Appendix C 
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Bureau of Agricultural Economics 
Washington, D. C. 
Public Notice Establishing Standards for Grades of 
. Cottonseed Sold or Offered for Sale for Crush- 
ing Purposes Within the United States. 
By virtue of the authority vested in the Secretary of Agriculture 
by the Act of Congress entitled "An Act making appropriations for the 
Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1938, 
* * * and for other purposes" (Public No. 173, 75th Congress), I, 
H. A, Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture do hereby fix, establish, and 
promulgate the following official standards of the United States for 
grades of cottonseed sold or offered for sale for crushing purposes the 
same to supersede the standards for cottonseed promulgated July 30, 
1937, 1/ and to be in force and effect ag long as Congress shall provide 
the necessary authority therefor, unless amended or superseded by 
standards hereafter prescribed and promulgated under s\ich authority, 
SECTION 1, The grade of cottonseed shall be determined from the 
analysis of samples, and it shall be the result, stated in the nearest 
whole or half numbers, obtained by multiplying a quantity index by a 
quality index and dividing the result by 100 as hereinafter provided. 
(a) The basis grade of cottonseed shall be grade 100. 
(b) High grades of cottonseed shall be those grades above 100. 
(c) Low grades of cottonseed shall be those grades below 100. 
SEC. 2, The following formulae shall be used in determining the 
quantity index of cottonseed: 
(a) For cottonseed that by analysis contain 17 percent or more 
of oil, the quantity index shall equal 4 times the percentage of oil, 
plus 6 times the percentage of ammonia, plus 5. 
(b) For cottonseed that by analysis contain less than 17 percent 
oil, the quantity index shall equal 5 times the percentage of oil, plus 
6 times the percentage of ammonia, minus 12. 
SEC. 3. The quality index of cottonseed shall be an index of 
purity and soundness, and shall be determined as follows: 
(a) Superior quality cottonseed, — Cottonseed that, by analysis, 
contain not less than 18,7 percent oil, nor more than one-half of one 
percent foreign matter, 8 percent but not more than 10.0 percent mois- 
ture, and not more than one-half of one percent free fatty acids in the 
oil in the seed shall be known as superior quality cottonseed and shall 
have a quality index of 102, 
(b) Prime quality cottonseed. — Cottonseed that, by analysis, 
contain not noro than 3 percent foreign matter, not more than 12 per- 
cent moisture, and not more than 1,8 percent free fatty acids in the 
oil in the seed, shall be known as prime quality cottonseed and shall 
have a quality index of 100, 
1/ 2 F. R. 1608 (DI), 
