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1947 Prize Winners N. C. 5-Acre Cotton Contest 
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Name County 5 Acres Variety Used 
H. E. Bonds Cabarrus 6995 Coker 100 W. R. 
Leonard Killian Warren 6690 Coker 100, St. 6 
B. F. Baxter Lineoln 5785 Coker 100 W. 
V. E. Davis Cabarrus 5635 Coker 100 W., St.5 
Richard Barber Rowan 5615 Coker 100 } 
Dwight Rowland Wake 5890 Coker 100 W., St. 5 LEED TOPRIGH TAC) Magee on, Halifax County, Sami Kulbright)) Catawba, 
, les H. Smith, Halifax; Charles Beam, Cleveland; J Tippett, Wake; ape ee as : a! =e ard> Firat Prize 
314 BALES PER ACRE—ALL TIME RECORD? Elmore Locklear Robeson 5750 Coker 100 W. R. hares Mit, Wake; Mrs. W. N. McKenzie, Scotland; W. B. Petty, Cleveland; FRONT ROW ett ere arn at balsa’ Laver’ Disketct, 3. 20 
J. Harvey Neely of Smith's Turnout, S. C., winner of the 1946 S. C. Mrs.NolieMcKenzie Scotland 54385 Coker 100 W.R. Walter Bender, Warren; George Garner, Halifax; R. Hunter Pope, Halifax. Lightsey, Brunson. BACK ROW —State winner J. L. O'Cain, Orangeburg; 
5-Acre Cotton Contest. Mr. Neely averaged 1655 Ibs. of lint cotton to the NUT echt Warren 5625 Coker 100, St.9 1947 NORTH CAROLINA COTTON CHAMP—H. E. Bonds, Route 1, A i 4 : : Second Prize Upper District, J. F. McLaurin. Bennettsville: Second Prize 
acre (314 bales) with Coker 100 cotton, This is the highest yield ever sass, = aeks Concord, N. C., whose yield of 1399 Ibs. lint per acre won First State Prize WINNERS IN NORTH CAROLINA FIVE ACRE Middle District, L. K. Anthony, Hartsville; Secon ae Lo er 5 
recorded in South Carolina, Can anyone beat it? J. Henry Vaughn Nash 5520 Coker 100 W.R. in North Carolina last year, says: “I have tested Coker 100 W. R. with ‘OTTON CONTEST 1948 D. Bowers, Luray; State Second Prize, L. R. Collier, Orangeburg 
Teavebne Nash 5495 Cok other varieties and found that it is the earliest, fastest fruiting and most coTtTo! IST 1948 
ra Johnson Nas 95 oker 100 productive of/anys). 2”. Se einen 
SOUTH CAROLINA j Perea S ne Bare Coane ‘e Waxints Used 1948 PRIZE WINNERS S. C. 5-ACRE COTTON CONTEST 
: Bae Taare. 715 ‘ok Pounds Lint 
SOUTH CAROLINA PRIZE WINNERS IN 1946 SOUTH CAROLINA AT iisonondee Warren 7150 Coker 100 W. R. ounds Li | 
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State Winners—First Prize, $750.00—J. Harvey Neely, Smith’s Turnout, Chester Coun- 1947 PRIZE WINNERS SOUTH CAROLINA 5-ACRE oe eg ae Gleveland 6650 Coker 100 W_R. Name County Act ; Variety l ae. 
ty; 8275 pounds of lint; Coker 100, St. 8; staple 1% inches. Second Prize, $275.00—R. E. COTTON CONTEST SOUTH CAROLINA—Peter Wiles SSS ee Cleveland Coker 100 W. R. J. L. O’Cain Orangeburg 7 Goker100 W.R. 
Williams, Estill, Hampton County; 5540 pounds of lint; Coker 100 W. R., St. 5; staple ia : Rane W. B. Petty ae ae St.8 L. R. Collie Orangeburg 6 Coker 100.W)R. 
1 1/16 inches. Upper District—First Prize, $200.00—W. M. Wooten, Rt. 4, Chester, ea ree ae seis Caen Sam oe ded ave cokes Tea Tom: Smith: Chesterfield 5715 Coker 100 W. Re 
Chester County; 5505 pounds of lint; Coker 100 W. R., St. 5; staple 1 1/16 inches. Name County 5 Acres Variety Used “afne GNiERO LEG planting COKER Ree Nalie Mew enate Seotland Coker 100 W. R. J. F. McLaurin Marlboro 5495 coe 4! e Ae 
ri 25.00— i 2, Ri ' r C ; 5288 int; a 5 : ; ; 7 sah sf Se ‘ole r : 2: Ye 5930 Coke .R. 
