Effect of Drying at 50° C. For Different Periods in Conditioning Cotton Seed to Withstand Temperatures 
of 90 and 95° C. 50 Seeds in Each Lot. Cook Cotton of 1923 Crop. 
Treatment of Cotton Seed 
Correlation of Period of Preliminary Drying With Effectiveness thereof* 
Number 
Seedlings 
Measured 
lO CO 00 00 
04 ^ ^ T* 
COONX 
t-h CO CO 
Average 
Length of 
Seedlings 
mm. 
CONCON 
rH 
(Mrf 
OCOOtJ* 
oo to t— i o 
t-h 04 CO 40 
Group Characteristics, Length and Number of 
• Seedlings in Each 
80-89 
mm. 
O ri O -*f< 
t-H t-H 
70-79 
mm. 
O ->*l CO oo 
CO HTf 
60-69 
mm. j 
O O O 
t-H t-H 
1 
^H O t-H 00 
50-59 
mm. 
(NOON 
T-H t-H 
O CO CO 
T-H 
40-49 
mm! 
INNING 
t-H 
OtOXr^ 
T-H 
30-39 
mm. 
CO CO CO oo 
O r}H rHT^ 
20-29 
mm. 
04 40 CO 
40 40 04 
10-19 
mm. 
CO 04 CO 04 
CO CO ^ T-H 
0-9 
mm. 
05 40 CO 04 
o O O 
tH t-H 
Per Cent 
Germination 
Days 
05 
04 04 CO CO 
c00005 
00 OO O CO 
CO cO 00 o 
CO 
T-H 
00 C4 CO CO 
‘OOOO 
OC CO o CO 
CO CO GO 05 
O 04 CO CO 
40 C5 OS 05 
00 CO 
04 cO 05 
Heating 
Time 
Hours 
^ 
04 04 04 04 
H— 
00 00 oo 00 
Temp. 
Deg. C. 
o o o o 
O O Ol 05 
lO 40 40 40 
Os 05> 05 05 
Preliminary 
Drying 
Time 
Hours 
04 00 hH CO 
rirH^CO 
04 00 TfH CO 
t-h i— h 04 CO 
Temp. 
Deg. C. 
o o o o 
lOtO^OiO 
o o o o 
lO 40 40 40 
Lot 
No. 
H04C0rf 
■— l <M CO 
Exp. 
No.. 
i 
04 
CO 
*As indicated by the average length of the seedling radicles and by the number of seedlings in the different growth groups characterized by length at the end of 
tys in the germmator. J 
jThis lot actually ran 9)4 hours at 95° C. 
