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(c) Subquality cottonseed. — The quality index of cottonseed 
that, by analysis, contain foreign natter, moisture, and/or free fatty 
acids in the oil in the seed in excess of the percentages shown in 
section 3-b shall "be found by reducing the quality index of prime 
quality cottonseed as follows: 
(1) Not to exceed five-tenths of a unit for each 0.1 per- 
j cent of free fatty acids in the oil in the seed in excess of 
1.8 percent. 
(2) Not to exceed 1 unit for each 1 percent of foreign 
natter in excess of 3 percent. 
(3) Not to exceed 1 unit for each 1 j>ercent of noisture 
in excess of 12 percent. 
Such cottonseed shall be known as subquality cottonseed, 
except as hereinafter provided. 
(d) Off quality cottonseed. — Cottonseed tnat have been treated 
by either nechanical or chenical process other than tho usual cleaning, 
drying, and ginning (except such sterilization as nay be required by 
the United States Department of Agriculture for quarantine purposes) or 
that are fomented and hot, or that upon analysis are found to contain 
12 percent or nore free fatty acids in the oil, or nore than 10 percent 
foreign natter, or nore than 18 percent noisture, or nore than 25 per- 
cent combined noisture and foreign natter, shall be designated as Off 
Quality Grade. 
(e) Below grade cottonseed. — Cottonseed the grade of which when 
calculated according to section 3-c above is below Grade 25 shall be 
designated as "Below Grade Cottonsoed. " A grade shall not be indicated. 
SEC. 4. Sampling, analysis, and certification of samples and 
grades. — The drawing and preparation and certification of samples of 
cottonseed and the analysis and certification of grades 
of cottonseed shall be performed in accordance with methods approved 
from time to time by the Chief of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. 
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the 
official seal of the Department of Agriculture to be affixed, in the 
City of Washington, this 7th day of June 1938. 
f _, (s) H. A. WALLACE, 
^ SEAL J Secretary 
(P. R. Doc. 38—1600; Filed, June 7, 1938; 12:37 p.m.) 
(From Federal Register, Volume 3, Number 111, June 8, 1938, pp. 1343-44). 
