8 BULLETIN 1030, U. 5. DEPARTMENT OE 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. TTith the exception 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 IX SEA ISLAXD 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 12 bales of this cotton 
from a planting of 16 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. 
Xear 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 Edi^to 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. While 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 
