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besides causing a loss to the growers, would result in good seed 
which should have been planted not being utilized because ineffi- 
cient individuals controlled it. 
Thus it became more clearly recognized that when the entire com- 
munity is organized into an association for the production of pure 
planting seed on a one-variety basis, it is better for the organization 
to handle the seed through its own representatives than to allow 
it to be exploited by individuals. Even though the judgment of 
their own officers is not likely to be infallible, the managers are 
elected by the growers themselves and are much more likely to work 
to the advantage of the community than are those who seek only 
to profit individually by the community's efforts. 
As a matter of fact difficulties were soon encountered. The buyers 
did not undertake an active selling campaign as expected, but soon 
disagreed between themselves, and as the association was beginning 
to realize some of the unsatisfactory features of such an arrange- 
ment the contract was finally annulled with the consent of both 
parties. Fortunately, these difficulties arose before the contract had 
been in force very long, so that the association did not suffer 
materially from having made such an agreement. 
After the contract was annulled the association had the seed 
cleaned and put up in 100-pound sacks stenciled with its brand. 
The cleaning process consisted of running the seed through a revolv- 
ing wire-mesh cylinder which was divided into mesh of different 
sizes and took out most of the small, faulty seeds, dirt, and trash. 
The association sold 256 tons of Coachella Valley Acala seed for 
1923 planting in other districts. This was the total 1922 produc- 
tion, and at 20 pounds to the acre this quantity of seed would plant 
25=600 acres. Most of the seed went to Arizona, though some of it 
was sold in the Imperial and Palo Yerde Valleys of California. 
The wholesale price was $160 a ton delivered, and the association 
returned to the growers $84.03 a ton. Table 1 (p. 41) shows these 
figures in comparison with similar data for other years. 
BREEDING WORK IX 1922 
There was available to the Coachella Valley for planting in 1922 
a stock of Acala seed which had been rogued for three successive 
years. This seed was not used in planting the entire Acala acreage 
largely because of the high price at which it was held. However, 
the fact that it was used in planting all fields from which the Acala 
Cotton Growers^ Association of the Coachella Valley saved seed 
constituted a considerable improvement over 1921. when none of the 
fields from which seed was sold outside of the valley had been 
planted with rogued seed. 
Fields were rogued to furnish the Coachella Valley with Acala 
planting seed for 1923, but it was decided to make this seed avail- 
able to the growers on a different basis from that of 1922. 
The fields for roguing in 1922 were planted with seed produced 
by the 1-acre breeding block grown at the United States Experi- 
ment Date Garden in 1921. The breeding block produced enough 
seed to plant 46 acres, and as a measure of safety it was not con- 
centrated with one grower, but divided among several. This is a 
