Factors Increasing Boll Rots and Fatty Acids in Cotton Seed

Seed samples were carefully chosen by random sampling from each lot of cotton seed. An attempt was made to grade seeds by the condition of the short lint. Seeds covered by dense lint were considered healthy, those showing over onefourth of seed surface bare, "black seeds" were considered diseased, and those with less than one -fourth the surface black were considered doubtful. Cutting the seeds showed that this method of grading was usually accurate.