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§ 810.1404 - Grades and grade requirements for sorghum.
| Grading factors | Grades U.S. Nos. 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Minimum pound limits of | Test weight per bushel | 57.0 | 55.0 | 53.0 | 51.0 | Maximum percent limits of | Damaged kernels: | Heat (part of total) | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 3.0 | Total | 2.0 | 5.0 | 10.0 | 15.0 | Broken kernels and foreign material: | Foreign material (part of total) | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | Total | 3.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | Maximum count limits of | Other material: | Animal filth | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | Castor beans | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Crotalaria seeds | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Glass | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Stones 2 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | Unknown foreign substance | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | Cockleburs | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | Total 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | U.S. Sample grade is sorghum that: | (a) Does not meet the requirements for U.S. Nos. 1, 2, 3, or 4; or | (b) Has a musty, sour, or commercially objectionable foreign odor (except smut odor); or | (c) Is badly weathered, heating, or distinctly low quality. |
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1 Sorghum which is distinctly discolored shall not grade higher than U.S. No. 3.
2 Aggregate weight of stones must also exceed 0.2 percent of the sample weight.
3 Includes any combination of animal filth, castor beans, crotalaria seeds, glass, stones, unknown foreign substance or cockleburs.