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showing that considerable progress toward the establishment of a 
one- variety community was made during 1922. 
Although the acreage devoted to Mebane was quite small, the yield 
per acre of the three varieties grown in the valley during 1922 is 
perhaps not without significance. The Acala produced 0.79 of a 
bale per acre on 1,071 acres, Durango 0.76 of a bale per acre on 171 
acres, and Mebane 0.58 of a bale per acre on 17 acres. Most of the 
Durango was grown on very good soil and well cared for, so the 
Durango yield may have been somewhat higher than it would be 
under average conditions. Since 85.1 per cent of the valley acreage 
was devoted to Acala, this yield undoubtedly represents average 
conditions. The number of acres and yield per acre of Acala is 
given in Table 3 (p. 41) in comparison with similar data for other 
vears. 
SALE OF ASSOCIATION SEED, CROP OF 1922 
From the crop of 1922 the association saved only the seed pro- 
duced in fields planted with rogued Acala seed and grown on clean, 
isolated land. All seed of association members that did not meet 
these requirements was sold to the oil mill as ginned. 
In the fall a partnership of two individuals undertook to pur- 
chase the association's entire production of Acala planting seed. 
One of the partners had had experience in selling cottonseed, and 
since the demand for Acala seed was very active they felt that they 
could pay the association a price that would allow it to return to its 
members a substantial premium over oil-mill prices and still make 
a profit for themselves. 
After some discussion a purchase agreement was drawn between 
the association and these men. Under the terms of this agreement 
the association was to receive $120 a ton for the seed and was to 
furnish sacks stenciled with its brand. The buyers were to take the 
seed as fast as ginned and store it at their own expense. They 
were to sell only in the association's name and were to bear ail the 
expenses of selling. Xo limit was set for the selling price of the 
seed, and the firm's profit would consist of what they could get for 
the seed above $120 a ton due the association and their expense in 
storing and selling it. Essentially, this was a plan whereby the 
firm was to act as selling agent for the association and would re- 
ceive as commission all profits above the amount paid the association 
for the seed plus the cost of selling. 
Although the association was to receive a good price for the 
seed, several disadvantages of the new selling plan were soon recog- 
nized. In case there should be a strong demand for the seed, the 
firm would make a handsome profit with practically no effort. Since 
the seed had been produced through community cooperation, such 
an outcome would be a cause for dissatisfaction among the growers. 
Some of the growers at least would be likely to feel that part of the 
profits resulting from their efforts in the association had been turned 
over to individuals without commensurate return. On the other 
hand, should the buyers be inefficient and the seed not readily dis- 
posed of, the growers would be likely to have the seed back on their 
hands at a time too late for them to dispose of it. This contingency, 
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