COKER 
100 W.R. 
“Pays Ofe” 
FIRST IN NORTH CAROLINA 
Walter Bender (left) of Route 2, Norlina, 
N. C., winner in the 1948 North Carolina 
5-acre cotton contest, receiving his $800 
check for first prize money from Dr. D. S. 
Weaver, Assistant Director of Extension. 
This 25-year-old Warren County farmer 
used Coker 100 Cotton to produce 7150 
pounds of lint on 5 acres, with an average 
staple length of 14.6” to win out over 450 
other farmers who competed for prize money 
in the 1948 contest. 
“Your Coker 100 Cotton has been grown 
on our farm for the past fifteen years, and 
we have found it to be very satisfactory in 
all respects. This past season my five-acre 
plot averaged 1430 pounds of lint per acre 
with a staple of 14. inches... .” 
Norlina, N. C. WALTER J. BENDER 
Feb. 10, 1949 
FIRST IN SOUTH CAROLINA 
Mr. J. L. O’Cain of Orangeburg, South 
Carolina, won top prize in the 1948 South 
Carolina 5-acre cotton contest with a yield 
of 7250 pounds of lint cotton on his 5-acre 
plot or an average of 1450 pounds of lint, 
or almost 3 bales per acre. Mr. O’Cain has 
been planting Coker 100 Wilt since it was 
first introduced in 1942. 
“IT have been planting Coker 100 Wilt 
since you first introduced this variety and 
it has proved to be the best cotton I have 
ever planted. This season I plan to use Coker 
100 Wilt again for my entire crop. Your 
cotton produces a good staple, high gin turn- 
out, and is very easy to pick .. .” 
Orangeburg, S. C. J. L. O’CAIN 
Feb. 7, 1949 
FIRST IN GEORGIA 
J. W. Trunnelle of Cochran, Bleckley 
County, Georgia, has just received his check 
for $500 for winning first state prize in the 
1948 Georgia 5-acre cotton contest. As any 
good husband should do, he is turning this 
check over to Mrs. Trunnelle. 
Mr. Trunnelle’s yield of 16,912 pounds 
seed cotton on 5 acres or 2.66 bales per acre 
made him Georgia’s champion grower of 
1948. 
“T have not found any variety, in my 
opinion, that will equal Coker’s seed in pro- 
duction and the other desirable character- 
istics of cotton...” 
Cochran, Ga. J. W. TRUNNELLE 
Jan. 15, 1949 

