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seed shall be found by reducing the quality index of prlno quality cot- 
tonseed as follows: 
(1) Not to exceed five- tenths of a unit for each 0,1 per 
cent of free fatty acids in the oil in the seed in excess of 1.8 
per cent, 
(2) Not to exceed 1 unit for each 1 per cent of foreign 
natter in excess of 3 per cent, 
(3) Not to exceed 1 unit for each 1 per cent of moisture 
in excess of 12 per cent* 
(d) Off quality cottonse ed, — Cottonseed that have been treated 
by either mechanical or chemical process other than the 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 "hot" or fomented, or that upon* analysis are found to contain 
13 per cent or nore free fatty acids in the oil, or nore than 25 per 
cent foreign natter, or nore than 25 per cent moisture, or nore than 40 
per cent conbined moisture and foreign matter, shall be designated as 
"Off Quality Cottonseed, approximate oracle , " 
SEC, 4, Sampling, analy s is, and certification of sar.rples 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 30th day of July, 1937, 
r „. T x (s) M. L. WILSON, 
^ J>JuiUj ' Acting Secretary. 
(?. R. Doc. 37-2430; Eiled, July 30, 1937; 12:31 p.m.) 
(Taken from Federal Register, July 31, 1937, 
pp. 1611-12.) 
