Our Visitors 
Spring and summer of 1934 saw the biggest influx of visitors 
that we have ever been privileged to show through our breeding 
farms. Many hundreds strong they came—by car, bus, train 
and even by plane from 76 counties of North Carolina, South 
Carolina and Georgia—from 12 different states and from five 
foreign countries which included China, Russia and Egypt. 
They came here because they could see on our farms a 
great deal of the very finest plant breeding work in the world. 
We take great pleasure in extending to you the cordial 
invitation of our President, Mr. David R. Coker: 
COME TO SEE US 
“We suggest that our customers pay us a visit at least once a year. In 
May, you will see many thousands of rows of many hundreds of strains of 
oats, wheat and rye that illustrate our monumental work in breeding for yield, 
disease resistance and cold resistance. No one in the South has ever attempted 
seriously to compete with us in this field. 
“From mid-July to mid-September our cotton breeding can be shown to 
advantage. You must see it to get any idea of its extent and importance. 
“Our tobacco breeding work has contributed some millions of dollars to 
the prosperity of the Bright Belt, and our new pedigreed strains of soybeans 
are attracting wide and favorable attention. 
“If you come here during the season (July IS to September 15), you are 
apt to be introduced, through the agency of a big carving knife, to the best 
watermelon in the world.’’ 
—DAVID R. COKER. 
1, 2, 6, 7, 8—A few groups of our thousands of annual visitors. 
3, 4—Restful beauty spots after a trip through the farms—Mrs. Coker’s Garden. 
5—Our famous Darlington County watermelons invite you here during July 
and August. 
