Show HAS AS VAY MY TO I CHECK FRAUD Buy Produce By Federal Grades Marsh Advises Value ot of- an understanding ot of what hat the federal grads grades ot of farm tarm produce Is brought to the attention aUt of 01 the state Inspection service b by com com- complaInts complaints plaInts of oC merchants dealers and housewives housel who have bought a a. quantity ot of potatoes apples cab cab- cabbage bage or onions as 0 the case may be and utter having ordered a 11 good quality ot of produce and paid a a. t corresponding price II rice find to their that they are arc the ot of a dIshonest prod producer who ho has decked cold the middle ot of the sack or box Especially Is this tree of oC the house wire wife In Ing In the wInter supply ot of produce sold Mid LeRoy Lenoy Marsh district agri- agri agricultural cultural Inspector Ills His statement continues I 1 have havo answered many calls dissatisfaction n has arIsen OVer crooked produce deals ant and It Is Invariably the case that at the pur- pur purchaser purchaser chaser ordered good potatoes Instance and In many cases out of oC pounds there was a net loss o of from 10 to 20 pounds and even more consisting ot of second growth deep growth cracks sunburn cuts scab insect or 01 mechanIcal Injury there was no DO redress sImply be- be because cause Cluse there was Ws not any set rule whereby the deal dal could be judged It Is here that the value ot of the tho federal grades established by the tho department ot of agriculture Is shown hown for It will be seen that an Ill rial standard Is hs established that provIdes a medIum ot of agreement between the seller and the buyer buer UTAH U. U S. S XO NO 1 GRADE GH standard Is Utah U U. S. S No o. o 1 shall hall consist o potatoes of aim aim- liar characterIstics whIch are ao not badly misshapen whIch are free from freezing Injury and soft rot and from damage caused Sy 1 Y dIrt or other foreign matter second growth growth growth- cracks hollow heart cuts scab a i d blight dr rot dry disease insects ct or mechanical or other means The dameler of at potu potatoes toes ot of the round varieties s shall b be not less than one and seven eighths Inches and ot of potatoes ot of the long varieties one and three fourths Inches In order to allow for tor variations IncIdent to proper gradIng and handling not more than five per cent by weight of any lot may be below the pro pre sIze nn and In additIon not more than six per cent by weight nay be below the tho remainIng re- re requirements requirements of oC this grade but not over two per cent shall be allowed for tor sort soft rot rol SMALL SI WASTE STE It It will I. I be e seen sen that the grade guarantees the that there shall hall be 89 pounds ot of pota- pota potatoes toes In each that shall be and shall peel without any loss while there may be six pounds p that have some ot of the blemishes mentioned above and In there may be five pounds ot of small tubers if H Ogden dealers es or all any one buyIng pro pro- produce duce ce In hundred pound lots or moro would become familiar with the federal grade and Insist upon tics He delivery ot of their purchases u upon ID that hall baste much of the loss los caused by dishonest producers would be eliminated and the tho of tilling filling the mIddle ot of the theS sack S k with miserable worthless Junk would soon be forgotten The object ot of the federal grades gradeR ot of farm tarm prOduce Is to es- es tn a medium between the buyer and the seller and this enables the producer to ob ob- tali a better price for produce and at the same time guarantees the buyer that he shall receive the value ot of hIs money Grades have b been en established on practically alt all Utah crops and the Inspection ser ser- vl e Is at alt all times ready to as as- assist slet 00 00 |