The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-11-14
CONTROL OF COTTON SEED.
MIR. Hoover Sends Out Special In.
struction to Ginncrs and Crush
crs.

iioo'er the Following special regula~
tions for licensees engaged in the bus
mess OF ginning, crushing. refining
and dealing In cotton seed, cottonsecd
oil, cottonseed meal, cottonseed
cake peanut oil, soya bean oil. palm
Oil and copra oil. peanut meal and
soya bean meal:
Rule /. The licensee shall not
knowingly buy or contract to buy any
OF the above mmodities from or sell
or contract to sell any such commod-
tiles to any person. firm, corporation
or association required to have IL
cense under any proclamation issued
by the president, who does not have
such license or whose license has
been revoked.
"Rule 2. The lcensee shall not re-
ceive any commodity specified I'm his
license in excess of his facilities to
store same and shall not store on the
ground, in any building or other
place, i'm such a manner that damage
or waste will tend to result to such
commodity from weather conditions
or other causes.
Rule 3. The licensee shall state his
license number to the railway or
other transportation company trans
porting licensed products and shall
place such number on the bill of lad
ing. -
"Rulei 4. The licensee shall not
without the written consent Of thu
United States food administrator sell
or use cotton seed for feed or fer
ilizer.
Rule 8. Every licensee, owning.
controlling o. operating ginnery
shall clean seed cotton and separate
the seed from the lint in an efficient
manner. He shall not add to or mix
with any cotton seed any matter
which may or may not have been sep
arated I'm the process of ginning. No
such licensee shall make any unrea-
sonable charge for the service Of
cleaning seed cotton or separating the
seed from the lint.
Rule 6. No licensee. except licen-
sees for the crushing of cotton seed,
shall store. keep on hand or have in
his possession or under control by
contract or other arrangement, ar
amount OF cotton seed exceeding %
tons for A longer period than 20 days.
except with the written consent of
the United States food administrator
or his duly authorized agent.
Rule 7. Every licensee engagsl
In the crushing of cotton seed shlll lie
subjec to the following rules, pro-
viding that IN any special instance
the United States food administrator
may issue a special permit author!z-
ing an exception to be made:
"(a) He shall not keep on hand o.
I'm his possession or under his control
at any time any greater quantity oc
cotton seed than shall be equivalen,
to his normal crushing capa city for "a
period of 60 days.
"(b) He shall not storo Or keep in
his possession or under his contro!
any cotton seed for period longer
than 60 days. except during the pc
riod Of actual operation of his mill
"(c) He shall not buy or sell or
have IN his possession any cottonseed
oil. peanut oil. soya bean oil, paln
oil or copra oil other than of his owr
manufacture, provided that This rule
shall not prevent a licensee purchas
ing any such oil for use In refiner.
owned by him and actually in opera
tion.
"(d He shall not have on hand, in
his possession or under his control
any cottonseed oil. peanut oil. soya
bean oil. palm oil or copra oil for
period exceeding so days.
"(e) He shall not have on hand, Il
his possession or under his control
at any time quantity of cottonseed
oil. peanut oil, soya bean oil. palm
oil or copra OIL that exceeds tho
equivalent of his production for SO
days.
I'D He shall not knowingly pro
duce any cottonseed meal or cake
testing less than per cent. ammonia
or its equivalent of SO per cent. pro
tein or testing over per cent. oil.
Rule 8. No licensee buying or sell
ing cottonseed meal. peanut meal
soya bean meal or cottonseed cake
other than OF his own manufactur,
shall. after November /, 1917. make
OF have outstanding at any time any