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Show Beware the Qoesypolt Before cottonseod can become a suitable food for human beings, tho gossypol It contains muBt bo extracted or neutralized. For gossypol is a poison. poi-son. Stock raisers In tho cotton districts dis-tricts know how cottonseed meal ofton poisons their nulmals. Gossypol is a substance allied to carbolic acid, but its chemistry Is unknown. W. A. Withers With-ers and F. E. Carruth, In a report In tho Journal of Agricultural Research, provo It Is gossypol that causes the poisoning. |