8 BULLETIN 1030, U. S, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



There was no objection to ginning the Meade cotton in the early 

 part of the ginning season, before the Sea Island crop began to come 

 in, but when the latter cotton arrived the Meade was either held up 

 for a lull in the Sea Island ginning or the ginners insisted upon 

 holding the Meade until after the disposal of the Sea Island crop. 



On account of such difficulties, many of the farmers who took the 

 trouble to go to the gins personally still failed to carry out the in- 

 structions for clean ginning. With the excejption of the few bales 

 that were put through before the arrival of the Sea Island crop 

 much of the Meade crop was ginned at intervals between the opera- 

 tions for Sea Island cotton, and no adequate precautions were taken 

 to have the gins cleaned. 



RESULTS IN 1918 IN SEA ISLAND DISTRICTS. 



Though the failure of the ginners and farmers to cooperate at 

 the gins restricted the quantity of pure Meade seed available for 

 planting in 1919, the results that were secured in the field continued 

 to be encouraging. 



At Statesboro, Ga., the same cooperator who had produced 6 bales 

 of Meade cotton on 8 acres in 1917 produced 42 bales of this cotton 

 from a planting of 46 acres in 1918. This cotton was sold on the 

 Sea Island market at Savannah at a premium over the Sea Island 

 quotations, several of the buyers pronouncing the fiber both stronger 

 and of finer texture than the general Sea Island crop of the season. 



Near Sylvester, Ga., nine bales of Meade cotton were produced and 

 sold in the spring of 1919 at a slight premium over the prevailing 

 price for Sea Island cotton of similar grade. 



At Cobbtown, Ga., five bales of Meade cotton were produced from 

 a planting of 9 acres. These bales were sent to Savannah along with 

 several bales of Sea Island cotton, the whole shipment being marketed 

 as Sea Island cotton. 



On Little Edisto Island, S. C, 5 acres were planted to Meade 

 cotton. The field selected by the cooperator was known to be badly 

 infected with the cotton- wilt fungus and had produced a few years 

 before only 192 pounds of Sea Island lint. Wliile a considerable 

 number of Meade plants were badly affected, a large percentage was 

 vigorous and healthy. Three bales of Meade cotton were harvested 

 from this field and were subsequently sold at a premium of 2 cents 

 per pound over the Sea Island cotton on the Charleston market in 

 March, 1919. 



The earliness of the Meade cotton in comparison with the Sea 

 Island was also demonstrated in this planting. The cooperator re- 

 ported that the entire crop of Meade cotton had been harvested by 



