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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 948 
Joint Contribution from the Bureau of Markets, GEORGE LIVINGSTON, Chief, 
and the Bureau of Chemistry, CARL L. ALSBERG, Chief 
Washington, D. C. September 10, 1921 
COMPOSITION OF COTTON SEED 
By 
CHARLES F. CRESWELL, formerly Specialist in Marketing Vegetable 
Oils, Bureau of Markets, 
and 
GEORGE L. BIDWELL, Chemist in Charge, Cattle Food Laboratory, 
Miscellaneous Division, Bureau of Chemistry 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Sources of Information 2 
Seed Produced and Crushed, by States 2 
Yields of Oil and Meal, by States and Counties 3 
Yields of Oil and Meal, by Months 3 
Variation of Yields of Oil and Meal on Same Market 3 
Foreign Matter 4 
Importance of Analyzing Cotton Seed 4 
Damaged Seed . 5 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1921 
