(c) Numerical and Sample grades and grade requirements for the classes Wheat hay, Wild Oat hay, Wheat and Wild Oat Mixed hay, Wild Oat and Grain Mixed hay, and Wheat Light Alfalfa Mixed hay. Sample grade..... Hay of the above classes which does not come within the requirements of any of the numerica grades; or which contains more than a trace of injurious foreign material; or which has any objectionable odor; or which is un 'ercured, heating, hot, wet, musty, moldy, sour, caked, badly broken, badly stained, badly weathered, badly overripe, or very dusty, or otherwise of distinctly low quality. (d) Numerical and Sample grades and grade requirements for the classes Oat and Vetch Mixed hay, Wheat and Vetch Mixed hay, Vetch and Oat Mixed hay, Vetch and Wheat Mixed hay and Vetch hay. U.S. grade Maturity Color Maximum percent of foreign material 5 No.1.. No. 2. No.3. The vetch shall have been cut when the pods on the lower 4 of the plant are one-half filled or before. The grain shall have been cut in the early dough stage or before and may contain halfformed kernels and a little "filled" grain. The vetch shall have been cut when the pods on the lower 3% of the plant are one-half filled or before. The grain shall have been cut in the dough stage or before and may contain some "filled" grain although such "filled" grain shall not predominate. May be fully matured. Shall be bright, natural green to greenish yellow. May be greenish yellow to brownish yellow, slightly discolored, or slightly weathered. 10 Sample grade..--- Hay of the above classes which does not come within the requirements of any of the numerical grades; or which contains more than a trace of injurious foreign material; or which has any objectionable odor; or which is undercured, heating, hot, wet, musty, moldy, sour, caked, badly broken, badly stained, badly weathered, badly overripe, or very dusty; or otherwise of distinctly low quality. (e) Special grades for Grain, Wild Oat, Vetch, and Grain Mixed hay-(1) Coarse hay (1) Requirements. Coarse hay shall be hay of any of the grades of the classes Oat, Red Oat, and Red Oat and Wild Oat Mixed in group V in which more than 30 percent of the oat stalks have diameters equal to or greater than the diameter of No. 6 steel wire (approximately nineteen one-hundredths of an inch), by W & M standard wire gage standards. (11) Grade designation. When the special grade Coarse is applicable there shall be added to and made a part of the grade designation, preceding the name of the class, the word "Coarse." Example: U. S. No. 2 Coarse Oat hay. No. 3.. 20 10 May be brown.. Sample grade. Hay which does not come within the requirements of any of the numerical grades; or which contains more than a trace of injurious foreign material; or which has any objectionable odor; or which is undercured, heating, hot, wet, musty, moldy, caked, badly broken, badly weathered, badly overripe, or very dusty; or which is otherwise of distinctly low quality. Does not apply in the classes Lespedeza Heavy Grass Mixed hay and Lespedeza Heavy Johnson Mixed hay. (c) Special grades for Lespedeza and Lespedeza Mixed hay-(1) Extra Leafy hay-(i) Requirements. Extra Leafy hay shall be hay of any of the grades of the classes Lespedeza, Lespedeza Light Grass Mixed, and Lespedeza Light Johnson Mixed in group VI in which the leafiness of the lespedeza is 55 percent or more, with most of the leaves clinging to the stems. (ii) Grade designation. When the special grade Extra Leafy is applicable there shall be added to and made a part of the grade designation, preceding the name of the class, the words "Extra Leafy." Example: U.S. No. 1 Extra Leafy Lespedeza hay. (2) Leafy hay-(1) Requirements. Leafy hay shall be hay of any of the grades lower than grade No. 1 of the classes Lespedeza, Lespedeza Light Grass Mixed, and Lespedeza Light Johnson Mixed in group VI in which the leafiness of the lespedeza is 45 percent or more, but shall not include hay in which the leafiness of the lespedeza meets the requirements for extra leafy hay. (11) Grade designation. When the special grade Leafy is applicable there shall be added to and made a part of the grade designation, preceding the name of the class, the word "Leafy." Example: U. 8. No. 2 Leafy Lespedeza Light Grass Mixed hay. (3) Extra Green hay-(1) Requirements. Extra Green hay shall be hay of any of the grades of any of the classes in group VI which has a natural green color. (11) Grade designation. When the special grade Extra Green is applicable there shall be added to and made a part of the grade designation, preceding the name of the class, the words "Extra Green." Example: U.S. No. 1 Extra Green Lespedeza hay. Requirements. (4) Green hay-(i) Green hay shall be hay of any of the grades lower than grade No. 1 of any of the classes in group VI which has a green to greenish brown color. (ii) Grade designation. When the special grade Green is applicable there shall be added to and made a part of the grade designation, preceding the name of the class, the word "Green." Example: U.S. No. 8 Green Lespedeza Heavy Grass Mixed hay. § 57.9 Soybean and Soybean Mixed hay (Group VII). (a) Classes and class requirements. (c) Special grades for Soybean and Soybean Mixed hay-(1) Extra Leafy hay-(i) Requirements. Extra Leafy hay shall be hay of any of the grades of the classes Soybean, Soybean Light Grass Mixed, and Soybean Light