06 MISC. PUB. 190, U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
if these grades were to be used as a basis for 
contracts between canners and growers, the follow- 
ing example illustrates one method of determining 
the value of the loads: 
Suppose the contract specifies 1 cent per pound for 
U.S. No. 1 cob and Kernels, 4% cent per pound for 
No. 2’s, and nothing for culls. 
The inspector takes a sample from a load of 2,000 
pounds of sweet corn and obtains the following re- 
sults based on his inspection: 
40 percent of U.S. No. 1 cobs and kernels. 
20 percent of U.S. No. 2 cobs and kernels. 
10 percent of cull cobs and Kernels. 
The prices for the whole load would be determined 
as follews: 40 percent of 2,000 pounds equals 800 
pounds of No. 1 cobs and Kernels, which at i cent 
per pound equals $8; 20 percent of 2.000 pounds 
equals 400 pounds of No. 2 cobs and kernels, which 
at % cent per pound equals 82. 
$8 for the No. 1’s plus $2 for the No. 2’s equals 
$10 which will be the price paid for the ton of corn 
as delivered in the husk. 
The foregoing prices are used for illustrative pur- 
poses only. 
In determining the proportion of each of the grades 
of sweet corn in any load, percentages shall be de 
termined by weight, on the basis of the proportion of 
cobs and kernels to the gross weight of the sample 
consisting of husks, cobs, and kernels. For example, 
a sample of sweet corn taken from a load weighs 50 
pounds, including husks, cobs, and Kernels. The corn 
is husked and the cobs and kernels are separated into 
U.S. No. 1’s, U.S. No. 2’s, and Culls. The cobs and 
kernels of each grade are weighed separately and it 
is found that there are 20 pounds of No. 1 grade, 10 
pounds of No. 2, and 5 pounds of Culls. The 20 
pounds of No. 1 grade equals 40 percent of the 50- 
pound sample secured from the load; the 10 pounds 
of No. 2 grade equals 20 percent, and the 5 pounds 
of Cuils equals 10 percent. These percentages total TO 
percent, the remaining 30 percent consisting of husks. 
Attention is specifically called to the fact that al- 
though the husk is weighed with the gross sample, it 
is not weighed with the cobs and kernels in determin- 
ing the amounts of corn in each of the grades. 
