INSPECTION AND GRADING OF HAY. 5 



In general, the hay producer or the country shipper is utterly un- 

 able to have an official inspection made. It is a strange state of 

 affairs that makes it impossible for a country member of a national 

 hay association to demand and get an inspection of his hay in a 

 terminal market from an inspector who has been approved by his 

 own association. In other words, these approved hay inspectors 2 

 are to be found almost entirely in the large city markets working 

 entirely for the interests of the receiving end of the hay business. 

 It would seem to be for the best interests of the hay trade in general 

 that all agencies engaged in the business should have an equal chance 

 to call for an official inspection to settle questions regarding the 

 quality or grade of their hay. 



One of the chief reasons why the inspectors in half of the markets 

 using National Hay Association grades have not been approved is 

 because of the persistent use of special or " local " grades in those 

 markets. 



APPOINTMENT AND SUPERVISION OF INSPECTORS. 



Hay inspectors receive their appointments in one of three ways: 

 (1) From exchanges, boards of trade, etc.; (2) from the city council 

 or mayor; (3) from State authorities. State and city administra- 

 tion inspectors are subject only to the administration appointing 

 them, and the tenure of their office as a rule is not subject to the 

 wishes of the terminal hay dealers. 



By the first method of appointing inspectors the hay dealers 

 have direct control of the tenure of office of the inspector. The 

 inspector is employed by and works for the hay dealers, and it is ob- 

 vious that his tenure of office would depend upon the degree of satis- 

 faction he gives his employers in inspecting and grading hay in a 

 manner to satisfy the dealers in that market. It is a matter of com- 

 mon knowledge that there is a wide variation in the manner in 

 which inspectors, using the same rules for grading, interpret grades 



- National Hay Association inspectors, were located in the following places in 1921 : 



Indianapolis, Ind. San Antonio, Tex. Savannah, Ga. 



Sioux City, Iowa. Atlanta, Ga. New Orleans, La. 



Richmond, Va. St. Joseph, Mo. St. Louis, Mo. 



Denver, Colo. Birmingham, Ala. Omaha, Nebr. 



Chattanooga, Tenn. Baltimore, Md. Winchester, Ind. 



Houston, Tex. Jacksonville, Fla. 



The following places are using National Hay Association grades entirely or in part, hut 



their inspectors have not been approved : 



Buffalo, N. Y. St. Paul, Minn. Chicago, 111. 



New York City. Cleveland, Ohio. Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Huntington, W. Va. Detroit, Mich. Toledo, Ohio. 



Minneapolis, Minn. Dallas, Tex. Memphis, Tenn. 



Meridian, Miss. Duluth, Minn. Fort Worth, Tex. 



Jersey City, N. J. Cincinnati, Ohio. Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Norfolk, Va. Nashville, Tenn. Louisville, Ky. 



Columbus, Ohio. Philadelphia, Pa. Kansas City, Mo. 



