490 



APPENDIX III 



MIXED CLIPPED OATS 



No. i Mixed Clipped Oats. Shall be oats of various colors, dry, 

 sweet, sound, bright, clean, free from other grain, and weigh not less than 

 35 pounds to the measured bushel. 



No. 2 Mixed Clipped Oats. Shall be oats of various colors, dry, 

 sweet, shall not contain more than 2 per cent of dirt or foreign matter, and 

 weig^> not less than 32 pounds to the measured bushel. 



No. 3 Mixed Clipped Oats. Shall be sweet oats of various colors, 

 shall not contain more than 5 per cent of dirt or foreign matter, and weigh 

 not less than 30 pounds to the measured bushel. 



No. 4 Mixed Clipped Oats. Shall be oats of various colors, damp, 

 damaged, musty or dirty, and weigh not less than 30 pounds to the measured 

 bushel. 



Note. Inspectors are authorized when requested by shippers to give 

 weight per bushel instead of grade on Clipped White Oats and Clipped 

 Mixed Oats from private elevators. 



PURIFIED OATS 



Purified Oats. All oats that have been chemically treated or purified 

 shall be classed as purified oats, and inspectors shall give the test weight 

 on each car or parcel that may be so inspected. 



Government Grades. The following grades for corn have been adopted 

 by the United States Government. These grades went into effect July 1, 

 1914. 



General Rules. 1. The corn in grades No. 1 to No. 5, inclusive, must 

 be sweet. 



2. White corn, all grades, shall be at least 98 per cent white. 



3. Yellow corn, all grades, shall be at least 95 per cent yellow. 



4. Mixed corn, all grades, shall include corn of various colors not com- 

 ing within the limits for color as provided for under white or yellow corn. 



