WITH COKER 100 WILT- 

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GEORGIA 

GEORGIA—J. F. Hayes, Sasser, Terrell County, Georgia, shown in his field 
of Coker 100 W. R. cotton which took top prize money in the 1947 Georgia 
Contest. His yield was 16,297 lbs. seed cotton on the 5 acres or 2.6 bales 
lint per acre. Mr. Hayes says: “I have grown several varieties of cotton but 
have found COKER 100 WILT best variety I have ever grown. It is a high 
yielding wilt resistant variety with good staple length. My experience with 
this cotton has been entirely satisfactory.” 
1947 PRIZE WINNERS GEORGIA 5-ACRE 
COTTON CONTEST 
Pounds Seed 
Cotton on Variety 
Name County 5 Acres Used 
John F. Hayes Terrell 16,297 Coker 100 Wilt 
Sam E. Thomason Gwinnett 14,260 Coker 100 Wilt 
W. B. Francis Washington 138,009 Coker 100 Wilt 
D. W. Copeland Washington 12,991 Coker 100 Wilt 
C. R. Josey Washington 12,536 Coker 100 Wilt 
Emory E. Jackson Lamar 11,985 Coker 100 Wilt 
W. A. Meadows Bleckley 11,626 Coker 100 Wilt 
R. P. Stripling Cook 11,400 Coker 100 Wilt 
James A. Smith Ben Hill 11,250 Coker 100 Wilt 
Larry Staples Carroll 11,085 Coker 100 Wilt 
W. H. Smith Bulloch 10,870 Coker 100 Wilt 
L. P. Joyner Bulloch 10,441 Coker 100 Wilt 
Jim H. Strickland Bulloch 10,223 Coker 100 Wilt 
B. S. Miller Marion 10,407 Coker 100 Wilt 
R. F. Calhoun Dooly 10,040 Stoneville 2B 
W. B. Young Chattooga 10,000 D.P.L. 
C. J. Hutchins Barrow 9,900 Empire 
Walter Perry Barrow 9,850 Coker 100 Wilt 

Nov. 15, 1947 
“CAP-ROCK” FARMER GATHERS 9 BALES ON 5% 
ACRES FIRST PICKING 
“Mr. Roy Wienke, of Lubbock, seeded 5% acres from this 
one sack (Coker 100 Wilt) on his irrigated farm located about 
12 miles Northeast from Lubbock and reports he gathered 
9 bales from his first picking. He says he will gather several 
more bales in the final picking and has promised to give us a 
complete accurate report when he has finished. He states the 
entire 9 bales graded Middling 1 inch. He is highly pleased 
with the cotton and is saving all the seed from this plot.” 
Lubbock Cotton Oil Company 
Lubbock, Texas. 
Reprinted from the 1947 Cotton Contest Circular 
No. 311 published by Clemson (S. C.) Agricultural 
College EHxtension Service. 
IMPROVEMENT THROUGH VARIETIES 
Varieties of cotton that produce largest yields of 
medium length staple with good spinning quality are 
very important. The spinning quality of cotton is 
definitely associated with variety as well as other 
factors, such as location, soil and weather conditions. 
In order to maintain this quality and un’ "»rm good 
length of staple, seed not more than two years from 
the breeder should be planted. Good breeders in 
South Carolina are having fiber and spinning tests 
made to assure that the cotton produced will have 
good spinning quality and are contributing a great 
deal to the improvement in this quality as well as 
in quantity production in the state. 
All varieties grown by contestants during the past 
six years in sufficient numbers for a comparison are 
listed in table 5, showing the outstanding varieties 
in yield per acre for the entire period with percent 
of lint, boll size, and length of staple. 
TABLE 5—SUMMARY OF VARIETIES FOR 
1942-1947 INCLUSIVE 
No. of  Bolls Aver. 
5-acre length cent 
plots ib. staple lint 
Coker 100 W. RR. 1661 37.4 
Coker 100 679 lg BY Gr 
Coker’s 4 in 1 201 Ale 35.7 
Marrett’s White Gold 82 Ag 36.3 
Delta Pine Land 106 39.4 
Per- 6-yr. av. 

Oct. 2,1947 
MOST DEPENDABLE COTTON FOR THE LOUISIANA 
DELTA—“‘We have been planting 1000 acres of Coker’s Wilt 
Resistant cotton for the past five years and are well pleased 
with both the staple and production. We believe that the 
Coker 100 Wilt is the most dependable cotton for the Louisiana 
Delta. Our average this year will equal or exceed a bale 
per acre.” 
Panola Company, Ltd. 
Newellton, La. 
PRODUCES 34% BALES PER ACRE 

J. Harvey Neely of Smith’s Turnout, S. C., winner of the 1946 S. C. 
5-Acre Cotton Contest. Mr. Neely averaged 1655 lbs. of lint cotton to the 
acre (31% bales) with Coker 100 cotton. This is the highest yield ever recorded 
in South Carolina. Can anyone beat it? 
