PRIZE WINNING YIELDS 
SOUTH CAROLINA 

SOUTH CAROLINA—Peter Wiles, Elloree, S. C., First Prize Winner in 
the 1947 S. C. Cotton Contest, says: “I have been planting COKER 100 
WILT RESISTANT cotton for the past several years and have made more 
cotton with it than with other varieties. . .’’ Mr. Wiles’ prize winning yield 
was 1224 lbs. lint per acre with staple of 1-1/16”. 
1947 PRIZE WINNERS SOUTH CAROLINA 5-ACRE 
COTTON CONTEST 
Pounds Lint 
Cotton on Variety 
Name County 5 Acres Used 
Peter Wiles Calhoun 6120 Coker 100 W. R. 
J. N. Smith Edgefield 6040 Coker 100 W.R. 
Oe lbs, Unity Newberry 5715 Coker 100 W.R. 
D. L. Bedenbaugh Newberry 5450 Coker 100 W. R. 
M. K. Huggins Dillon 5995 Coker 100 W.R. 
Franklin Perry Edgefield 5395 Coker 100 W.R. 
Boyd Atkinson Marion 5115 Coker 100 W.R. 
Henry Blanding Clarendon 4625 Coker 100 W. R. 
NORTH CAROLINA 

NORTH CAROLINA—H. E. Bonds, Route 1, Concord, N. C., whose yield 
of 1399 lbs. lint per acre won First State Prize in North Carolina last year, 
says: “I have tested Coker 100 W. R. with other varieties and found that it 
is the earliest, fastest fruiting and most productive of any. . .” 
STATE AND DISTRICT PRIZE WINNERS FOR PAST 
FOUR YEARS 1943-1946 
SOUTH CAROLINA 5-ACRE COTTON CONTEST 
1943 
W. G. Smith Edgefield 5980 Coker 100 W. R., St. 2 
W. C. Holman Calhoun 5430 Coker 100 W.R., St. 2 
P. H. Lyles Marlboro 4520 Coker 100 W.R., St. 2 
W. J. Turner Fairfield 4290 Coker 100 W. R., St. 2 
H. W. Perrow Calhoun 5315 Coker 100 W.R., St. 2 
C. Marion Mims Lee 4925 Coker 100 W.R., St. 1 
Chas. M. Chitty Bamberg 4725 Coker 100 W.R., St. 2 
Van Peeples Hampton 4275 Coker 100 W.R. 
1944 
T. E. Benton Florence 6370 Coker 100, St. 7 
B. M. Smith Edgefield 6230 Coker 100 W.R. 
Peter Usher Marlboro 5825 Coker 100 W.R., St. 3 
F. C. Spears Marlboro 5545 Coker 100 W.R., St. 3 
R. E. McLendon Lee 5560 Coker 100 W. R., St. 4 
J. R. White Sumter 5420 Coker 100 W.R., St. 3 
J. D. Hutto Dorchester 5500 Coker 100 W.R., St. 2 
R. E. Williams Hampton 53385 Coker 100 W.R., St. 3 
1945 
Robert Felkel Calhoun 6825 Coker 100 W.R., St. 4 
H. W. Perrow Calhoun 5800 Stonewilt, St. 4 
G. F. Bagwell Anderson 5595 Coker 100 W.R., St. 4 
J. H. Patrick York 5535 Coker 100 W. R. 
C. B. Player Lee 4895 Coker 100 W.R., St. 3 
Jack Player Lee 4675 Coker 100 W.R., St. 3 
Dick Moorer Dorchester 4995 Coker 100 W.R., St. 3 
W. A. Rouse Hampton 4735 Coker 100 W.R., St. 4 
1946 
J. Harvey Neeley Chester 8275 Coker 100, St. 8 
R. E. Williams Hampton 5540 Coker 100 W.R., St. 5 
W. M. Wooten Chester 5505 Coker 100 W.R., St. 5 
Joe Wylie Chester 5285 Coker 100 W.R., St. 5 
J. M. Moss Calhoun 5500 Coker 100, St. 7 
Albert Dority Florence 5200 Coker 100 
George Cogburn Bamberg 4905 Coker 100 W.R., St. 4 
W. F. Barnes Allendale 4680 Coker’s4in1 
1947 PRIZE WINNERS NORTH CAROLINA 5-ACRE 
COTTON CONTEST 
Pounds Lint 
Cotton on Variety 
Name County 5 Acres Used 
H. E. Bonds Cabarrus 6995 Coker 100 W. R. 
Leonard Killian Warren 6690 Coker 100 St. 6 
B. F. Baxter Lincoln 5785 Coker 100 W. 
V. E. Davis Cabarrus 56385 Coker 100 W. St. 5 
Richard Barber Rowan 5615 Coker 100 
Dwight Rowland Wake 5890 Coker 100 W. St. 5 
Elmore Locklear Robeson 5750 Coker 100 W. R. 
Mrs Nolie McKenzie Scotland 5485 Coker 100 W. R. 
W. J. Hecht Warren 5625 Coker 100 St. 9 
J. Henry Vaughn Nash 5520 Coker 100 W. R. 
Ira Johnson Nash 5495 Coker 100 
Average yield of 11 prize winners, 1172 pounds lint per acre. 
