Show MEAT lEAT GRADING SA SAVES YES In MONEY lO EY F FIn FR R CONSUMERS That a much I 1 lecher gher avern average e of equality in meats delivered on con con- contract contract con contract tract has resulted rom rom the commer- commer ial commer-ial irl Grading trading ad ed d by the United States Department of f Agriculture was illustrated by an incident in New NewYork NewYork York City some tin e c ago A large steams i company placed an order for meat and purposely did lid not advise the cont acor that deliveries would be bo graded by a Government official at the r er The contract called for choice p-ade p trade ade meats ts and specifically for cl cJ cloice oice grade steer loins Inasmuch hs s he lie had not ben been advised ad to the con contrary nary the contractor assumed that no o 0 official dal grading would be done lone at the rier ier and instead of furnishing choice grade steer steel beef he loaded his truck t v ith cow beef Much to his chagrin on arrival at the pier he found the dept dep grader on the job and refuse to submit the beef cIl claiming ming the lot ot is s intended for fOl an- an another an another other boat Pre Prey this same contractor had en to ascer ascer- ascertain ascertain ascertain tain by telephone v t hether bother the delivery deli would be subject to official grading Later however th contractor lodged to the bu bur au representative that the cow bee would would- have been delivered to the company had no Go ht nt nt representative beery been present Tho The p in aule v uk between bc choice grade steer loins and the sam same Bade gade of or cow bee bec at that time was fully 8 cats per pound in in favor of course o 0 of steer beef A similar instance ce occurred in in another an- an another an another other city in connection with a n lot of meat purchased fen fen- the United States ShiPPing Board IThe The contract called for pounds f good grade steer beef On delivers deliver the official grader rader discovered that t n ore than two thirds two of the meat was bull ull beef The dif dif- difference difference dif difference ference in value was approximately G fi cents a pound Instances of this th 3 sort show the de- de desirability de desirability lit of bu buying i g and selling meat on the basis of g de standards |