Itrlrodiic/iorr.-'l'liis coniiiiunicntion clcnls with products of cotton sccd wliicli liitlicrto Iiiirc bccii rcgerdctl ns wiisto ninterinls. Tho snhjcct ninttcr is trcntcd uritlcr two lieiiils :-(A) 'l'lic iitilisiition of cotton scpnrntcd froni tlic scal Iiulls its n Jlnpcr-tnnl;ing inntcrinl ; and (B) tlic iitilisntiori of tho lids tlieriieclvca 11s n foodstuff for cnttlc. Uiitlcr " A," is +en n description of tlic p1iyRicid iincl roiiiiiicrcinl quihitics of tlic cotton its inec~inriicn~~y scpiirntecl froin tlic cotton XCCCI liiillv of diffcrciit seeds Iiy tlic X n c k nntl tho Jlc Scgiindo scpnrnting iiincliincs (British Pntciit Ii?,51S, 11tO0; this J.. 1900. 10). Untler '' I3 " is tliscussetl fiencriilly tlic fcetlirig qualities nntl coiiiposition of tlic Iiulls nntl their rnrions ingredients, with )iirticuliir rcfcrcrlcc to n pr0ccs.s of 0111: own for Iiyclrolysing tlic. celltiloso irnd tlicrcby iucrensiiig its tligcstiro qricilities (British I'iitent I4,58S, 190.1).
111 tho Uiiitctl Stntcs t h o iire protliicetl per iinniiiii n inilliori tons of lnills ciipiililc. of yiclding 100,000 tons of cotton by iiiccliniiicnl scpriition, iiiid cniploycd uscfiilly in tho niiiiiufncturc of Iiigh-griitlo p i icrs.
Bcforo proccec1ing inidcr t~icsc ficiitiillgs, : i brief rcfcrciicc to n section of tlic cotton sccd (Pig. 1, rcprotluccd by )critiission) will scrvo to show froin \hit p i r t of tlic mc,t tlic cliffcrcrit protlucts rcfcrrctl to Itrtcr, nrc dcrivctl. Having onco iiintlc this rcfcrcnco \vo will, Iiowvcr, rcfcr t o tlicsc products unilcr tliu iiiiiiics by which they nro coininonly known in tlic criisliing iiiills.
Tlic lirisli of tho sccd, or spcrtnotlcrni (S), wlicii grottiid, is coiliinonly Iiiiown ns " ground Iiulls." or " liull incnl " ; wliilc tho kcrncl, or cotyledon (C), aftcr csprcssion of tho