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HUMPHREY- COKER SEED COMPANY
HARTSVILLE,S.C
GREENWOOD,MISS.
S PRESSLY COKER, MANAGER.
CAROLINA-FOSTER BREEDING PLOT
FROM OUR BREEDING PLOTS COME VALUABLE NEW STRAINS OF SEEDS
A Foreword
I 4&T~] N presenting this, our fourth Seed Catalogue, we are reminded of the fact that it is made
I possible by our customers and friends who have given us their patronage and support dur-
lJTO years. We take this opportunity to give expression to our appreciation
of this patronage and to express the hope that the service we have rendered through our
seeds has been such as to warrant the continued patronage and support of every one of our cus-
tomers.
We have received many letters from our customers in appreciation of the results obtained
with our seeds and we are deeply grateful for these kind words which serve to give us the URGE
for higher endeavors. There is nothing that encourages so much as the kind words of satisfied
customers and we hope that those who like our seeds will not only tell us but will tell others as
well. If you do not like our seeds or for any reason do not get results we would like to know it.
If we are at fault, it will help us to serve better in the future.
TO THE BUSINESS MEN—
Agriculture is fundamental in our nation. All other business prospers and develops as the
farming interests prosper. By devoting our time and energies in the production of better seeds,
which mean better crops, larger farm profits, we are making our contribution to the general busi-
ness prosperity of the country. Qurs is a work that tends to make for general prosperity and it
should receive the hearty support and endorsement of every thoughtful business man. We ap-
peal to you to read this catalogue, investigate our case, convince yourself of the value of the work
we are doing, and, then, get behind us in our efforts to render a worthy service to the farmers of
the South. Your interest and co-operation will be greatly appreciated.
A WORD FROM OUR PRESIDENT
TO ALL GROWERS OP STAPLE COTTON.
At the time of the organization of the Humphrey-Coker Seed Company the policy of
the proposed concern was outlined and it was made clear that the business must always
be nm on the principles of scrupulous honesty and fairness to its customers.
Under the active managoment of Mr. S. Pressly Coker and his assistants at Harts-
ville, S. C., and with the Mississippi Branch in. charge of Mr. J. B. Dick these busi-
ness methods have been carried out to the letter and any statements we make about ouj*
seed are recognized as exact facts.
A quick profit was not the reason for the organization of this business, ^setter
and proven cotton seed is of such importance to cotton growers everywhere, and par-
ticularily to the growers of extra staple cotton, that there was room and need for a
concern to work out the development of superior and proven strains of cotton seed
that would be of particular value, especially to the great Yazoo-Mississippi- Delta.
Any interested persons will find it interesting and profitable to visit our test
and breeding plots at Sohlater, Mississippi, which Mr. Dick will take pleasure in
showing. Mr. Dick will also show that the same excellent results have been obtained
with our seed on an adjacent plantation with over two thousand (2000) acres in our
strains of seed. Will any season ever be a more severe test of the qualities of
staple cotton seed? Come to Schlater and see for yourselves what these seed have
done under the severe test of the present adverse crop conditions.
HIGHEST QUALITY SEEDS
HUMPHREY-COKER SEED CO.
HARTSVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA
AN INTRODUCTION
It is our aim in the ven^ beginning of this seed catalogue to explain the Plans and Pur-
poses of Our Organization, to Introduce Our ]\Ien and to set forth our System of Seed
Breeding and Handling, that all who read this catalogue may knoAv who we are and the
quality of the seed we sell.
We are especially anxious that all who are interested in farming and those who appreciate
the value of high qualit}' seed, as the first step towards profitable crop production, may know
us ; may understand our qualifications as Seed Breeders and our reliability as a source of
genuine Pedigreed Seeds.
All of our customers know us, some have visited us, some we have met at the Fairs, while
others know us only by the quality of the seed we have shipped them. There are many
other people, however, who would be interested in our seeds, who do not know us at all. It
is that all may knoAv us better and that we may have the opportunity of making many new
acquaintances and customers that we offer this Introduction.