TU iin ee eta nid ene a Peter Wile Cathoun 6120 Coker 100 W. 10 WILE RESISTANT ton fo Jon Tppett Was ee 22 md 
Moss, Cameron, Calhoun County; 5500 pounds of lint; Coker 100, St. 7; staple 1 1/16 J. N. Smith Edgefield 6040 Coker 100 W. R. ERO EE sear baat aes Re COLES Cornel ae ae Les WwW. a il. H. highitey Hampton Coker 100 W. R. 
inches. Second Prize, $125.00—Albert Dority, Timmonsville, Florence County; 5200 C. L. Ruff Newberry 5715 Coker 100 W.R. varieties. . ’ Mr. Wiles’ prize win- ai ‘1 Smith Halifax Coker 100 W.R. Det Bowers — Hampton Coker 100 W. R. 
pounds of lint; Coker 100; staple 1 1/16 inches. Lower District—First Prize, $200.00 D. L. Bedenbaugh Newberry 5450 Coker 100W.R._ ing eialal eae Tad ds lbehlIntipee ache PERERA IES: 
F —George Cogburn, Bamberg, Bamberg County; 4905 pounds of lint; Coker 100 W. R., Mi. Kinane eats Miles 5995 Coker 100 W.R._ with staple of 1-1/16”. GEORGIA 
St. 4; staple 1 1/16 inches. Second Prize, $125.00—W. F. Barnes, Brunson, Allendale a E Sees aCe % Seeks 
County; 4680 pounds of lint; Coker 4 in 1; staple 1 inch. Franklin Perry idgefield 5395 Coker 100 W. R. 
aaeenen. Boyd Atkinson Marion 5115 Coker 100 W. R. 
NORTH CAR OLINA Henry Blanding Clarendon 4625 Coker 100 W.R. 
1946 Winners in the North Carolina 5-acre Cotton Production and Quality Contest 
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Pounds Pounds _ vy y 
Lint Cotton Lint Cotton x r , 
Contestant County Per Acre 5 Acres Variety 1947 PRIZE WINNERS GEORGIA 5-ACRE ] , 4 f 
T. F. Moore Mecklenburg 1434 7170 Coker 100, St. 8 COTTON CONTEST 4 2B I 
E. P. Sauls Wake 1374 6870 Coker 100 W., St. 5 OST IRIN GIS j ‘ 
John Summey Rutherford 1342 6736 Coker 100, St. 7 Bounde ed ; t 
Espy Westmoreland Mecklenburg 1286 6430 Coker 100, St. 7 fame Connty CAS Variety Used PA ao f 
C. J. Goodman Cabarrus 1244 6220 Coker 100 ss F A _ 
J. J. Sanders Johnston 1170 5850 Coker 100 W., St. 4 John F, Hayes Terrell 1¢ Coker 100 Wilt ¢ B 
H. B. Ashley Robeson 1140 5700 Coker 100 W., St. 4 Sam E. Thomason Gwinnett 142 Coker 100 Wilt 17} ‘ 
Jasper Edge ene fs ee Coles tt wt ” on A W. B. Francis Washington 13,009 Coker 100 Wilt : re ; x 
Cc. S. Bunn ash 1135 5696 ‘oker ests : arab é one as oer 4 
Leonard J. Killian Warren 1100 5500 Coker 100, St. 6 Ds WaConeland Washington - os Coker 100 Wilt bs SE : MEL: ‘ 
Willie Herbert Halifax 1051 5255 Coker 200, St. 5 C. R. Josey Washington Coker 100 Wilt > (ies 
= = =< = Emory E. Jackson Lamar 11,985 Coker 100 Wilt ee A Sar Pree 
aa oe , A These are Georgia’s champion cotton growers for 1948—State and District 
NO GEORGIA COTTON CONTEST IN 1946 W. A. Meadows Bleckley 11,626 Coker 100 Wilt winners in the recently completed-statewide 5 acre cotton contest. Here 
= — R. P. Stripling Cook 11,400 Coker 100 Wilt are their names, addresses, pounds of seed cotton produced on 5 acres and 
Reprinted from the 1948 Cotton Ccntest Circular No. 325 published by Clemson Agricultural College James A, Smith Ben Hill 11,250 Coker 100 Wilt the variety of cotton used. Numbers refer. to position in picture. 
