52 BULLETIN 979, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



SUGGESTIONS. 



While a good many unfair methods are at present practiced by 

 those concerned in the marketing of hay it appears that most of 

 them are related to loose methods of business on the part of various 

 agencies engaged in the handling of hay. On the basis of careful ob- 

 servations made throughout the hay producing and consuming sec- 

 tions, and at the principal markets, it is thought that some im- 

 provement in the methods of marketing hay can be affected by ob- 

 serving the following suggestions : 



On the part of the country shipper: (1) More care in grading, 

 weighing, and loading the hay; (2) better forms for use in confirm- 

 ing sales, tabulating and stating weights, and for invoicing hay; 

 and (3) more care and accuracy in stating terms of sale. 



On the part of dealers in terminal markets: (1) The elimination 

 of the practice of allowing the state of the market to influence the 

 fulfillment of contracts with country shippers ; (2) more uniform 

 methods of handling in terminal markets; (3) better weighing 

 methods and more consideration of contents of weight certificates; 

 (4) more uniform grading practices; (5) grading inbound and out- 

 bound hay on the same basis when hay is bought and sold on grade 

 designations; and (6) the elimination of the practice of "boosting" 

 grades on outshipments. 



On the part of dealers in consuming sections: (1) Mo^e careful 

 weighing of purchases; (2) elimination of rejections wl v en price 

 decline is the only factor; and (3) better records relative to con- 

 tents and weight of a car when unloading. 



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