the alfalfa is 50 percent or more with most of the leaves clinging to the stems, but shall not include hay in which a majority of the alfalfa stalks bear brown and/or black seed pods. (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 Alfalfa hay. (2) Leafy hay-(i) Requirements. Leafy hay shall be hay of any of the grades lower than grade No. 1 of the classes Alfalfa, Alfalfa Light Grass Mixed, Alfalfa Light Timothy Mixed, Alfalfa Clover Mixed, Alfalfa Light Johnson Mixed, and Alfalfa Light Grain Mixed in group I in which the leafness of the alfalfa is 40 percent or more with at least one-fifth of the leaves clinging to the stems, but shall not include hay in which the leafiness of the alfalfa meets the requirements for extra leafy hay nor hay in which a majority of the alfalfa stalks bear brown and/or black seed pods. (li) 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 Alfalfa 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 I which has 75 percent or more green color, but shall not include hay in which a majority of the alfalfa stalks bear brown and/or black seed pods. (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. 8. No. 1 Extra Green Alfalfa Light Grass Mixed 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 I which has 60 percent or more but less than 75 percent green color, but shall not include hay in which a majority of the alfalfa stalks bear brown and/or black seed pods. (11) 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 Alfalfa Light Timothy Mixed hay. (5) Coarse hay-(i) Requirements. Coarse hay shall be hay of any of the grades of any of the classes in group I in which the alfalfa stalks are hard and round and of which more than 30 percent of the stalks have diameters equal to or greater than the diameter of No. 11 steel wire (approximately twelve onehundredths of an inch) by W & M Standard wire gage standards. Timothy with not over 10 percent of legumes. Timothy Light Clover A mixture of timothy and clover Mixed. Timothy Heavy Clover Mixed. Timothy Light Grass Mixed. Timothy Heavy Grass Mixed. with over 10 percent but not over 30 percent of clover. A mixture of timothy and clover with over 30 percent but not over 50 percent of clover. A mixture of timothy and other grasses with over 10 percent but not over 30 percent of other grasses, and not over 10 percent of legumes. A mixture of timothy and other grasses with over 30 percent but not over 60 percent of other grasses, and not over 10 percent of legumes. Timothy Light Alfalfa A mixture of timothy and alfalfa Mixed. with over 10 percent but not over 30 percent of alfalfa. Clover with not over 20 percent Clover.. Clover Timothy Mixed. of timothy, other grassess and/or grain hay. A mixture of clover and timothy with over 20 percent but less than 50 percent of timothy. (b) Numerical and Sample grades and grade requirements for all classes of Timothy and Clover hay. Applies only in the classes Clover hay and Clover Timothy Mixed hay. • Grades No. 1 and No. 2 shall not include hay that is stained. (c) Special grades for Timothy and Clover hay—(1) Extra Leafy hay—(1) Requirements. Extra Leafy hay shall be hay of any of the grades of the classes Clover and Clover Timothy Mixed in group II in which the leafness of the clover 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 Clover hay. (2) Leafy hay-(1) Requirements. Leafy hay shall be hay of any of the grades lower than grade No. 1 of the classes Clover and Clover Timothy Mixed in group II in which the leafiness of the clover is 40 percent or more, but shall not include hay in which the leafiness of the clover 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 Clover Timothy 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 II which has 55 percent or more green color, but shall not include hay that is stained. (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. 8. No. 1 Extra Green Timothy 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 II which has 40 percent or more but less than 55 percent green color, but shall not include hay that is stained. (11) 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 Timothy Light Grass Mixed hay. § 57.5 Prairie hay (Group III). (a) Classes and class requirements. Mixture percentages Class (c) Special grades for Prairie hay— (1) Extra Green hay-(1) Requirements. Extra Green hay shall be hay of any of the grades of any of the classes in group III which has 65 percent or more green color, but shall not include hay that is stained or hay of the class Upland Prairie in which one-third or more of the upland grass stalks bear seed heads or jointed stems. (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 Upland Prairie hay. Requirements. (2) Green hay-(1) Green hay shall be hay of any of the grades lower than grade No. 1 of any of the classes in group III which has 50 percent or more but less than 65 percent green color, but shall