AN INTRODUCTION— (The Testimony of Others)
COOPERATIVE EXTENSlOhT WORK
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AGRICULTURE AND HOME ECONOMICS
Clemson Agricultural College
OF south CAROLINA AND
united states department of
AGRICULTURE COOPERATING
TO MOII IT IIAY COITCESII:
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Clecson College, S. G.
August 29, 1923
Extension! SEav'C!
It gives me pleasure to make the following statement. The Eumphrey-Goker
Seed- Company has "been in the "business of grov.ang Pedigreed seed for the past several
years. It gives me pleasure to testify as to their integrity, efficiency and pro-
gressiveness . I have known I.hr. Pressly Coker of the firm personally for a good many
years. He is not only a successful and relia"ble "business man "but a trained Scientific
Plant Breeder.
Yours verv/^^ly.
17. Long, Director.
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Octo"ber 6tli, 1923.
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The E-umphrey-Coker Seed Compar-y of Eartsville in iny opinion is one of the best concerns
of its kind to "be found anywhere so far as reliability and satisfactory dealings are concerned.
Back of it are some of the best business men of Eartsville - thoroughly honorable men.
Their statements of claims as to seeds can be relied upon entirely. The nan in charge
of the growing and handling of their seed, Er. S. P. Coker, is eminently fitted for the place,
having had long and successful experience. Ee takes pride in the careful and scientific hand^i^-g
of seeds.
I unhesitatingly recocmend the Company to the Pedigreed Seed buying public.
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HIGHEST QUALITY SEEDS
HUMPHREY- COKER SEED CO.
HARTSVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA
AN INTRODUCTION — (Our Organization)
ORGANIZED: April, 1920 — Main Office, Hartsville, S. C.; Branch Office, Greenwood, Miss.
THE AIM: To render the highest type SEED SERVICE.
THE PURPOSE: To UP-BUIED Southern agricultural conditions through the production and distribution of finest Pedi-
greed Seeds.
THE PLAN: To Breed, Grow, Handle, and Distribute Pedigreed Seeds at Hartsville, S. C.
To Breed, Grow, Handle, and Distribute Pedigreed Seeds at Greenwood, Mississippi, adaptable to Delta conditions.
THE EQUIPMENT: Efficient, trained Plant Breeders, Breeding Farms, Increase Farms, Breeding and Experimental
Equipment, Seed-cleaning Equipment and Facilities, Storage Facilities at Hartsville, S. C., and at Schlater, Miss.
AN INTRODUCTION— (Our Men)
OUR PRESIDENT
Mr. W. R. Humphrey, of Greenwood, Mississippi
(Regret that we do not have his photograph)
is our President and is largely responsible for the organization and work of our Company in Mississippi. Being one
of the largest Long Staple Cotton buyers in the United States and a large landowner in the Delta of Mississippi,
he, more than anyone else, could see the great need for the development and introduction of better seeds in the
Delta. He saw that such work would not only help the cotton buyers and spinners to get more desirable staples,
in length and quality, but that it would help the farmers through larger crop yields and bigger revenues.
Mr. Humphrey is a man of wide interests and wishes to see the whole State of Mississippi helped by improved
methods of farming and through the development and introduction of better strains of Farm Seeds that are bred
and adapted to Mississippi conditions.
OUR VICE-PRESIDENT
Mr. A. M. McNair, Vice-President and Director
of our Company is a merchant, cotton buyer and farmer of wide reputation; one
of Hartsville’s oldest and most successful business men. As a farmer he is
deeply interested in the development of better seeds and better farm practices;
as a merchant he is interested in every undertaking that has as its aim and pur-
pose the increasing of values and the betterment of conditions among the farm-
ers in the community and throughout the South. His ideal for our Company
is, that it may stand at the top in Seed Service.
OUR HEAD PLANT BREEDER AND MANAGER
Mr. S. Pressly Coker
is the one entrusted with the leadership and responsibility of conducting this
business. He has made the plans, set the standards, and bears the responsibility
of carrying them out.
Fie is thoroughly trained for the work in hand. As a farm-boy he gained
much information and inspiration for the highest type farming from his father.
His agricultural training in college came first at the Virginia Polytechnic In-
stitute, where he took a general agricultural course. Here he worked and paid
his way and gained much valuable experience outside of his regular studies.