Extension Service. All varieties grown in S. C. Acre Cotton Contest in the past seven years are included Ri 4 orn 3 a ¢ 
in Table 5 showing the outstanding ones as to yield, boll size, percentage of lint, etc. Table 5—Summary Larry Staples Carroll 11,085 Coker 100 Wilt af . paras F 2 - 
Kor ars erent : Yield per 4 Joy 0 ‘oke i North Georgia District: First Prize—Frank Keith (14), Oolt , Tenn., 14,924 377 -lbs. D. & P. L. 14. Prize—Jones W. snider, dr. Yo Bie e, 
Variety See te State peind ee a ees iy 4) oie 10 ee eos IL Mee Ibs. cenmevilie 2B. Second Prize—J. B. Nix (2), Fairmont, 4 lbs. Empire. 10,098 Ibs. Coker 100 Wilt. South Central Georgia District: First Prize—T. M. 
Coker 100 W.R 2434 75 11/16 37.3 688 arte sO urG BD a neh pees a GY Ae Third Prize—Ira England (3), Calhoun, 13,356 lbs. Empire. Northeast Georgia Durham (15), Dry. Branch, 12,511 lbs. Coker 100 Wilt. Second I rize—O. L. 
Cakes 100** “679 15 1 1/16 37.7 652 B. S. Miller Marion 10,407 Coker 100 Wilt GEORGIA—J. F. Hayes, Sasser, Terrell County, Georgia, shown in his field District: First Prize—James E. White (1), Hartwell, 13,983 lbs.Coker 100 Wilt. Dorminy (not in picture), Poulan, 11,837 lbs. D. & P. L. Third Prize—James 
eee yas ee: 201 77 11/16 35.7 638 R. F. Calhoun Dooly 10,040 Stoneville 2B of Coker 100 W. R. cotton which took top prize money in the 1947 Georgia Griffin (6), Barney, 10,733 lbs. D. & P. L. Southeast Georgia District: First 
Coker’s 4 in 1 = ae pa Ou ae W.BY j > Contest. His yield was 16,297 Ibs. seed cotton on the 5 acres or 2.6 bales Prize_Loyd Sommers (8), Ogeechee, 11,144 Ibs. D. & P. L. Second Prize— 
Maret White ood oO if a ayae aan bss Nees ah EA es ae ae BoE eT ee ee a ear W. H. Smith, Jr. (16), Statesboro, 10,512 lbs. Coker 100 Wilt. Third Prize— 
Delta Fane and ilt* £09 ES ; ugne ee eae Coy guiciuns Barrow PNY Empire Melding wilt SL ears see See aulehoneen ate with Cluise Smith (17), Statesboro, 10,463 lbs. Coker 100 Wilt. Also in the picture 
Wannamaker’s Stonewilt 16 16 /32 38.¢ 627 Walter Perry Barrow 9,850 Coker 100 Wilt this cotton has been entirely satisfactory.” are J. R. Pressley (5) and L. J. Skinner (9) of the Georgia Extension Service, 
*The figures shown for Stonewilt variety are for only 2 years. 
**There were no contest fields planted to Coker 100 and 4 in 1 in 1948, 
HERE’S THE 

COKER 100 WILT RESISTANT 
1948 REGISTERED BREEDER FOUNDATION STQCK 
A widely adapted 114,” variety combining a high degree of resistance to Fusarium wilt, excellent picking 
qualities for hand or machine, extra earliness, high yield and superior spinning quality. 
THE REASON BACK OF THE RECORD—There’s a reason 
back of the remarkable record which our Coker 100 Wilt Resistant 
cotton has made wherever it has been planted in cotton production 
contests, and that reason is the quality and performance which 
has been bred into this cotton by 17 years of extensive selection 
and testing of many thousands of individual plants on both wilt 
and non-wilt infested soils. Improvement has been made on the 
basis of wilt resistance, staple, picking quality, storm resistance, 
fiber strength, spinning quality and most important of all, yield- 
ing ability, for no matter how good a cotton is in all other quali- 
ties it is of little value to the farmer who plants it unless it has 
the ability to “make cotton.” 
EASY PICKING BY HAND OR MACHINE—This cotton not 
only begins to open early, but has a tendency to complete its 
opening early and this, plus its large and fluffy locks and wide 
opening of the bolls, makes it a most desirable cotton for mechani- 
cal harvesting or hand picking. With this ease of picking is com- 
bined a considerable degree of storm resistance and the ability 
to maintain relatively high grades under unfavorable weather 
conditions. 
PREMIUM STAPLE—The majority of American Cotton Mills 
want cotton stapling between 1” and 1%42” of superior fiber quali- 
ty and our Coker 100 Wilt cotton has been bred to meet this need. 