not include hay that is stained or hay of the class Upland Prairie in which one-third or more of the upland grass stalks bear seed heads or jointed stems. (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 Upland-Midland Prairie Mixed hay. § 57.6 Johnson and Johnson Mixed hay (Group IV). (a) Classes and class requirements. (c) Special grades for Johnson and Johnson Mixed hay-(1) Extra Green hay (1) Requirements. Extra Green hay shall be hay of any of the grades of any of the classes in group IV which has 55 percent or more green color. (ii) Grade designation. When the special grade Extra Green is applicable there shall be aded 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 Johnson hay. (2) 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 IV which has 40 percent or more but less than 55 percent green color. (11) 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. 3 Green Johnson Light Grass Mixed hay. Fine hay shall be hay of any of the grades of the class Johnson in group IV in which 70 percent or more of the Johnson grass stalks have diameters equal to or smaller than the diameter of No. 13 steel wire (approximately nine onehundredths of an inch), and no stalks have diameters equal to or greater than the diameter of No. 10 steel wire (approximately thirteen one-hundreths of an inch), by W & M standard wire gage standards. (ii) Grade designation. When the special grade Fine is applicable there shall be added to and made a part of the grade designation, preceding the name of the class, the word "Fine." Example: U. S. No. 1 Fine Johnson hay. (4) Coarse hay——(1) Requirements. Coarse hay shall be hay of any of the grades of any of the classes in group IV in which more than 30 percent of the Johnson grass stalks have diameters equal to or greater than the diameter of No. 9 steel wire (approximately fifteen one-hundredths of an inch), by W & M standard wire gauge 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. 1 Coarse Johnson hay. § 57.7 Grain, Wild Oat, Vetch, and Grair Mixed hay (Group V). (a) Classes and class requirements. Oat Class Red Oat.. Wheat... Barley.... Wild Oat.. Red Oat and Wild Oat Mixed, Wheat and Wild Oat Mixed. Wild Oat and Grain Mixed. Oat Light Alfalfa Mixed, Wheat Light Alfalfa Mixed, Barley Light Alfalfa Mixed. Mixture percentages Oat hay with not over 10 percent of legumes. Red oat hay with not over 10 percent of legumes. Wheat hay with not over 10 percent of legumes. Barley hay with not over 10 percent of legumes. Wild oat hay or a mixture of wild oat hay and other grain hay with not over 30 percent of other grain hay and not over 10 percent of legumes. A mixture of red oat hay and wild oat hay or wheat hay and wild oat hay with over 10 percent but not over 40 percent of wild oat hay and not over 10 percent of legumes in each case. A mixture of wild oat hay and other grain hay with over 30 percent but less than 60 percent of other grain hay and not over 10 percent of legumes. A mixture of oat hay (including red oat hay) and alfalfa, wheat hay and alfalfa, or barley hay and alfalfa with over 10 percent but not over 40 percent of Class Oat Light AlfalfaContinued Oat and vetch mixed, Wheat and Vetch Mixed. Vetch and Oat Mixed, Vetch and Wheat Mixed. Vetch. Mixture percentages alfalfa and not over 10 percent of grasses including the 5 percent allowance in § 57.1 (m), (n), and (q) for oat hay, wheat hay, and barley hay, respectively. A mixture of oat hay (including red oat hay) and vetch hay or wheat hay and vetch hay with over 10 percent but not over 50 percent of vetch hay and not over 10 percent of grasses including the 5 percent allowance in § 57.1 (m) and (n) for oat hay and wheat hay, respectively. A mixture of vetch hay and oat hay (including red oat hay) or vetch hay and wheat hay with over 20 percent but less than 50 percent of oat hay, or wheat hay, as the case may be, and not over 10 percent of grasses including the 5 percent allowance in 57.1 (m) and (n) for oat hay and wheat hay, respectively. Vetch hay or a mixture of vetch hay and grain hay with not over 20 percent of grain hay. (b) Numerical and Sample grades and grade requirements for the classes of Oat hay, Red Oat hay, Barley hay, Red Oat and Wild Oat Mixed hay, Oat Light Alfalfa Mixed hay, and Barley Light Alfalfa Mixed hay. U. S. grade No. 11. No. 2. No. 3..... 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. 1 To meet the requirements of grade No. 1, Barley hay and Barley Light Alfalfa Mixed hay shall have been cut in the early dough stage or before, and may contain half-formed kernels and a little "filled" grain. (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 No.1. No. 2. No.3.. The vetch shall have been cut when the pods on the lower % 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 2% 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. 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. |