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CIRCULAR 773, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Corn (Green) 



Nearly 22,000 carlots of sweet corn were unloaded during 1936-42', 

 the years when inspections were made. Ninety-six percent of all 

 unloads were truck shipments, practically all of which originated in 

 New Jersey and New York. The other 4 percent were rail shipments, 

 approximately 75 percent of which were from the States covered by 

 the present inspections. 



Inspections were made on 344 carlots, or 35 percent of all rail 

 unloads. Decay (type not specified), averaging 6.3 percent per car- 

 lot showing decay, was reported in 8 carlots, or 2 percent of those 

 inspected. Worm injury, averaging 20.5 percent per carlot showing 

 worm injury, was found in 301 carlots. 



All corn inspections are summarized in table 24. Decay per carlot 

 inspected averaged 0.1 percent for the entire period. Worm injury 

 varied annually from 10 to 26 percent per carlot inspected, with an 

 average of 18 percent. The majority of the carlots were from Texas. 

 The least worm injury occurred in corn from Texas and the most in 

 the few carlots from South Carolina. 



Table 24. — Summary of corn {green) inspections, 

 ANALYSIS BY YEARS 





Carlots inspected 



Percent- 

 age of 

 carlots 

 inspected 

 showing 

 decay 



Average 



decay 

 per carlot 

 inspected 





Year or State 



Percent- 

 age of 

 New 

 York 

 City rail 

 unloads 



Total 



Average 



worm i 



injury 



per carlot 



inspected 



1936 



Percent 

 30 

 16 

 32 

 33 

 54 

 76 

 55 



Number 

 80 

 25 

 70 

 43 

 50 

 53 

 23 



Percent 

 

 

 6 

 7 

 

 

 4 



Percent 

 

 

 .2 

 .8 

 

 

 Trace 



Percent 

 26 



1937 



18 



1938 



14 



1939 -.- 



19 



1940 



17 



1941 



12 



1942 



10 







Total. . 



35 



344 



2 



.1 



18 







ANALYSIS BY STATES 



California ... . . ___"_ ... 



100 

 23 

 14 

 9 

 55 



5 



38 



3 



7 



260 



31 





 3 

 

 

 2 

 6 





 .1 









 .1 

 .3 



29 



Florida.- . . ... . . 



29 





21 



South Carolina.. . . . 



35 



Texas ... ... 



15 



Unknown.. . 



19 









Total 





344 



2 



.1 



18 









i Corn earworm (Heliothis armigera (Hbn.)). 



Cucumbers 



Over 19,000 carlots of domestic cucumbers were unloaded during 

 the 7-year period. Two percent were boat shipments; 57 percent 

 were truck shipments from many States. Rail shipments constituted 

 41 percent of the unloads; over half were from the States listed in 

 table 25. Nearly 1,600 carlots were brought in by boat from Cuba 

 and Puerto Rico. 