After finishing at V. P. I. he spent two years at Cornell University where he
specialized in Plant Breeding work, graduating in 1911.
Since 1911 he has been actively engaged in the breeding and handling of
Pedigreed Seeds and in managing large farming and seed interests. His ideals
for the Seed Business are the highest. He has a high sense of accuracy and
carefulness in all of his v/ork and his productions of Pedigreed Seeds have made
good throughout the South. His character and training fit him for valuable
service to the farmers of the South.
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HIGHEST QUALITY SEEDS
HUMPHREY- COKER SEED CO.
HARTSYILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA
Our Mississippi Manager and Plant Breeder —
Mr. T. B. Dick is eminently fitted by his character, his talent, his college training,
and his practical experience, to render a large and nsefnl service to the
farmers of Mississippi through the breeding and handling of valuable seeds
adaptable to conditions there.
His training in Plant Breeding Work began as a boy -when he worked for
two years as assistant to our Head Plant Breeder, then in the employ of
another seed concern. He then entered Clemson Agricultural College, grad-
uating about the time the World War broke out. He spent some time in
France and was sent back to Harvard Universitj- as instructor in military
tactics until the war was over. In 1920 he joined our organization and
went to Mississippi to take charge of our work there. Xo better man
could be found to carry out the ideals of our Company, since his ideals and
those of our Head Plant Breeder are the same.
C. F. WYATT R. S. CATHCART EDITH L. ANDERSON H. J. WEST
Mr. C. F. Wyatt, Assistant Plant Breeder and Salesman for X’orth and South Carolina, needs no introduction to many
of our customers. He has had many years of practical seed experience in association with our Head Plant Breeder
at Hartsville, S. C. He is an exhibit man of first rank and has complete charge of our exhibit work. You will
meet him at the fairs with our exhibit and he will take pleasure in showing you our seeds and in giving you first-
hand information as to our system of breeding and handling seeds.
Mr. Richard S. CaThcart, Assistant Plant Breeder and ^Manager of our Seed Storage and Shipping Departments, is a
graduate of Clemson Agricultural College. He has been with us for the past four years and appreciates fully the
value of extreme care and accuracy in the handling of Pedigreed Seeds. He has complete charge of our Cleaning,
Storage and Shipping Departments, where he exercises exery care to have our seeds measure up to the high stand-
ards we set for them.
Miss Edith E. Anderson, a graduate of Winthrop College, is well qualified by training and experience as Seed Anal3'St
for our business. For the past seven 3-ears she has been associated with our Head Plant Breeder in the testing
of seeds for germination and purity. She is in complete charge of our Seed Daboratom- and Omce Departments,
and she is extremely careful to see that all seeds we sell measure up to highest standards for germination, purity
and vitality.
Our Mississippi Salesman, Jackson, Miss.
Mr. H. T. Y est, our Salesman for Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana, is a man known to much of the seed-bu3-ing public
of the above States. While he has had no seed-breeding experience, he has visited our seed-breeding farm at
Schlater, Miss., a number of times so that he might know how to properly represent our seeds and give intelligent
information as to our work and breeding methods.
The close personal supervision given every phase of our seed breeding and production
work by our Head Plant Breeder insures finest seed quality.
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HIGHEST QUALITY SEEDS
HUMPHREY- COKER SEED CO.
HARTSVILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA
Many Others Help us to Produce Our Seeds
THESE FOLKS ARE GROWING 2,000 ACRES OF OUR PEDIGREED COTTON SEED FOR US AT SCHLATER, MISS.
AN INTRODUCTION— (Our Methods)
A. SEED BREEDING SYSTEM—
The chart below is a graphic illustration of our Seed Breeding System, which is the system
recommended by the best agricultural thought of today. A careful study of this chart will
reveal the plans we follow. This system is used with all crops, the changes necessary are such
changes in the method of conducting the Plant-to-Row test as adapt it to the particular crop in
question (for instance, corn being an open-fertilized plant requires a little different procedure in
the Plant-to-Row test than does cotton or oats and wheat for best results).
THE PLAN (Cotton used as example) ;
The first year a large number of
plants are selected from a variety
of cotton we desire to improve.