The thousands of fiber and spinning tests which we have con- 
ducted on our breeding material of Coker 100 Wilt cotton during 
the past seven years has resulted in significant improvement in 
1. Here are our two International spindle type pickers harvesting a field 
of Coker 100 Wilt Resistant cotton on one of our Hartsville plantations. 
Note cleanly picked rows on right. Inset—Showing how spindle of 
mechanical picker easily contacts and gathers Coker 100 Wilt from 
the wide open, fluffy bolls. 
2. This variety makes a staple of 1-1/32” to 1-3/32” or longer under good 
conditions. The character is excellent, uniform, strong and of superior 
spinning quality. 
fiber strength and spinning value with the promise of greater 
improvement to come, 
WILT RESISTANT—Fusarium wilt now affects many thou- 
sands of acres in all of the principal cotton states east of New 
Mexico, and is spreading over new areas each year. This makes 
the planting of wilt resistant varieties of increasing importance 
and fortunately, we now have a wilt resistant variety of such 
good production and spinning properties that many farmers are 
desirous of growing it regardless of whether or not his fields are 
affected by wilt. Here at Hartsville, where cotton has been grown 
on some of our lands almost continuously for 100 years, we are 
fortunate in having soils heavily infested with Fusarium wilt 
and other diseases, which gives us almost ideal conditions for 
breeding for wilt resistance. 
WIDELY ADAPTED—Since Coker 100 Wilt cotton was first 
introduced seven years ago—in the spring of 1942—it has grown 
in popularity until now more than one out of ten acres of the 
American cotton crop is planted to this variety. Reports on its 
splendid performance have been received from such widely sepa- 
rated areas as southern Virginia, Florida, Rio Grande Valley of 
Texas, Missouri and Tennessee. To make such a record a cotton 
has to be good. 
DESCRIPTION 
PLANT—FErect, semi-determinate in type. Vigorous with more 
erect, well spaced fruiting branches. 
FOLIAGE—Thin, with deeply lobed, medium sized leaves. 
SEASON—Very early. 
3. The early season view taken in our wilt breeding test plots shows 
vigorous, healthy row of Coker 100 Wilt on left, while center and right 
hand rows of non-resistant cotton are badly wilted. Photo on right taken 
when cotton was mature shows severe wilting of check row on left, 
disease resistance and production of Coker 100 Wilt on right. 

COTTON THAT DID 
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BOLLS—Round ovate, slightly pointed, 70 to 72 to pound, 
open extremely wide and fluff beautifully, yet storm 
resistant. 
*LINT LENGTH—1142” to 
conditions. 
*“LINT PER CENT—37% to 39%. 
CHARACTER—Excellent, uniform, strong. 
PRODUCTION—High. 
WILT RESISTANCE—High resistance to Fusarium and 
tolerant, though not resistant, to Verticillium. 
PICKING QUALITY—The best. Has proven to be especial- 
ly well suited for mechanical harvesting as well as 
hand picking. 
*This description is written to cover the expected performance of 
Coker 100 Wilt cotton under-average conditions throughout the cotton 
belt. When planted on fertile soils, such as those of the Mississippi River 
Valley, this cotton normally produces a longer staple and slightly lower 
turnout, 
1%42" or longer, under good 
PRICES—$14.50 per 100-tb bag, $255 per ton, F.O.B. 
Hartsville, S. C.; Memphis, Tenn.; Hopson Spur, 
Clarksdale, Miss., or Leachville, Ark. See your nearest 
Coker Distributor or mail your order direct. 
ALL SEED RE-GINNED AND TREATED 
IMPORTANT NOTE 
Our Coker 100 Wilt Resistant cotton has been bred to produce maxi- 
mum yields on soils affected by Fusarium wilt, and it has some tolerance 



for Verticillium wilt. However, due to the development of apparently 
new es of wilt, complicated by adverse seasonal conditions, improper 
fertilization and the presence in many instances of nematodes, no con- 
scientious breeder can guarantee any wilt resistant cotton to survive 
100% on all wilt infested soils. 
EFFECT OF GROWING CONDITIONS 
Our descriptions are based on the actual records that our varieties 
have produced in our tests, and they will show the same characteristics 
elsewhere under the same conditions. Drought or POOR CONDITIONS 
will result in a reduced yield and poorer quality—no matter what 
variety is planted. 
4. This increase field of Coker 100 Wilt Breeder Foundation Stock cotton 
taken in early September, illustrates heavy fruitage, well spaced fruiting 
branches and earliness. 5. Coker 100 Wilt bolls seem to reach out to 
meet the fingers and pickers prefer it to other varieties. 

