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DISCUSSION OF THE INSPECTION. 



Average Analyses and Retail Prices. 

 Cottonseed Meal. 

 Pages 8-9. 



No. Samples, 

 Protein (per cent), 

 Fat (per cent). 

 Price a ton, 



No. Samples, 

 Protein (per cent), 

 Fat (per cent). 

 Price a ton, 



No. Samples, 

 Protein (per cent). 

 Fat (per cent). 

 Price a ton. 



Owing to the poor cotton crop of 1909, cottonseed meal has 

 proved for the past season to be both scarce and high, the 

 price in many cases exceeding that ever before asked for 

 this product. The 1910 crop is much better and prices are ruling 

 about the same as for 190S. According to the classification of 

 the Interstate Cotton Crushers' Association, cottonseed meal is 

 divided into three grades, (a) choice containing at least 41 per cent 

 protein, (b) prime containing a minimum 38.50 per cent protein, 

 and (c) good containing at least 36.00 per cent protein. Quite 

 often crushers attempt to grade their product too high. "Prime" 

 meal is found offered as "choice" and "good" meal offered as 

 "prime." Such a practice is misleading and shippers are cau- 

 tioned against it. 



It is the general practice of cottonseed crushers to pack their 

 meal by gross weight instead of net. That is, a 100 pound sack 

 of cottonseed meal will weigh 100 pounds, including meal and 

 sack. This is a direct violation of the Massachusetts statute 

 and the fact that a few crushers tag their sacks as weighing 100 



