ARE “HUMCO” SEED GOOD? 
A Few Testimonials 
B. F. DulwEber, Pres, and Treas. 
THE KRAETZER-CURED LUMBER CO. 
QUALITY HARDWOODS 
Greenwood, Miss. 
July 6, 1935 
Humphrey-Coker Seed Company, 
Hartsville, 
South Carolina. 
Gentlemen: 
We are pleased to advise that the results from our Carolina 
Foster 1346-1 Cotton, which we planted last year, were very 
satisfactory. 
On Delta land the yield from this cotton averaged 446 pounds 
per acre and we had one crop yielding 16 full sized bales on 
14 acres. 
The staple was 1 3/16 to 1 9/32, varying according to the 
nature of the land. We might add that the shortest staple 
was raised on hill land. The Delta land produced a staple from 
approximately 1 7/32 to 1 9/32. 
This cotton was about as early as any cotton we planted, and 
our results have been better than from any cotton we have ever 
planted. 
Very truly yours, 
The Kraetzer-Cured Lumber Co., 
E. F. GeasER, Treasurer. 
EFG:MM 
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W. W. Burnside, President E. R. McDonald, Sec.-Treas. 
Martin Jacoby, Vice-President 
NEWELLTON ELEVATOR COMPANY, INC. 
GRAIN ELEVATOR, PUBLIC COTTON GINNERS, 
Meg. of Louisiana Moss 
Cotton Buyers Building Material 
Coal Hardware 
Peeds of all Kinds Plantation Supplies 
Neweleton, La. 
September 26, 1935 
Humphrey-Coker Seed Company, 
Hartsville, S. C. 
Dear Sirs: 
For the past six years we have planted strains of your 
HUMCO Delfos 6102-38 cotton and we do not hesitate to rec¬ 
ommend this as the finest cotton we have ever grown. 
In 1934 our crop of your HUMCO Delfos 38 strain 3 pro¬ 
duced on 300 acres an average of 495 lbs. lint per acre, and 
on our best lands we made as high as 1,000 lbs. lint per acre. 
Our crops of this same cotton this season are producing 
very heavy yields and indications are now, October 1, 1935, 
that we will make 520 lbs. lint per acre. 
Your Delfos 38 strain 3 is not only a very high yielding 
cotton, but has very desirable plant type, is early, and produces 
lint of excellent staple and character. 
Crops from your seed have made record yields for Tensas 
Parish on our farm and we are glad to pass this information 
on to you, hoping that it may help you to get this seed more 
widely distributed in this State and elsewhere. 
Very truly yours, 
W. W. Burnside. 
NOTE:—Such letters as these should be a good index of the 
Farmer and Cotton Buyer. 
Farrell, Miss., Sept. 17, 1935. 
Humphrey-Coker Seed Co., 
Hartsville, S. C. 
Gentlemen: 
In January, 1934, I bought 200 pounds of cotton seed from 
you at $5.70. These seed were bought by Gardner & Nelson and 
since that time we have dissolved partnership. However, I kept 
some of these seed along with some other strains and I find 
your seed to be the best. It is a very prolific cotton with an 
inch and a quarter staple and turns out good at gin. 
I have forgotten the name of this cotton and would like 
to know if you would be so kind as to look over your records , 
and let me know the name of the seed. 
We have a very short crop here this year due to drought 
but even with the drought some of this cotton is producing a 
bale per acre. I am going to make some snapshots of a field 
of this cotton and would be glad to send you one if you desire. 
Thanking you in advance for this information. 
I am yours very truly, R. C. Nelson. 
NOTE:—The cotton referred to above was our Carolina 
Foster 13-46 variety. 
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March 21st, 1935. 
Mr. G. H. Thomas, Delta Agent, 
Humphrey-Coker Seed Company of Hartsville, S. C., 
Greenwood, Mississippi. 
Dear Sir: 
During the early fall we handled for one of our customers 
some cotton grown from your Carolina Foster 1346-1 variety 
of seed. This cotton was grown in the Delta and classed 
Middling, dull color, 1 9/32". The cotton sold on this market 
for 18 l/2c. The price secured was not satisfactory on account 
of the color. Had the cotton been Strict Middling color it 
would have probably brought 20c per pound as other cotton that 
we handled of similar staple in Middling Leaf, Strict Middling 
color sold for 20c. 
The character of this cotton is what would be termed in 
the trade as excellent, square pulling and free from waste. 
Yours very truly, 
Holmes & Provine, 
CH :EFG By Chas. Holmes. 
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Herbert S. Chassaniol Sam B. Adams 
CHASSANIOL & COMPANY 
Cotton 
delta staples exclusively ^- 
Greenwood, Miss. 
June 27, 1935 i 
Humphrey-Coker Seed Company, 
Hartsville, S. C. 
Dear Sirs: 
We had occasion during this past season to purchase a crop 
of extra staple cotton from the Kraetzer-Cured Lumber Com¬ 
pany. Since we handle the longer staples almost exclusively, 
and with years of experience behind us, it is natural to suppose 
that we would be quick to detect good strong character with 
fibers of even length. 
Upon inquiring where the seed came from that produced 
this excellent cotton, we were told that it came from your 
Company, we therefore take pleasure in recommending this 
seed to anyone desiring to produce cotton of excellent character. 
We are, 
Yours very truly, 
Chassaniol & Company, 
HSC*CC By H. S. Chassaniol. 
value of “HUMCO SEEDS” from the standpoint of both 
