MARKETING COTTONSEED FOR PLANTING PURPOSES 
a plant requires from 15 to 20 horsepower to operate it, and a motor 
of this size may be purchased at around $500, bringing the initial 
outlay up to $3,500. The cost of buildings has not been considered 
in connection with these estimates. Many dealers in planting cotton- 
seed already have warehouses or gin buildings in which the machin- 
ery may be installed, possibly with slight alterations. The same 
capacity plant installed in or in connection with a ginnery costs about 
$500 less, because all parts of the equipment, the press for example, 
are not necessary. Figure 3 shows a general layout or plan of a 
2-unit delinting plant. 
Fig. 2. — A type of machine used in delinting cottonseed 
A plant of this capacity in operation 125 days of 10 hours each 
in a season would delint 500 tons at a net cost of approximately $5 
per ton of delinted seed. In arriving at this figure the cost has been 
distributed among the various factors as follows : 
Labor cost, 2 men at $2.50 per day each, daily, $5 ; per ton $1. 25 
Power cost, daily, $6 ; per ton 1. 50 
Dockage per ton, linters removed, 100 pounds ; dirt, trash, 80 pounds ; 
total, 180 pounds, at $40 per ton (value of the ginned or undelinted 
seed) 3. 60 
Depreciation at 10 per cent, $350 ; per ton . 70 
Interest on investment at 5 per cent, $175 ; per ton . 35 
Total 7.40 
Less value of linters removed, 100 pounds at 3 cents_ 3. 00 
Net cost of delinting 1 ton of ginned resulting in 1,820 pounds of 
delinted seed 4. 40 
Net cost of delinting 100 pounds of delinted seed .24 
Net cost of delinting 1 ton of delinted seed 4. 80 
