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kernels are now rendered less toxic by extracting the gossypol 

 with ether, or with ether and alcohol; or by treating the meal 

 with an alcoholic solution of an alkah, thus oxidizing the 



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gossypol and rendering it non-toxic. Cottonseed meal is 

 also highly prized as a fertilizer. 

 Guncotton.— This is a powerful explosive made by treating 



