COKER 100 WILT MAKES 
IN ALABAMA 
SARDIS COMMUNITY WINS 1951 
ALABAMA STATE COTTON PRIZE 
On May 17, 1949, the Sardis Community in Alabama was 
organized as a one-variety community and Coker 100 Wilt 
selected as the variety for planting. In 1950 this community, 
using Coker 100 Wilt and following improved growing prac- 
tices, won first place in District II] and was awarded a prize 
of $500 in the Alabama Community Cotton Improvement Con- 
test, sponsored by the Alabama Cotton Manufacturers Asso- 
ciation and the Alabama-Florida Cotton Seed Products Asso- 
ciation, and conducted by the Alabama Polytechnic Institute 
Extension Service. In 1951, continuing the one-variety plant- 
ing with Coker 100 Wilt, the Sardis Community won the 
state prize of $2000. 
Immediate improvement in quality and yield followed adop- 
tion of the one-variety community plan. Ninety-nine per cent 
of the community acreage was planted in Coker 100 Wilt, not 
more than two years from the breeder. Of the cotton sub- 
mitted for Smith-Doxey Classification, 100 per cent was 
classed one inch and longer in staple, and normal or better 
in gin preparation. One hundred per cent graded middling 
or better. The average yield of lint cotton per acre as com- 
pared with a previous five-year average increased 33 per cent. 
RESISTS WEATHER DAMAGE 
“For the last seven years I have used Coker cotton exclu- 
sively. I have tried several other varieties and like Coker 
100 Wilt better than any I have ever tried. I like it for its 
high yielding qualities and its resistance to unusual weather 
damage.” 
P. L. Parker, Jr. 
Rt. 1, Daleville, Ala. 
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HIGH YIELD, GOOD STAPLE 
“We have used Coker’s cottonseed for eight or ten years and 
find that these seed give us a high yield and good staple 
length. The farmers around here are well pleased with the 
good picking quality. We have a wide variety of soils in our 
area—many of which are susceptible to wilt. Coker 100 Wilt 
is highly successful in combating this. In fact we have no 
wilt trouble at all. 
“We sell and use about 20 tons of breeder seed every year. 
Also we sell 150 to 200 tons of first year from breeder seed 
that we raise on our place. I do not believe that we have ever 
had a customer that was not pleased and we have new cus- 
tomers every year.” 
Henderson Bros. 
By Jimmie Henderson 
Millers Ferry, Ala. 
ONE VARIETY WINNER 
“IT have grown Coker cotton exclusively for 15 years and 
have used Coker 100 Wilt for the past six years. Orrville is a 
one-variety community and Coker 100 Wilt is the adopted 
variety. In 1952, Orrville was district winner in the state 
one-variety cotton contest. 
“T have never had any trouble with wilt, and much of my 
land is subject to wilt. Due to hot, dry weather last year, 
yields were reduced but my average was 460 pounds of lint 
cotton per acre, and some fields made more than a bale to 
the acre. I believe that Coker 100 Wilt is by far the best cot- 
ton that I have grown on my farm or that has been grown 
in this community.” 
Floyd F. Farrish 
Orrville, Ala. 
10 DAYS EARLIER 
“T planted Coker 100 Wilt 
breeder seed for the first time 
last year and made seven bales 
of cotton on four acres. I like the 
cotton better than any I have 
ever grown. It seems to be about 
10 days earlier and makes un- 
usually large bolls. My plans are 
to use Coker 100 Wilt from now 
on. 
J. M. Mattox 
Rt. 2, Ashland, Ala. 
FIRST IN ALABAMA 
LEFT—Jesse Hain, president of the 
Sardis, Alabama, Coker 100 Wilt one- 
variety community, is shown looking 
over the $2000 cash award his com- 
munity won as first state prize in the 
1951 Alabama Community Cotton Im- 
provement Contest. Left to right are 
O. N. Andrews, Alabama Polytechnic 
Institute cotton specialist; Hain; Di- 
rector P. O. Davis of the Alabama 
Extension Service; and L. C. Allsbrook, 
county agent for Dallas County. In 
1950, the year following organization 
of the community for one-variety 
planting, Sardis cotton growers, using 
Coker 100 Wilt, won first place in their 
district for a cash award of $500. 
