DEUNTTNG AND RECLEAXIXG COTTOXSEED FOR PLANTING. 3 
Table 1. — Rate of delinting or linters cut per ton of seed. 
Sample 
No. 
Reduction in weight 
of 100 seeds by 
delinting. 
Equiva- 
lent to 
linters 
cut per 
ton of 
seed. l 
Sample 
No. 
Reduction in weight 
of 100 seeds by 
delinting. 
Equiva- 
lent to 
linters 
cut per 
ton of 
seed. 1 
21 
22 
23 
24 
Milligrams. 
212 
360 
448 
534 
Per cent. 
1.89 
3.22 
4.01 
4.76 
Pounds. 
37.8 
64.4 
80.2 
95.2 
25 
26 
27 
28 
Milligrams. 
670 
898 
1,002 
Per cent. 
6.00 
6.97 
8.05 
8.97 
Pounds. 
120.0 
139. 4 
161.0 
179.4 
Includes invisible loss through automatic removal of inert matter. 
SEEDS CUT BY DELINTER SAWS. 
In delinting, or even in ginning, a small percentage of the seed 
may be cut or broken by the saws. For the purpose of determining 
more definitely the extent of such injury, five 100-seed samples 
POUNDS LINTERS 
CUT PER TO 
OFSEIED 
PER CENT I NJURED 
.6 .8 1.0 1.2 1.4 
Fig. 1.— The percentage of cottonseeds injured by delinter saws is very small. Less than 1 per cent was 
injured when 161 pounds of linters per ton of seed were removed. 
of each set of delinted seed were examined and the number of injured 
seeds counted. The average percentage of the seeds injured in each 
set or at each rate of cut is shown in Table 2 and is graphically 
illustrated in Figure 1. 
Table 2. — Percentage of seeds injured by delinter savs at varying rates of delinting. 
Rate of de- 
linting (lin- 
ters per ton 
of seed). 
Seeds cut 
by delinter 
saws. 
Rate of de- 
linting (lin- 
ters per ton 
of seed). 
>eeds cut 
by delinter 
saws. 
Pounds. 
37. 8 
64.4 
80.2 
95.2 
Per ceiit. 
0.4 
0.2 
0.2 
0. B 
Pounds. 
120. 
139.4 
Ml. it 
179.4 
Pir cent. 
0.6 
1.0 
0. v 
l.S 
