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FIRST IN NORTH CAROLINA 
In 1950, all North Carolina 5-acre cotton contest winners planted Coker 100 Wilt cotton. 
In the above picture from left to right are C. W. Matthews, J. R. Bullard, G. E. Bullard, 
J. A. McLamb, all of Cumberland County, and Miss Wilkinson of Scotland County. J. R. Bullard 
and Mr. Matthews were co-winners of the first state prize, producing 5,600 pounds of lint on 
5 acres. G. E. Bullard was winner of first prize in the second district, producing a yield of 
4,905 pounds of lint on 5 acres. Miss Wilkinson took second prize in the second district, 4,530 
pounds of lint on 5 acres; and Mr. McLamb, third prize in the second district, 4,390 pounds 
of lint on 5 acres. No state 5-acre contest was held in North Carolina in 1951 or 1952. 
FIRST IN SOUTH CAROLINA 
Coker 100 Wilt took first and second state prizes, all first place district prizes and two out 
of three second place district prizes in the 1952 South Carolina 5-acre cotton contest. Bosie 
Williams, second from left on front row, Greenwood County, took first prize of $750 with a yield of 
5,910 pounds of lint on 5 acres. Second prize of $275 was won by W. T. Elrod, extreme left on 
front row, Pickens County, who produced 5,170 pounds. Other first and second place district winners 
were, front row beginning third from left, Otis J. Crapse, first, lower district; Paul J. Crapse, 
second, lower district; back row, left to right, Julian Little, first, upper district; R. W. Betts, 
second, upper district; E., F. Canipe, first, middle district; J. C. Bouknight, second, middle dis- 
trict. Coker 100 Wilt has won first place in the South Carolina 5-acre cotton contest every 
year except one since it was started in 1926. 
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COKER 100 WILT 
Southeast’s Standard Cotton 
Coker 100 Wilt has proven itself to be the 
Southeast’s standard cotton by (1) _the large 
percentage of total acres planted with it, (2) 
the excellent performance in 5-acre contests, 
(3) by being a consistent high yielder of su- 
perior cotton in Federal and State Variety 
Tests and, (4) by the opinions of thousands of 
successful cotton growers and agricultural 
workers. 
In 1952, 98 per cent of all the cotton acreage 
in North Carolina was planted in Coker 100 
Wilt, in South Carolina 99 per cent of the cot- 
ton grown was Coker 100 Wilt and in Georgia 
and Alabama the percentages of the cotton 
acreages in Coker 100 Wilt were 60 and 41, 
respectively. 
In 87 5-acre statewide contests in North 
Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, Coker 
100 Wilt has won first place 35 times. 
Coker 100 Wilt has made an outstanding 
record in yield trials conducted by the Agri- 
cultural Experiment Stations in the South- 
eastern States as shown by reports issued by 
agronomists and pathologists at these stations. 
Letters from farmers, one variety community 
organizations and county agents in all parts 
of the Southeast praising Coker 100 Wilt are 
written evidence of its superior yield, high 
quality, and top selling value. 
TWO BALES PER ACRE 
“T have been growing Coker 100 Wilt cotton 
constantly since it came into Union County. I 
have always been well pleased with its per- 
formance. My normal acreage is about 150 
acres. Since starting to grow Coker 100 Wilt, 
I have obtained yields in some cases of about 
two bales per acre. In 1952 we had a rather un- 
favorable season, but I averaged a bale per 
acre on my entire 150 acres. I buy sufficient 
Breeder Registered seed each year to grow a 
seed supply for my farm the following year.” 
W. J. McAteer 
Monroe, N. C. 
COKER 100 WILT TAKES SWEEPSTAKES PRIZE 
BELOW —In 1951, J. Maurice Smith, of Edgefield Coun- 
ty, South Carolina, won the sweepstakes prize with Coker 
100 Wilt in the official South Carolina 5-acre cotton con- 
test by producing 17 bales of cotton on five acres for an 
all-time production record in Southeastern United States. 
His record was 8,380 pounds of lint on five acres with a 
staple length of 1359 inches. 
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