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Exhibit 23
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the use of our reports
and to all references to our Firm included in or by incorporation by reference
made a part of the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Oil-Dri Corporation of America
for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2000 and the Registration Statement on Form
S-8 relating to the 1995 Long Term Incentive Plan and the 1988 Stock Option
Plan.
Blackman Kallick Bartelstein, LLP
October 25, 2000
