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The freshly picked cotton contains
lots of seeds, which must be removed. The spinners do
this preparation work using a metal rod, rolling it over
the cotton and pushing down with both hands. Out pop the
seeds - 25 to 30 in each boll! The seeds are not thrown
away; some are replanted, some are ground up and used for
feed for cattle and pigs; but first the oil extracted
from this process is sold as cotton seed oil. |
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