4 Department Circular 329, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 



which may bring about a complete change in the method of attack or, as 

 is sometimes the case, may make it possible to devise a control measure 

 where none had been known before. 



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844 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



BUREAU OF MARKETS AND CROP ESTIMATES 



FOOD PRODUCTS INSPECTION CERTIFICATE 



Market . Pittsburgh,. PB. Date .... IV™ 59.iJl.9X9 Hour 2?Q0 P ft M, 



To Address Pittsburgh* Pa. 



Shipper lA . Pr " Ca !":! Address... ^prty&lley t GeoT S itL. 



Receiver Address ...Pittsburgh., Pa. 



I certify that I am an agent or the 



err! nn provision-, kn. ■v.u a« the food |. ro.ru 15 in-pecllon law. of 



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Slate* r»epartmeut of Agriculture, nut horiied to ln*estlgate and cert if v the quality 1 ml condition of food products under 

 * »'•• of Congress, approved Mjrch 3. 19- 1 ' Public No. 3t7. 1.0th Congress), and the rules and regulations 



stated above I Inspected the following lot o( food p-oducts received .it the a bene market, en important 



llenalrt] by the Secretary of Agriculture, pursuant to said law and rules and regulation* ; and tbat U10 quality and condition, at sajd tune and on said date, of such food 

 picduda were as slated below : 



Car initials Kind _ - . WTieie _ __ _, 



n„d number of car ...?e frige rat or 'u l ^c(eJ.P e .™. a .^..P^.^.V.oe...Yard8 



Condition ../'car.- VentB closed. Ice plugs in. Bunkers full of ice. 

 Doors closed but not sealed. 



Products insixcted and 

 distinguishing marks: 



Peaches, 525 crates Hiley Belle variety, 



crates marked:- "Grown by , Fort Valley, Georgia*! 



Condition of load and containers: Intact . Crates loaded 4 high in five stacks near 

 doorway, 5 high and 7 across in balance of car. Cross-stripped, leaving 

 1 to 4 inches between rows. 

 Condition of pari: Generally tight, and showing a slight bulge. 



Temperature .,1 r r,4uct: 43° bottom and 52° fourth layer between doors; 55° fifth 



layer, center of end. 

 Size: Mostly medium siae , and 2x2 pack. 



Maturity, Color: Color good for the variety. Undecayed peaches generally soft 

 in fourth and fifth layers, firm in the third and firm to hare 

 in the two bottom layers. 



Decay: AN AVERAGE OF 75 o/o 8H01 DECAY FROM BROWN-ROT IN THE FIFTH LAYER, 

 50 o/o IN THE FOURTH LAYER, 15 o/o IN THE THIRL AND 5 o/o IN THE 

 TWO BOTTOM LAYERS. THE AFFECTED PEACHES SHOW ONLY SMALL DECAY SPOTS 

 IN THE THREE BOTTOM LAYERS, WHILE A FF1 ARE COMPLETELY DECAYED IN 

 THE FIFTH LAYER CRATES. 



Oth, r bhmUhcs and defects: 



Practically none . 



Summary — Quality ; Condition ; Grade: 



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Remarks: 



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Food Productt Inspector. 

 Address 



PLEASE REFER TO THIS CERTIFICATE BV NUMBER AND MARKET t—UB 



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Fig. 3. — Facsimile of a food-products inspection certificate, in which evidence is 

 given of peach wastage caused by brown-rot during transit. 



In most instances the extension worker deals with material that 

 falls under the first and second headings. Most control methods now 

 in use are subject to improvement. Some improvements come as the 

 result of laboratory research, others with the advent of changes in 



