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BULLETIN 1056, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
manufacturers, the initial investment in machinery for a plant hav- 
ing a capacity of 4 tons per 10 hours should be about $3,000. 
This amount would cover the purchase price and cost of installing 
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Fig. 1. — Cottonseed, a and c, Ginned ; & and d, delinted. All natural size 
the machinery, consisting of two delinting machines, press, and the 
necessary conveyers, elevators, and transmission equipment. The 
cost of the motor or other source of power is not included. Such 
