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The 1949 Breeder Foundation Stock of Coker 100 Wilt represents 
our very latest improvement in this strikingly good cotton. It is 
descended from the top few outstanding plant families that have 
demonstrated their superiority in production, wilt resistance, all round 
performance, and in producing the highest net dollars per acre. These 
superior characteristics have been proven in tests scientifically con- 
ducted by ourselves on wilt infested soils from the Carolinas through 
Mississippi and Arkansas, and have been substantiated by state and 
federal experiment stations. 
ONLY BEST ARE SAVED 
The plant families which go to make up our new Breeder Founda- 
tion Stock are the few surviving descendants from 25,000 to 30,000 
outstanding plants, selected 5 years previously, that have stood at the 
top of our rigorous competitive tests on wilt and non-wilt soils—lines 
with the strongest fiber, highest lint percent, best production and 
widest adaptability. 
Cotton breeding is a continuous process and the progress that is 
made varies in proportion to the richness of the material and the 
number of plant progenies that can be accurately tested and selected 
on a performance basis. Recognizing this, we test and evaluate 
thousands of good plant families of our Coker 100 Wilt blood line each 
year and only those of established merit and performance go into 
our Foundation Breeder Stock. In this rests your security. 
3%, MILLION ACRES COKER 100 WILT 
According to reports received from Extension Cotton Specialists, 
3,172,000 acres were planted in our Coker 100 Wilt Resistant cotton 
in 1949 in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama alone. 
PHOTO LEFT—Mechanical harvester picking in a 2 bale per acre field of Coker 
100 Wilt cotton on Billups Plantation, Heathman, Mississippi. This crop, which was 
one of the most outstanding in the Mississippi Delta in 1949, was produced by Mr. 
J. C. Beard, Partner and Plantation Manager. Note clean picking job and low percent 
of loss)s BELOW LEFT—This soil severely infested with Fusarium wilt is where our 
Coker 100 Wilt cotton has been bred and tested for wilt resistance for the past 17 
years. Note badly wilted row of non-resistant cotton in center compared with rows 
of Coker 100 Wilt on each side. BELOW RIGHT—Another evidence of the extra early 
maturity—first 1949 bale on the Memphis Market was—you guessed it—COKER 
100 WILT. 
FIRST 1949 BALE 
CONSIGNED TO 
JOHN A. DUPRE & Co. 
PROGUCED BY 
S.E, SCOTT OF THE $.E,SCoTT 
PLANTATION, LEXA & HELENA, ARK, 
* 
. GINNED BY 
WYCAMP COOP. GIN CO, 
WEST aniegh ARK. 
WEIG ue 535 

' $£EO 
COKER PEDIGREE 100- WILT 
FREE STORAGE 
FEDERAL voclnihiakd & WAREHOUSE CO, 
AUCTION- 10 A.M, MON, 
