Show blighted C barley under new rules official grain standards revised by secretary of agriculture prepared by tb the united states state department of Acri agriculture culture service bervice the secretary ot of agriculture has revised the official grain standards for barley so as to define and provide grades for blighted barley the definition for sound barley and the grade requirements for sample grade are also amended the grain standards act requires in effect that not less than 00 90 days public notice must be given before any new standards or any revision of existing standards promulgated under the provisions of the act may become effective tho the amended standards will become effective on july 21 1033 1933 the order of the secretary amending the standards provides in part as follows grades fur for blighted barley blighted barley shall be all barley which contains more than 2 per cent but not more than 5 per cent of barley damaged or materially discolored by blight or mold blighted barley shall be graded and designated according to the grade requirements quire ments of the stan standards lards applicable to such barley if it were not blighted and there shall be added to and made a part of the grade designation the word blighted the grade requirements for sample grade for all classes of barley are amended so as to include the specification or which contains more than aper 5 per cent or barley damaged or materially teri ally discolored by blight or mold the practical effect of the revision Is that beginning july 21 in the inspection spec tion and grading of barley kernels of barley that are damaged or materially teri ally discolored by blight or mold are not to be regarded as sound kernels that the straight unqualified grades 1 c e no I 1 barley special no 2 barley etc may contain ns as much as 2 per cent by weight of such blighted kernels that when the bar ley contains from 21 per cent to 5 per cent inclusive of such blighted kernels the word blighted will be added to the grade designation 1 e no I 1 barley blighted special no 2 barley blighted etc and that when more than C G per cent of such blighted barley kernels are anre present the grade sample grade will be assigned to the grain it Is believed by the department that this amendment of the barley grades will cause these grades to conform with users requirements dud and facilitate equitable grading of country run barley |