Appendix A 
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ORDER OF PROMULGATION 
PUBLIC NOTICE ESTABLISHING THE GRADES, METHODS OF SAMPLING, 
ANALYZING, AND GRADING COTTONSEED SOLD OR OFFERED FOR 
SALE FOR CRUSHING PURPOSES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES 
3y 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, 1932, and 
for other purposes," approved February 23, 1931 (Public, No. 717, 71st 
Cong.), I, Arthur M. Hyde, Secretary of Agriculture, do hereby fix,' 
establish, and promulgate the following standards of class, quality, and 
condition for cottonseed, which shall becone the official standards of 
the United States for the grading and analysis of cottonseed sold or of- 
fered for sale for crushing purposes, on the 1st day of June, 1932, and 
be in force and effect as long as Congress shall provide the necessary 
authority therefor, unless amended or superseded by standards hereafter 
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 as the nearest 
whole number without fractions, obtained by multiplying a quantity in- 
dex by a quality index, 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 equations shall be used in determining 
the quantity index of cottonseed: 
(a) For cottonseed, that by analysis contain not less than 17 
per cent 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 per 
cent oil, the quantity index shall aqual 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 less than one-half per cont foreign matter, and more than 8 per 
cent but less than 10 per cent moisture, and less than three-fourths 
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 per 
cent. 
(b) Prime quality 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. 
