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fection of the manufactory methods, but the separation is never 

 absolutely perfect. (407) The uses which the seed serves may 

 be shown in the following graphic manner, which gives standard 

 results obtained at the cotton-seed oil mills : x 



Cotton 

 seed 



2,000 Ibs. 



f Short lint 

 or linters 

 35 Ibs. 



Hulls 

 865 Ibs, 



Meats 

 1,100 Ibs. 



The seed is still used largely as fertilizer, either composted 

 with manure and commercial fertilizers or otherwise, although 

 less extensively than formerly. (440) The seed is rather 

 sparingly used as cattle food. 



481. Oil. The cotton-seed oil industry has developed chiefly 

 in the last quarter of a century, the greater progress being made 

 in the last decade. In 1905 there were 715 cotton-seed products 

 mills representing a capital of seventy-four million dollars. 



1 The Census Bureau gives the quantity of products per ton of cotton seed, 

 as manufactured in the United States, in 1905, as follows: crude oil 300 lb., 

 meal 813 lb., hulls 725 lb., linters 35 lb.; total 1,873 lb. The value of the 

 products is given as follows: crude oil $9.37, meal $8.30, hulls $1.67, linters 

 $1.38; total $20.72. The average cost of a ton of cotton seed to the manu- 

 facturer is given as $15.53. 



