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A concentration of 0?09 per cent gossypol, as shown individually in four out of 
six experiments, produced a more marked retardation of growth. The result of 
Fig. 6.—Effect of 0.0675 per cent gossypol in the diet. Broken line on one curve represents estimated 
weight had pregnancy not occurred 
Fig. 7.—Effect of 0.0675 per cent gossypol in diet when fed to offspring of female rat raised on this diet and! 
a male raised on control diet 
Fig. 8.—Effect of 0.09 per cent gossypol in the diet. “C” indicates change to control peanut meal diet.. 
“Recovery” on “average” curves indicates period during which control diet was fed 
the two remaining experiments is less marked. Two of the male rats when 
changed to the control peanut diet resumed growth immediately, although it was 
slower than in the case of the other two male rats. On the eightieth day the 
