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delinting and processing plant 
. After being cleaned, seed are then delinted by 
3. means of the finest mechanical delinting equip- 
* ment that is available. Above you see a battery 
of eight 176-Saw Carver Delinting Stands through 
which seed pass after first cleaning. 
Here is the finished product — 
sound, clean seed ready for pre- 
cision planting. These ‘Flash Pro- 
cessed” seed still retain enough of 
the protective coating provided by 
nature to carry them through the 
cool, damp nights of early planting. 
At the same time, the removal of 
nappy, excessive fibers puts them in 
perfect planting condition. 
BEFORE AND AFTER. Seed at extreme left are as 
they come from gin. Second from left are twelve 
seed from the first pile. Note tendency of gin-run 
seed to mat-up. Third from left are twelve seed after 
the usual mechanical delinting. Note how four 
seed more closely delinted than the others have fal- 
len to themselves while the other eight are stuck 
GIN-RUN SEED 
ase - — E 
After passing through the delinting stands, seed 
4 are cleaned a second time on Shaker Cleaner 
(above). This operation completes the usual pro- 
cess of mechanically delinting and cleaning seed. 
together. At extreme right are twelve “Flash Pro- 
cessed” seed. Note that none of the beneficial 
protective coating, which remained after mechani- 
cal delinting, has been removed. While retaining 
this protective coating, ‘Flash Processed” seed sep- 
arate freely in falling - - - A MUST for perfect 
planting. 
MECHANICALLY DELINTED SEED 
MECHANICALLY DELINTED SEED Plus FLASH PROCESS 
