8 BULLETIN 1219, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Fig. 4.— A specially designed device for testing the weight per bushel of cottonseed in order to deter- 
mine the volume of delinted seed per unit of weight compared with that of ginned seed. A , Tube and 
kettle filled with seeds and the specially designed cut-off in position to be drawn through the seeds 
between the tube and the kettle. B, Cut-off drawn through the seeds, separating those in the tube 
from those in the kettle. C, Tube and its contents swung to left, cut-off serving as a bottom for the 
tube, and contents of kettle being weighed to determine the test weight per bushel, which is automat- 
ically registered on the scale beam. 
