Author : United States War Food Administration
Release : 2017-11-19
Genre : Business & Economics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 996/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Handbook of Official Hay and Straw Standards by : United States War Food Administration

Download or read book Handbook of Official Hay and Straw Standards written by United States War Food Administration. This book was released on 2017-11-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Handbook of Official Hay and Straw Standards: Official Standards of the United States for Hay and Straw as Established and Promulgated by the War Food Administrator; Important Features of Federal Hay Inspection; Revised Effective September 1, 1944 Hay shall be the harvested, unthreshed herb age of those kinds of forage plants which have recognized feed value, as determined by the Office of Distribution, War Food Administra tion, which herbage meets the requirements of the various classes in groups I to XI, inclusive; is not both coarse and woody; contains not more than 35 percent of foreign material, and not more than 35 percent moisture. The term hay in these standards shall include peanut vines from which the peanuts have been removed. Groups - Hay for which there are standards shall be divided into eleven groups as follows: Group I, Alfalfa and Alfalfa Mixed Hay; group II, Timothy and Clover Hay; group III, Prairie Hay; group IV, Johnson and Johnson Mixed Hay; group V, Grain, Wild Oat, Vetch, and Grain Mixed Hay; group VI. Lespedeza and Lespedeza Mixed Hay; group VII, Soybean and Soybean Mixed Hay; group VIII, Cowpea and Cowpea Mixed Hay; group IX, Peanut and Peanut Mixed Hay; group X, Grass Hay; and group XI, Mixed Hay. Classes - Each group of hay includes one or more classes which are based on the kind of hay or mixture of various kinds. Grades. - Hay shall be graded and designated according to the respective grade requirements of the numerical grades and Sample grade of its appropriate group and class and according to the Special grades when applicable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.