

This represents slightly more than 60% of the total cotton 
acreage planted in those four states. 
This year, for the first time, our supply of Coker 100 Wilt 
seed was large enough to enable us to offer a reasonable 
quantity to growers in the Central Cotton Belt, and a most 
satisfactory increase in acreage planted to our variety occurred 
this past season in the Mississippi Valley states, and in the high 
Plains and Rio Grande Valley of Texas. While we do not have 
official estimates of acreage by varieties covering these areas, 
we believe that a conservative estimate would be not less than 
half a million acres planted to Coker 100 Wilt. 
The first bag of Coker 100 Wilt cotton seed was offered for 
planting in the spring of 1942. During the past eight planting 
seasons, this cotton has so well demonstrated its superiority 
that now more than 3% million acres of it are planted. 
EARLINESS AND PICKING QUALITIES 
Coker 100 Wilt is not only an early fruiting cotton, it opens 
early and completes its opening from top to bottom of the plant 
in a remarkably short time. In this characteristic, farmers 
recognize an advantage in producing maximum yields during 
years when boll weevil damage is heavy and during seasons when 
early frost strikes. 
The locks of the bolls, which open wide and fluffy, are easily 
engaged by the spindles of mechanical harvester and also make 
for ease and satisfaction of hand picking. 
WILT RESISTANCE 
Fusarium wilt now affects many thousands 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 resis- 
tant varieties increasingly important. Fortunately, we now have 
in our Coker 100 Wilt, a resistant variety which is performing 
equally well on wilt and non-wilt soils. 
STAPLE LENGTH 
On average soils in average seasons, Coker 100 Wilt produces 
a staple of 1142” to 1342” while on heavy, fertile soils, such as 
those in the Mississippi Delta, it grows somewhat longer. 
As a result of a five-year testing program in which thousands 
of selections of this cotton have been tested at Government Fiber 
and Spinning Laboratories for strength, fineness, uniformity and 
spinning quality, our 1949 Breeder Stock has the most superior 
fiber of any we have yet offered. It has been bred to meet the 
exacting requirements of cotton manufacturers and cotton buyers 
whose preference for this variety has afforded growers a better 
market for their lint. 
MAKES COTTON 
When all is said and done, the Number One quality which a 
cotton must have and without which all others are of little 
advantage, is the ability to produce maximum yields of lint 
cotton per acre. Coker 100 Wilt has this ability as has been 
proven on thousands of farms throughout the cotton belt and 
in farmer conducted growing contests. In twenty-seven 5-acre 
statewide cotton contests, Coker 100 Wilt has won first place 
twenty-six times. 
PRICES REDUCED FOR 749 BREEDER STOCK 
In spite of the fact that our supply of Breeder Foundation 
Stock Coker 100 Wilt seed will be considerably smaller than 
last season, we have decided to substantially reduce the price of 
our seed. We are largely confining our efforts to one variety of 
cotton, and recently we have completed installation of the 
latest and most modern equipment for storing, cooling and 
processing our seed. As a result, we are able to produce and 
process our seed at a lower cost. Recognizing the fact that our 
customers will have less money because of greater production 
costs, lower yields and lower prices for their crop, we are glad 
to pass along to them a share of this saving in reduced prices 
on our Breeder Foundation Stock seed. 
Alvernon Shannon of Lake Cormorant (De Soto County), Mississippi, proudly inspecting a bale and a 
half per acre field of Coker 100 Wilt cotton which he produced in spite of most severe weevil infestation 
that area has experienced in many years. 
