SHOWS UP WELL IN EXPERIMENT 
STATION TESTS 
In the 1940 Wheat Variety Test at the Delta 
Branch Experiment Station, Stoneville, Missis- 
sippi, Hardired wheat led all varieties with a 
yield of 41 bushels per acre. Thirteen varieties 
were included in this test and the four highest 
yielders were of our breeding. Hardired also made 
an excellent record at the Piedmont Branch 
Experiment Station, Statesville, N. C. In the 
1940 test there in which 53 varieties and strains 
of wheat were included, Hardired came second 
with a yield of 39.1 bushels per acre or only 
two-tenths of a bushel less than the highest. 
In two wheat variety tests conducted under 
supervision of the County Agent in Davie County, 
N. C., Coker’s Hardired stood first in one and 
second in another. 
Bred in the south for southern conditions, an 
excellent producer of high quality milling wheat, 
with resistance to mildew and cold and con- 
siderable rust tolerance, Coker’s Hardired wheat 
is adding to the yield and quality of the south- 
ern wheat crop and making a real contribution 
to the live-at-home program. 
DESCRIPTION 
Plant: Winter type; profuse tillering, cold resist- 
ant, mildew resistant; high tolerance to 
leaf rust. 
Season: Medium, week to ten days later than 
Redhart Strain 5. About one week earlier 
than Leap’s Prolific, Forward and Fulcaster. 
Planted with 14.2 pounds, 

Typical Hardired heads—square, well filled. 
Heads: Long, square, well filled. 
Straw: Good, enabling ease of harvest with 
minimum loss. 
Grains: Very similar to Redhart; high milling 
value. 
Production: Highest. 
PRICES: $3.50 per bushel, 1 to 12 bushels; $3.25 
per bushel, 12 to 48 bushels; $3.00 per 
bushel, 48 bushels and up. (Sacked @ 2 
bushels per bag). 
this 1.6-acre plot of 
Hardired produced 64 bushels, or 40 bushels per acre 
in 1940. 