They are picked and ginned separ-
ately, notes of each with all charac-
teristics are recorded. Each plant
is then planted in a comparative
test plot, side-by-side, which is
known as the Plant-to-Row test.
This test is run in duplicate so as
to give best indications of value.
Here the plants compete for high-
est yield, best type, earliness, and
best staple characters. Careful
notes are made through the season,
each row is picked separate and the
best five rows are saved for separ-
ate increase. The second year
these five are increased separately,
are tested in Variety test with
other varieties and the best two or
three go on to the third year. The
same procedure the third year gives
the C)NE BEST for increase and
testing the fourth year. Its record
through the four years is its Pedi-
gree and it goes out to the public
on its own RECORD OF MERIT.
This system of breeding is a con-
tinuous process. Each year we
have a new Plant-to-Row test, se-
lecting plants from the best
PROVEN STRAINS, wffh the
idea of producing still better
strains.
OUR 5££/>-BREEDINC SYSTEM
Our Pedigreed Seeds
Hav'e a 4 year Record
\z.^ Merit m the Breeding Ploh
and Variety Tests when Of-
fered for S L E Yo the
Public
The Plant to Row Test
Humphrey — Coker
Pedigreed Seeds
Have a 4 Years Performance Record
Our Final Product Musi Prove
its woHh in Test with Other
Varieties
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HIGHEST QUALITY SEEDS
HUMPHREY-COKER SEED CO.
HARTSYILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA
B. GRADING AND HANDLING—
The grading and handling of seed is of much greater importance than man}’ have imagined. The
proper GRADING AND CLEANING of seeds eliminates all immature and faulty seeds, insures
more even planting, regular stands, better qualit}’, and will increase the yield many pounds per
acre (with oats increase twelve
bushels per acre).
The proper HANDLING of
seeds insures good germination,
strong vitalit}^ and eliminates, as
far as possible, the danger of poor
and broken stands. Thousands of
dollars are lost each 3’ear by the
planting of seed poor in vitalit}’.
WE TAKE PRIDE IN THE
CLEANING AND HANDLING
OF OUR SEEDS. Our equip-
ment for this work is the best to
be found anywhere. Our men
CLEANING, GRADING AND SACKING OUR COTTON SEED AT THE GIN ^ sense of appreciation
and care in this work.
C. TESTING FOR GERMINATION, PURITY AND VITALITY—
In handling our seeds we not only handle and store them by variety names but by LOT NUM-
BERS as well. These lot numbers indicate to us, in a minute’s time, the ver}’ fields where these
seeds grew and the conditions under which they grew. A sample of EVERY LOT of seed we
handle goes to our SEED TESTING Department and there it must measure up to the highest
standards for germination, purit}^ and vitalit}*. If it fails, it is discarded forever from our planting
seed list.
We spend a great deal of time
and money in this department.
OUR SEED TESTING WORK
IS NO FAKE, we do the job right
and just as we represent it. EVERY
LOT of seed we sell has been
TESTED TWICE before we ship
it. This is for your good and for
our protection. We must know
the quality of the seed we sell in
order to stand back of our MONEY
BACK GUARANTEE.
We venture the assertion that the
members of our organization have
done more actual seed testing work
than those of any other seed busi-
ness in the South. A germination
and purity tag on every bag of
seeds we sell sets the standard for
that bag.
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OUR SEED GERMINATOR
HIGHEST QUALITY SEEDS
• HUMPHREY- COKER SEED CO.
HARTSVILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA
Designation of Our Seeds
By these Signs You Can Know They are Genuine
1. OUR TRADE NAME ‘‘HUMCO’’
“HUAICO” — A contraction of the two names Humphrey and Coker — is the TRADE NAME we
have adopted for use on all seeds bred and developed by our organization.
2. OUR TRADE MARK
Embodies the four essentials of
FINEST SEEDS
(1) Good Breeding
(2) Proper Grading
(3) Strong Vitality
(4) “HUMCO” Breeding and Su-
pervision
This TRADE MARK on every
bag of our seed is a
GUARANTEE OF
SATISFACTION
to our customers
3. OUR STAMP OF APPROVAL
Breeding, growing, handling and selling Pedigreed Seeds is the one work of our Head Plant
Breeder and Manager, Mr. S. Pressly Coker. Every phase of the work is watched and inspected
by him. Before any seed are shipped they must meet every test and receive his final approval,
which will be found on the back of every shipping tag.
