Show ICARE CARE AND ACCURACY DEMANDED IN WEIGHING HAY FOR MARKET 4 i V 14 10 4 am I 1 av accurate weights can be obtained only if thu wagon ale ales are ir proper working order and the load Is in proper petition position upon the scale scales 1 by the he ted state states department of alt agriculture i cut t ure A great deal of trouble and monetary erss lo 10 ss sustained by producers und and shippers in marketing hay bay haa has been lound by the bureau of und and trop estimates united states depart ment of agriculture to be due to weighing weighing by the dale bale in several sections of the country it rt Is the custom to weigh hay tiny b the ale ale nt at the time for baling bating and to note the he weight t upon P n tg tag made of curd or other convenient material attached to the bale beneath one of the talo late tice ties 1 hen lien A Light tig liy by this method great care should be taken to beigh the hay accurately during the rush of baling operations sufficient time la Is frequently not allow ul for the scales to come to a balance and there may be aa as much na As ten pounds difference between be teen the actual and the eight special care should also bo be taken in riling ting the correct weight upon the lag ing say the bureaus bu renus E it is 1 the common practice in some sonic sections to use only numbers ending in 0 or 5 in recording the weight and to ghe gle or take from the tile actual tight a sufficient amount to make a number with euch such an ending for example the weight of a bale weighing 07 pounds Is written as 05 pounds and that of one weighing elg hing 68 pounds as 70 pounds the tendency hocco hoC cr Is to take more frequently than to give so that it Is a better practice to state tho the actual weight upon the ing tag another practice which Is often charged back to the producer in low tr prices or in weight Nel glit claims disproportionate port onate ionato to the actual loss ie Is the ne ale nt at a much later date of tag ft veigh eights ts placed upon the hay nt at the timo time of baling unless hay tiny has been thoroughly cured and has been beta in tho the mow or stack for a considerable time there is likely to bo be a 1 loas in weight while bay Is in storage after baling due du to additional loss of mols lure each purchaser desires and has ft a right to obtain the actual quantity of hay bay for which he pays it if tales ire ore short of tho the weight spec specified itle A upon the tags there ore are grounds tor for a claim cither in the form of a price boncea lon pion or of a weight claim in either case the adjustment of the claim ie Is likely to be less economical to the producer than the actual pr of the hay the producer or shipper should be prepared to prove that the weight of the hay nt at the time of sale Is correct an and 1 I as indicated upon thi the tag tog carless weighing on wagon scale scales causes as much difficulty ns as car caneles ca reles elest weighing b tiny othir method OD of the principal causes of tory m weights eights upon wagon ngou i scales settles Is lack of proper care of the scalea scales and ol 01 the attention to keep then in belair and in lit iod working ordle accurate weights cincot be obtained on oil scales that art nr out of ingon ngon settles should be inspected fie by a competent comp tent and care car hould be bc to see that thea are in lit proper adjustment and ba balacic latic before weighing hing oil aidi lot or load ol 01 hay care must be taken also to see thai that the load loni Is in proper position upon the scales the load lond should not bind upon the ho scale box or building and if the team exerts any upon th load lond it should I 1 ie e unhitched aben hen obtaining the tare tore weight the th should be certain that the th wagon contains the same equipment as when the gross weight was obtained A hood rulo rule Is to remove ev er tiling but the necessary from the load before weighing keep dale bale check when loading it the producer or shipper loads loais th the hay bay dirc etl into the cars carels care Is eRlic especially necessary to compute the tota weight corrects cor loads are frequent ly distributed in two to or more can car lecause of the variation in the ita of the hoy tiny if the balee balm nr are tagged a careful ricord should be b kept hept of the bales wes placed in each ench car it if not tagged the part of the load placed in ili each car should be weighed separately A careful check of the total number of bales bain placed in each car should also be kept so that the shipper may have haie the proper data upon which to base a claim should any loss occur while the hay Is to market the no fol following loNIng suggestions if fol imbed lowed will greatly assist in at ing some of the troubles ps caused by improper weighing methods achen hen using tag weights eights record the actual current weight ilae wagon scales in proper adjust ant and balance see that wagon contains same equip merit when weighing both the gross and tore tare weight when loading two or more cars keep careful record of hay loaded in each car always keep a bole bale record together with ith a weight record of each car |