Johnson Mixed in group VII in which the leafiness of the soybean hay is 50 percent or more, with most of the leaves clinging to the stems. (ii) Grade designation. When the special grade Extra Leafy is applicable there shall be added to and made a part of the grade designation, preceding the name of the class, the words "Extra Leafy." Example: U. 8. No. 1 Extra Leafy Soybean ness of the soybean hay meets the requirements for extra leafy hay. (ii) Grade designation. When the special grade Leafy is applicable there shall be added to and made a part of the grade designation, preceding the name of the class, the word "Leafy." Example: U. S. No. 2 Leafy Soybean Light Grass Mixed hay. (3) Extra Green hay-(1) Requirements. Extra Green hay shall be hay of any of the grades of any of the classes in group VII which has 55 percent or more green color. (ii) Grade designation. When the special grade Extra Green is applicable there shall be added to and made a part of the grade designation, preceding the name of the class. the words "Extra Green." Example: U. S. No. 1 Extra Green Soybean hay. (4) Green hay-(1) Requirements. Green hay shall be hay of any of the grades lower than grade No. 1 of any of the classes in group VII which has 40 percent or more but less than 55 percent green color. (ii) Grade designation. When the special grade Green is applicable there shall be added to and made a part of the grade designation, preceding the name of the class, the word "Green." Example: U.S. No. 2 Green Soybean Light Johnson Mixed hay. (5) Coarse hay-(1) Requirements. Coarse hay shall be hay of any of the grades of any of the classes in group VII in which more than 30 percent of the soybean stalks have diameters equal to or greater than the diameter of No. 4 steel wire (approximately twenty-three one-hundredths of an inch), by W & M standard wire gage standards. (ii) Grade designation. When the special grade Coarse is applicable there shall be added to and made a part of the grade designation, preceding the name of the class, the word "Coarse." Example: U. S. No. 2 Coarse Soybean hay. (2) Leafy hay—(1) Requirements. Leafy hay shall be hay of any of the grades lower than grade No. 1 of the classes Cowpea, Cowpea Light Grass Mixed, and Cowpea Light Johnson Mixed in group VIII in which the leafiness of the cowpea hay is 40 percent or more, but shall not include hay in which the leafness of the cowpea hay meets the requirements for extra leafy hay. (ii) Grade designation. When the special grade Leafy is applicable there shall be added to and made a part of the grade designation, preceding the name of the class, the word "Leafy." Example: U. S. No. 2 Leafy Cowpea hay. (3) Extra Green hay-(1) Requirements. Extra Green hay shall be hay of any of the grades of any of the classes in group VIII which has a natural green color. (ii) Grade designation. When the special grade Extra Green is applicable there shall be added to and made a part of the grade designation, preceding the name of the class, the words "Extra Green." Example: U.S. No. 1 Extra Green Cowpea hay. (4) Green hay—(1) Requirements. Green hay shall be hay of any of the grades lower than grade No. 1 of any of the classes in group VIII which has a green to greenish yellow or greenish brown color. (ii) Grade designation. When the spe cial grade Green is applicable there shall be added to and made a part of the grade Example: U. 8. No. 1 Extra Leafy Peanut hay. (2) Leafy hay-(i) Requirements. Leafy hay shall be hay of any of the grades lower than grade No. 1 of the classes Peanut and Peanut Light Grass Mixed in group IX in which the leafness of the peanut hay is 25 percent or more, but shall not include hay in which the leafiness of the peanut hay meets the requirements for extra leafy hay. (11) Grade designation. When the special grade Leafy is applicable there shall be added to and made a part of the grade designation, preceding the name of the class, the word "Leafy." Example: U. 8. No. 2 Leafy Peanut Light Grass Mixed hay. (3) Extra Green hay-(1) Requirements. Extra Green hay shall be hay of any of the grades of any of the classes in group IX which has a natural green color. (ii) Grade designation. When the special grade Extra Green is applicable there shall be added to and made a part of the grade designation, preceding the name of the class, the words "Extra Green." Example: U.S. No. 1 Extra Green Peanut hay. (4) Green hay-(i) Requirements. Green hay shall be hay of any of the grades lower than grade No. 1 of any of the classes in group IX which has a green to greenish brown color. (ii) Grade designation. When the special grade Green is applicable there shall be added to and made a part of the grade designation, preceding the name of the class, the word "Green." Example: U. S. No. 2 Green Peanut Heavy Grass Mixed hay. § 57.12 Grass hay (Group X). (a) Class and class requirements. The group Grass hay shall have one class, namely, Grass hay, which shall be (1) hay containing more than 60 percent of grasses, sedges, and/or rushes other than timothy, Johnson grass, upland grasses, midland grasess, grain cut for hay, millet, and/or Sudan grass; or (2) hay consisting of mixtures of upland grasses, midland grasses, timothy, and/or other grasses, and containing not more than 10 percent of legumes, which does not meet the class requirements of any of the classes in Prairie hay, group III. |