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saved for planting are reginned to remove the clinging 

 lint. Their hulls are then removed and the embryos, or 

 " meats," of the seeds cooked for about fifteen minutes 

 to drive off the water and melt the oil. Pressure is then 

 applied to extract the oil, which goes to the refinery. 



Fig. 123. 



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 ■ Bales of cotton ready for shipment. 



The remainder is dried, cooked once more and ground 

 into cottonseed meal. 



213. Proportion and Value of Seed and Lint. — It takes 

 about fifteen hundred pounds of cotton as it comes from 

 the field to make a five-hundred-pound bale. 



