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Figure 6.—Federal-State inspectors grade samples of tomatoes from growers’ loads being 
delivered to a cannery in Ohio. U.S. No.1 tomatoes are placed in the center com- 
partment of the tilt-top table, and U.S. No. 2’s and culls are placed in the outside 
compartments. When sorting is completed, the inspector tilts the table top to allow 
the tomatoes to fall directly into containers resting on scales. Finally, he records the 
weights and computes percentages of each seperation, which he also records on the 
inspection memorandum. 
processing plant or loading station. He then carefully dumps the selected sam- 
ples on the inspection table, examines each specimen, and places it in its proper 
grade compartment (fig. 6). When he completes the sorting of samples, he 
records on the inspection memorandum the weights of the specimens in each 
compartment. By use of the slide rule or a computation chart he then calculates 
the percentage of each grade by weight in the sample and records it. A signed 
copy of the memorandum is handed to the grower or trucker, another is retained 
for the applicant, and a third one is retained by the inspector (fig. 7). Final 
settlement for the load is based on the percentages of each grade shown on the 
memorandum. 
Inspection of raw products for processing on the basis of U. S. standards has 
been increasing for a number of years. The system of having an unbiased 
Federal-State inspector determine the percentage of the various grades in de- 
livered loads is pleasing to both processors and growers. Under it, the grower 
has the incentive to deliver the best quality of produce possible, because the 
higher the quality the better are his returns. Naturally, under such a system, 
the canner receives better quality raw products from which to manufacture 
higher quality finished products. The system has also done away with countless 
numbers of heated arguments between growers and processors over settlement for 
products delivered. 
