42 BULLETIN 1467, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 6. — Estimated cost per ton of holding and distributing rogued cotton- 
seed in the Coachella Valley, Calif. 
Item 
Cost 
per ton 
Average oil-mill price of seed (approximate) for several seasons 
Sacks 
Labor (cleaning gin, shoveling, sacking, and bagging seed) 
Drayage to storage 
Storage rental 
Insurance (for $50 a ton) 
Night watchman (estimated) 
Shrinkage and wastage, 5 per cent (based on $30 a ton) 
Bad accounts, 3 per cent (based on $60 a ton) 
Distribution (clerk hire) 
Prorata share of pertinent overhead (management, accounting, interest, etc.). 
Total 
$50.00 
4.00 
3.40 
1.00 
.50 
.75 
1.00 
1.50 
1.80 
3.80 
11.60 
59.35 
PREMIUMS OBTAINED FOR ACALA FIBER 
Since the inception of the Acala industry in the Coachella Valley 
the growers had been able to obtain premiums for their Acala fiber. 
The amount of the premium of course varied with the time of year 
at which the cotton was harvested and with the quality of the cot- 
ton from various farms, which depends upon the kind of soil and 
the attention given the crop during the growing stage. The extra 
value of the better cotton also fluctuates on account of market con- 
ditions, greater premiums being paid during some periods than 
during others. 
The new-stock Acala cotton brought a higher price than the 
original-stock Acala and increased the value of the valley cotton 
crop still further. Through the distribution of new-stock Acala 
seed to other cotton-growing districts by the community associa- 
tion, a much wider area will receive this benefit. 
The premiums, or "points on," paid for the Coachella Valley 
Acala cotton ranged up to 5 cents a pound for the new-stock cotton. 
Perhaps an average figure for the season of 1925, when all the valley 
cotton consisted of new-stock Acala, would be about 3 cents a pound. 
When multiplied by 500 to get the increased value per bale, and 
then by the number of bales produced by the community, a figure 
is obtained that shows very handsome returns from the effort of 
maintaining a superior type of cotton. 
Although the community production of but one superior variety 
of cotton benefits the manufacturer, to overcome the inertia of the 
present system of buying and to obtain for the community the extra 
value thus produced is not a simple problem and should receive the 
community's full attention. 
Reputable firms usually pay a premium for superior fiber, and 
when an appreciable supply of such fiber can be obtained within a 
community the premium can be increased. A one-variety community 
can thus without difficulty profit to a certain extent by its efforts"; 
but whether or not such premiums are the nearest the grower can 
come to the full manufacturing value of his product is another 
question. 
The system of cotton buying in vogue in the Coachella Valley and 
in many other parts of California is for the home offices of the 
buying firms to send to their local representatives telegraphic price 
