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I", it ft!w people in this part of the
country have anything like a complete
idea of what comes from ^ ton of cot
t on seed when it goes through the
mills The oil mill man gets several
products from the seed, the two most
important, of course, being the oil and
the meal. Krom forty-one to forty
four gallons of oil ate secured from
one ton of seed The oil content of
the seed, however, varies unite a bit
from year to year. Some varieties of
seed carry more oil that- others. The
weight of a gallon of oil is about 7 1-"
pounds. All of the oil ?an't lie gotten
out of the seed cake with the press
ing machinery: on an average. to
per ?'?nt of oil is left m the cake. The
time may come when much of this
will he extracted, as constant improve,
mem ;n machinery* Is being made.
Krom one ton of seed there comes
'.ii an average amuiid seventy pounds:
of linters A few y ears ago only thirty
to thirty-five pounds were secured
Tilt- iiitt ? i cotton usually sells for a
little mote than a third the price nf ?
ordinary short staple cotton. This
var'es quite ;i hit. however.
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Souk mills get us mm h as SrtO ,
pounds of meal t'roni a ton of seed,'
others considerably less. Kight hun
dred anrl sixty-eight pounds is about!
th* a* ? rape, line hundred anil sixty!
pounds is lost on an average from a ton
of seed in tile form of sand, dirt, tnois
tuie, eti The balance of the ton. 6S0
pounds. Is hulls.
