To Our Friends and Customers: 
The objective of our corn breed- 
ing program is the development of 
better hybrid corns for the South. 
We realize that the wide range of 
soil and climatic conditions makes 
it unlikely that one hybrid will be 
adapted throughout. We also re- 
alize that the changing agriculture 
in the South makes it necessary to 
have hybrids that can be handled 
RORERTERMCORED efficiently and profitably by me- 
President chanical methods. 
The inbred lines involved in our hybrids have been 
selected from popular Southern varieties of corn. Our 
corn breeding staff has isolated the better characteristics 
from various open pollinated varieties and combined these 
characteristics into superior hybrids. 
Our SS have been thoroughly tested throughout 
the South and have made outstanding records. The com- 
bination of high yielding ability, resistance to lodging; re- 
sistance to certain insects and diseases, good grain and 
milling qualities, and ease of mechanical harvesting has 
made Coker hybrids popular with Southern farmers. 
Sincerely, 
Robert R. Coker 
COVER PAGE PICTURES—Above, the prolific yield of Coker 811 is 
illustrated in stalks claiming the attention of Richard E. Gettys, head of 
Coker’s corn breeding department. This picture was taken on the breeding 
farms of Coker’s Pedigreed Seed Company. Below, typical ears of Coker 911 
are being examined by Lewis Reep, a member of Coker’s corn breeding 
department. 
PICTURE BELOW—Adaptability to mechanical harvesting is an out- 
standing characteristic of both Coker 811 and Coker 911. The mechanical 
harvester in this picture is in a field of Coker 811. 
