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BULLETIN 1401, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE 
In order to allow for variations incident to proper handling, not more than 2 per 
cent, by weight, of the lot may consist of shelled peanuts; and not more than 1 per 
cent of other varieties of peanuts. When shelled, not less than 70 per cent of the 
total unshelled weight shall consist of sound and mature kernels. In addition, 
not more than 2 per cent of the total unshelled weight may be damaged; provided 
that for each fractional per cent of sound and mature kernels above 70 per cent 
there may be an equal percentage of damaged kernels above 2 per cent, but in no 
case shall the damaged kernels exceed 3 per cent in U. S. No. 1. 
U. S. No. 2 shall consist of unshelled White Spanish peanuts which are mature, 
dry, free from damage from any cause and which will not pass through a screen 
of the type customarily in use having Jf by % inch perforations. 
In order to allow for variations incident to proper handling, not more than 2 
per cent, by weight, of the lot may consist of shelled peanuts; and not more than 
1 per cent of other varieties of peanuts. When shelled, not less than 65 per cent 
of the total unshelled weight shall consist of sound and mature kernels. In 
addition, not more than 2 per cent of the total unshelled weight may be damaged; 
provided that for each fractional per cent of sound and mature kernels above 65 
per cent there may be an equal percentage of damaged kernels above 2 per cent 
but in no case shall the damaged kernels exceed 5 per cent in U. S. No. 2. 
U. S. No. 3 shall consist of unshelled White Spanish peanuts which are mature, 
dry, free from damage from an3^ cause, and which will not pass through a screen 
of the type customarily in use having £f by M inch perforations. 
In order to allow for variations incident to proper handling, not more than 2 
per cent, by weight, of the lot may consist of shelled peanuts; and not more than 
1 per cent of other varieties of peanuts. When shelled, not less than 60 per cent 
of the total unshelled weight shall consist of sound and mature kernels. In 
addition, not more than 2 per cent of the total unshelled weight may be damaged; 
provided that for each fractional per cent of sound and mature kernels above 60 
per cent there may be an equal percentage of damaged kernels above 2 per cent, 
but in no case shall the damaged kernels exceed 6 per cent in U. S. No. 3. 
U. S. Sample Grade shall consist of any lots not meeting the requirements of 
the foregoing grades. 
Requirements of United States grades 
[Percentages based on total unshelled weight] 
Grade 
Allow- 
ance for 
shelled 
peanuts 
Allow- 
ance for 
other 
varieties 
Sound kernels 
Allow- 
ance for 
damaged 
kernels 
Per cent 
2 
2 
2 
Per cent 
1 
•1 
1 
Per cent 
/70 
Per cent 
2 
TJ. S. No. 1 
171 or more, . 
f65 
2 
166 
3 
U. S. No 2 . - . 
67. . . : .: 
168 or more 
f6CL 
5 
2 
61. 
3 
U. S. No. 3 
\&2 
4 
63 
164 or more 
5 
6 
As used in these grades, "free from damage" means shelled peanuts which 
are not dirty, mold:/, rancid, decayed, sprouted, wormy, or discolored. 
These grades were adopted by trie Southeastern Peanut Associa- 
tion, a trade association of many of the leading shellers and crushers 
in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and South Carolina, and have come into, 
rather widespread use in the Southeastern States for purchases of 
Spanish peanuts. 
The idea advanced in the tentative grades of the Department of 
Agriculture — that of buying and selling on a basis of the shelled-goods 
content of a lot — has been generally adopted in the Southeastern 
States. In grading a farmer's peanuts, a representative sample is 
taken from each lot, or from different parts of one lot if it is large. 
