baled. 



No. i 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-fourth (%) timothy, reasonably sound and well baled. 



No. i Clover Hay. Shall be medium clover, not over one-twentieth 

 (^ ) other grasses, properly cured, sound and well baled. 



No. 2 Clover Hay. Shall be clover, sound and reasonably well baled, 

 not good enough for No. 1. 



Sample Hay. Shall be sound, reasonably well baled, mixed, grassy, 

 threshed or hay not covered by other grades. 



No Grade Hay. Shall include all hay, musty, or in any way unsound. 



Choice Prairie Hay. Shall be upland hay of bright, natural color, 

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



No. i 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 weeds. 



No. 2 Prairie Hay. Shall be upland, of fair color, and may contain 

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

 contain 12^ per cent weeds. 



No. 3 Prairie Hay. Shall include hay not good enough for other 

 grades and not caked. 



No. i Midland Hay. Shall be midland hay of good color, well 

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



No. 2 Midland Hay. Shall be of 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. 



Sample Prairie Hay. Shall include all hay not good enough for other 

 grades. 



ALFALFA 



Choice Alfalfa. Shall be reasonably fine leafy alfalfa of bright green 

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



No. i Alfalfa. Shall be reasonably coarse alfalfa, of a bright green 

 color, or reasonably fine leafy alfalfa of a good color and may contain 2 

 per cent of foreign grasses, 5 per cent of air bleached hay on outside of 

 bale allowed, but must be sound and well baled. 

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