24 BULLETIN 1467, XJ. S. DEPAKTMENT OF AGEICULTTJEE 
ever a bale of Acala, from which the seed was to be saved, followed 
a bale from these fields. However, since 83 per cent of the Acala 
acreage was grown in clean, isolated fields, the gin machinery did 
not have to be cleaned very often. 
A total of 3,245 bales were ginned from the 3,519 acres of Acala 
grown in the valley in 1923. The yield per acre was 0.92 of a bale, 
which showed an improvement over the valley yield for 1922. The 
yield of the Durango and Mebane fields in 1923 is not known, since 
the seed cotton was shipped out of the valley for ginning. 
Thus in 1923 the vallej^ acquired most of the advantages of a one- 
variety community, and this was accomplished largely as a result 
of the sale of the rogued seed at cost. The valley cotton acreage 
was 96.6 per cent Acala, and only Acala was ginned in the valley. 
SALE OF ASSOCIATION SEED, CROP OF 1923 
The Acala Cotton Growers' Association of the Coachella Valley 
continued the policy of saving seed only from those fields which had 
been planted with the rogued seed and which were grown on clean, 
isolated land. All other seed was consigned to the oil mill. The 
seed saved was recleaned and put up in 100-pound sacks stenciled 
with the association's brand, as in previous years. 
The association is a nonprofit organization, and all of the money 
received for the seed is returned to the growers, minus only the ex- 
penses of selling. For this reason the association had no way of 
paying for the seed as ginned, and the grower had to wait for his 
seed money until the seed had been sold and the money collected. 
Very little planting seed is sold in the fall, and even though the 
funds were distributed as soon as collected, it was several months be- 
fore the grower received his seed money. He realized, however, a 
much better price than he would have received had his seed been 
sold to the oil mill as ginned. 
According to the association's requirements Acala seed from 2,920 
acres could qualify for planting purposes, but this quantity of seed 
was not handled by the association. Even though their seed could 
qualify for planting purposes, a good many growers preferred to 
sell to the oil mill and get their money immediately, as long as the 
oil-mill price continued rather high. This was frequently the case 
with renters who had obligations to meet. 
Thus it would appear possible, in such a community as the Coachella 
Valley, for the gins, instead of selling this good seed to the oil mill, 
to go into the planting-seed business themselves in competition with 
the association. However, when the planting seed is being handled 
by a community organization, such a procedure on the part of the 
gins would be destructive to the community project and therefore 
against the gins' ultimate interest, since the more money the grower 
makes, from his seed as well as from his lint, the more cotton will 
be raised and the more there will be to gin. The Coachella Valley 
gins recognized this fact and wished to aid the community project 
in every way, so they agreed to sell to the oil mills, for crushing pur- 
poses, all seed bought in the Coachella Valley. 
One or two individual growers saved their seed and offered it for 
sale in competition with the association. However, prospective 
