Appendix B 
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PUBLIC NOTICE ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR GRADES OF 
COTTONSEED SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE FOR 
CRUSHING 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, 
M, L. Wilson, Acting 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 sane to supersede the standards f ort cgljt^nseed promulgated May 23, 
1932, and to be in force and effect as/Congress shall provide the neces- 
sary authority therefor, unless amended or superseded by standards here- 
after prescribed and promulgated under such 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 per cent of oil 
or more, 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 per 
cent 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 a percentage 
of purity and soundness, and shall be determined as follows: 
(a) Superior quality cottonseed. — Cottonseed that, by analysis, 
contain not less than 18,7 per cent oil, nor more than one-half of one 
per cent foreign matter, 8 per cent but not more than 10,0 per cent 
moisture, and not more than one-half of one per cent 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 q uality cottonseed . — Cottonseed that, by analysis • 
contain not more than 3 per cent foreign matter, not more than 12 per 
cent moisture, and not more than 1,8 per cent free fatty acids in the 
oil in the seed, shall be known as prime quality cottonseed and shall 
have a quality index of 100 per cent. 
(c) Subquality cottonseed . — Cottonseed that, by analysis, con- 
tain foreign matter, moisture, and/or free fatty acids in the oil in 
the seed' in excess of the percentages shown in section 3-b, shall be 
known as sub-quality cottonseed; and the quality index of such cotton- 
