Wagener, S. C., Oct. 29th, 1938. 
This field of Coker’s 4 in 1 cotton grown by 
R. O. Rickenbaker, Orangeburg County, S. C. 
produced more than 2 bales per acre. 
Below: Sheriff Joe L. Smith of Bolivar 
County, Miss., shown with his son in a fine 
field of Coker-Wilds cotton. 
“On or about August 15th, 1937, I made a trip to your Pedigreed 
Seed Farm in Hartsville, S. C., and observed your method of 
weevil control. I was impressed by your system and came back 
to Wagener and carried a truck load of my tenants to your farms 
for their benefit in observing this work. I found that after they 
had first-hand information of the results of proper weevil control 
I would have no trouble in persuading them to apply poison. 
“On my 1938 cotton crops I had planted 97 acres and harvested 
a little over a bale to the acre. All seed were Coker-Clevewilt 
Strain 6 with the exception of four acres planted with Coker’s 
4-in-l. On this latter patch I gathered 9 bales weighing on an 
average of 498 pounds with 66% pounds of lint extra. 
“You may use this letter to any advantage you desire in pro¬ 
moting the use of proper poison and weevil control and the selec¬ 
tion of good seed.” 
Yours very truly, 
H. J. JOHNSON. 
Below: Hugh Bostwick of Bostwick, Ga., sent us this photograph of his 
field of Coker 100 which produced 32 500-wt. bales on 20 acres. 
EDGEFIELD, S. C. FARMER MAKES FINE 
CROP COKER’S 4-in-l 
On 21 acres F. W. Miller, leading farmer, 
Trenton, S. C., produced 17,015 pounds of lint 
or an average of 818 pounds of lint per acx-e 
with Coker’s 4-in-l, Strain 1 cotton. Mr. Miller 
attributes part of the success of his crop to 
the earliness, heavy yield and wilt resistance 
of Coker’s 4-in-l. 
“We planted this seed (Coker’s 4-in-l) on 16.7 acres 
of loam sand land, without fertilizer, and we are very 
much pleased with the results. The cotton has pulled 
l-%" and we have sold just a few bales of this cot¬ 
ton at 10% cents. The results are as follows: 
We have ginned and wrapped 24 bales of cotton and 
I would say that the average would be 540 pounds to 
the bale, and you asked me to estimate the patch and 
my estimate is that we will gin three more bales, 
making 27. . . . Now, we intend to plant the whole 
plantation in this strain of cotton and I have just 
bought one ton of your improved Cotton (4-in-l Strain 
2).”—Louis Barton, Barton Planting Co., Proctoi’, Ark. 
Fairfax, S. C. 
“I planted 23 acres of 
4-in-l cotton last spring 
and had a yield of 33 
bales averaging 519 lbs. 
each. 
“I am pleased with 
this cotton and have 
placed my order for 100 
bushels of Strain 2 for 
1939 planting.” 
Yours very truly, 
N. B. LOADHOLT. 
“Thinking it may be 
of interest to you, we 
are giving you the fol¬ 
lowing facts on 10 acres 
of Coker 100 which we 
planted in 1937 with this 
same strain: 
Production—843.6 lbs. lint per acre; Lint per cent— 
34.66%; Staple—1-%>".” 
W. K. HERRIN, Vice-President, 
Oakhurst Co., Clarksdale, Miss. 
Our Darlington County neighbor, 
Henry D. King, made 30500-wt. 
bales of Coker 100 on 17 acres . . . 
an average of 904 lbs. per acre. 
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