282 



CORN 



All persons employed in the inspection of grain are required to 

 report promptly, in writing, to the Chief Inspector any attempt to de- 

 fraud the system of grain inspection established by law, and all' in- 

 stances where warehouse owners shall deliver or attempt to deliver 

 grain of a lower grade than that called for by the warehouse receipt. 



GRADES FOR COMMERCIAL CORN.* 



(By J. W. T. Duvel) 



By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of Agriculture 

 by the acts of Congress of June 30, 1906 (34 Stat., 669), and of 

 March 4, 1913 (37 Stat., 828), to fix definite grades of grain, the grades 

 for corn shown in Table 64 were fixed and promulgated on January 3, 

 1914, to take effect July 1, 1914. 



TABLE NO. 64 



GRADE CLASSIFICATION OF WHITE, YELLOW AND MIXED CORN, SHOW- 

 ING MAXIMUM ALLOWANCES OF MOISTURE AND OTHER FACTORS. 



MAXIMUM ALLOWANCES OF 



Per cent. Per cent. 



No. 5 



No. 6 



21.5 



23.0 



2 per cent (exclusive of heat damaged 



or mahogany kernels) 



4 per cent (exclusive of heat damaged 



or mahogany kernels) 



6 per cent (exclusive of heat damaged 



or mahogany kernels) 



8 per cent (may include heat damaged 

 or mahogany kernels not to exceed 



one-half of one per cent) 



10 per cent (may include heat damaged 

 or mahogany kernels not to exceed one 

 per cent) , 



15 per cent (may include heat damaged 

 or mahogany kernels not to exceed three 

 per cent) 



Sample — See general rules No. 6 for sample grade. 

 •Farmers Bulletin No. 168 



