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value of the products manufactured from the 

 seed in 1910 amounted to $152,710,000 as 

 compared with $46,100,000 in 1899. This 

 large rise in value was brought about by the 

 increased consumption of mill products, and 

 is shared by every state which grows cotton. 

 The value of the products manufactured from 

 a ton of seed in 1899 was $17.75 an< ^ tnat 

 of 1910 was $32.50. The total value of oil 

 mill products in 1910 was as follows: oil, 

 $80,430,000; meal and cake, $44,660,000; hull, 

 $11,370,000; and linters, $6,250,000. 



There has been considerable fluctuation 

 in the price of seed from the beginning. This 

 is due largely to the fluctuations in the price 

 of the articles with which the products come in 

 competition. For instance, the price of oil is 

 effected quickly by fluctuations in the prices 

 of such articles as hog lard, soap, and olive 

 oil; the price of meal, cake, and hulls is governed 

 largely by the fluctuations in the price of 

 fertilizer and foodstuff materials with which 

 they come in competition. The price of 

 linters, another by-product of the seed, is 

 governed by the same conditions. 



Products of a Ton of Seed. There are al- 



