IS THERE ANY CHANCE FOR 
THE COTTON GROWER THIS YEAR? 
Before determining what we 
are going to do about planting 
cotton in 1938 we should care¬ 
fully study the situation to dis¬ 
cover whether there is any 
probability of operating profit¬ 
ably. Here are some of the 
facts: 
World production plus carry¬ 
over of about fifty-one million 
bales. 
Probable consumption, thirty 
million bales. 
Probable world carry-over 
twenty-one million bales. 
American crop of eighteen 
and three-quarter million bales 
of comparatively low grade and 
short staple. 
Against these unfavorable factors we have 
an actual scarcity of middling and better 1-Vie 
and longer cotton, and a steadily increasing 
demand for these lengths. Cotton of about 
1-%" staple of middling to strict middling 
grade is especially scarce. Such cotton can¬ 
not be obtained in large quantities now. The 
1937 crop has produced about 15% of l-Yie" 
and longer cotton. The 1936 crop produced 
over 20% of these lengths. Mills are con¬ 
stantly improving their machinery and year 
by year are calling for larger percentages of 
l-Via" and longer cotton. 
Under these conditions staple premiums 
have steadily advanced for several years and 
it is highly probable that high premiums will 
continue to be paid until the southern farmer 
fully meets the demand of American mills for 
1-Mg", l-Vs" and longer cottons of good grade 
and high spinning value. 
If the southern cotton grower can secure 
seed of varieties which will make him maxi¬ 
mum yields of lint and will produce lengths 
that are in active demand at premiums of one 
to three or more cents per pound for middling 
or better grade, it would seem that nothing 
could prevent him from securing and planting 
these seed. 
We are glad to say that there 
are several such cottons in 
existence and you can probably 
secure some seed if you act 
promptly. Ask your County 
Agent or your State Experiment 
Station to find out for you the 
records made by our Coker-100 
Strain 1 and our Farm Relief 
Strain 5 which are not wilt 
resistant cottons; and of our 
4-in-l and our Clevewilt Strain 
7 which are wilt resistant. The 
Coker-100 has been tested for 
three years by the experiment 
stations of North Carolina, 
South Carolina and Georgia and 
has also been tested in several 
other states. It has in many in¬ 
stances produced l-Vs" staple and has never 
averaged less than 1-Viq" to our knowledge. In 
all cases where we have had reports on this 
cotton it has stood at or near the top in pro¬ 
duction, and practically every customer who 
has reported on it has made exceptional 
yields. 
While the other three cottons mentioned 
above have not yet been so widely tested as 
Coker-100, the experiment station tests as 
well as our own extensive experiments leave 
no doubt that they are among the most pro¬ 
ductive cottons in existence whether wilt 
resistant or not, and they all produce under 
normal conditions I-Mg" or better staple. 
While we have at present a good supply of 
excellent planting seed of our best pedigreed 
varieties, we understand that the supply is 
very short in many sections. We think, there¬ 
fore, if our customers wish to take advantage 
of the opportunity of producing a maximum 
crop of premium staple next year, it would 
be wise for them to get promptly in touch 
with us and book their requirements. 
DAVID R. COKER 
Founder and President 
Coker’s Pedigreed Seed Co. 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Is There Any Chance for the Cotton 
Grower This Year? ... 2 
Growing, Ginning and Handling 
Our Cotton Seed __ 3 
Coker’s 4-in-1, A New Wilt Cotton_ 4 
Coker’s Clevewilt Strain 7 ___ 5 
Coker 100, Strain 1 _ 6 
Page 
Coker’s Farm Relief Strain 5 .... 7 
Views of Our Work ____ .8, 9 
Coker-Wilds Strain 9 _ 10 
Other Cotton Varieties _ 11 
Seed Corn and Soy Beans ... 12 
An Outstanding Guernsey Herd 13 
Customer News _ _14, 15 
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