MARKETING COTTON SEED EOR PLANTING PURPOSES. 7 



Delinting effects an econonw in the use of cotton seed, as planting ma- 

 chines will distribute a smaller quantity per acre more uniformly. 

 It -will eliminate the necessity of a force feed in planting machines 

 and facilitate the single-seed distribution and the planting of cotton 

 seed in hills. The thin uniform stand, made possible by the use of 

 delinted seed, also may help to simplify the culture of cotton by what 

 is known as the single stalk method 5 which, repeated experiments 

 show, 6 produces the highest yields and earliest maturity. 



Fig. 2. — A type of machine used in delinting cotton seed. 



COST OF DKL1NTING. 



I he <o-t of delinting, which on first thought may be expected to be 

 excessive, is small per unit. It necessarily varies with the capacity 

 of the plant and the quantity of seed handled or the number of days 

 the plant is operated during a season. A plant may be installed in 

 ;i dealer's warehouse and operated separately or installed and oper- 

 ated in connection with a ginnery. The, kind of machine used is the 

 same as that for delinting eotton seed for oil manufacture and is 





'<'„„k. 0, I-'.: A New System of Cotton CultUl'e and its Application, U. S. hepm- •nl 



■ ■f Agriculture, Farmers' Bulletin 601. 1014. 



'Cardoo, P. V. : Experiment! with Single-Stalk Cotton Culture in Louisiana, Arkansas, 

 and North Carolina, U. 8. Departmeni of Agriculture, Bulletin 526. mis. Meade, ft. M.: 

 Mngli Stalk Cotton Culture ai San Antonio, U. B. Departmeni of Agriculture, Bulletin 

 279. 1015. 



