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U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
illustrated in figure 2. Based on careful estimates submitted by 
manufacturers, the initial investment in machinery for a plant hav- 
ing a capacity of four tons per 10 hours should be about $3,000. 
This amount would cover the purchase price and cost of installing 
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 
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 
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Fig. 3. — General lay-out or plan of two-unit delinting plant. Note : No attempt is made 
here to show the details or to suggest a fixed plan of installation. Manufacturers 
no doubt will be glad to cooperate with prospective buyers in working out the most 
economical and efficient plan of installing and operating such machinery under varied 
conditions and for any special requirements. 
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. 
A plant of this capacity in operation 125 days of 10 hours each in 
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 : 
