UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 948 



Joint Contribution from the Bureau of Markets, GEORGE LIVINGSTON, Chief, 

 and the Bureau of Chemistry, CARL L. ALSBERG, Chief 



Washington, D. C. 



September 10, 1921 



COMPOSITION OF COTTON SEED 



By 



CHARLES F. CRESWELL, formerly Specialist in Marketing Vegetable 

 Oils, Bureau of Markets, 



and 



GEORGE L. BIDWELL, Chemist in Charge, Cattle Food'Laboratory, 

 Miscellaneous Division, Bureau <5f Chemistry 



CONTENTS 



Pago 



Sources of Information 2 



Seed Produced and Crushed, by States 2 



Yields of Oil and Meal, by States and Counties 3 



Yields of OU and Meal, by Months 3 



Variation of Yields of Oil and Meal on Same Market 3 



Foreign Matter 4 



Importance of Analyzing Cotton Seed 4 



Damaged Seed „ 5 



WASHINGTON 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

 1921 / 



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