4. OUR GUARANTEE AND RESPONSIBILITY
ON PEDIGREED SEEDS
Our Pedigreed Seeds represent the increase from individual plants of proven quality. Bred by the Plant-to-Row
method, tested over a series of years. Increased for sale to the public. We guarantee them true to name.
EXAMINE OUR SEEDS when you receive them and test them in any way you see fit. If for any reason they
are not satisfactory, they may be returned to us within ten days after they are received, in the original package, AT
OUR EXPENSE. WE WILE REFUND ENTIRE PURCHASE PRICE. We waive all responsibility for seeds
which have been in a customer’s hands more than ten days, as the vitality of any seed may be lessened or killed aEer
leaving our warehouse, by subjection to moisture, heat or other conditions. Under no circumstances will we be responsible
for the germination of seed after they are planted, whether within ten days or not, as there are many reasons for im-
perfect germination of planted seeds other than their vitality. If the purchaser does not accept seed under this condition,
they are to be returned at once.
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HIGHEST QUALITY SEEDS
HUMPHREY- COKER SEED CO.
HARTSVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA
The Value of Humphrey-Coker Seeds
HUMPHREY - COKER SEEDS
come from the increase of selections
in our Breeding Plots, like Xos. 27
and 29, that have made good in
competition with other selections.
They must prove their superiority
over a period of four years to re-
ceive our final STAMP OF AP-
PROVAL.
The value of our Breeding Work
is reflected in high yields, high qual-
ity, uniformity, earliness and type
to meet boll weevil conditions.
BREEDING PLOT— WEBBER ELITE COTTON
AT SCHLATER, MISS., 1921
This chart illustrates ver}' forcibly the value
of HUMPHREY-COKEr' SEEDs\ It gives
a comparison between our Pedigreed Seeds
and General Seeds of the same variet}’, as to
\ueld per acre.
SEE WHAT IT SHOWS WITH OATS
Increased Yield
Bus. Per Acre
Breeding . . 9 bus.
Grading ... 12 bus.
A'itality ... 4 bus.
It Shows a —
Total of 25 Bushels Per Acre Increase
The results with r3-e and cotton are also shown.
Study the chart — it is worth while.
It Pays to Plant the Best
Pedigreed Seeds
ILLUSTRATION— VALUE OF BREED-
ING-GRADING AND VITALITY OF
SEEDS WITH DIFFERENT CROPS
A Word of Caution
Be careful where 3mu bu3^ 3mur seeds. Seed bred and grown b3^ expert plant breeders can be
depended upon to give good results. The best proof of this statement lies in the fact that such
seed carr3" a guarantee of satisfaction as to Purit3' and High Qualit3'. General seeds do not carr3*
such a guarantee.
Don’t take a chance. When 3’ou plant low qualit3" seed 3'ou are losing time and mone3u We
offer 3mu Highest Qualit3E Guaranteed Seeds.
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HUMPHREY- COKER SEED CO.
HARTSVILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA
^-'0£
A Comparison
Pedigreed Seed vs. General Seed
A CROP FROM PEDIGREED SEED
OATS
A CROP FROM GENERAL SEED
OATS
An
Actual Representation
of Two Crops
Grown at
Hartsville, S. C.
in
1922
YIELD 50 BUSHELS PER ACRE
Planting Seed Cost $4.00
Crop Value, 50 Bushels at $1.00
$50.00; Net Value, $46.00
YIELD 28.5 BUSHELS PER ACRE
Planting Seed Cost $2 00
Crop Value, 28.5 Bushels at $1.00,
$28.50; Net Value, $26.50.
Note 1 — The Yield Per Acre
Bu. Per Acre
Pedigreed Seed 50.
General Seed 28.5
Difference 21.5
Note 2 — The Value Per Acre
Pedigreed Seed $46.00 Net
General Seed 26.50 Net
Difference $19.50
Gain $19.50 Per Acre From Pedigreed Seed
NOTE THE VARIATIONS IN THESE 8 PLANTS GROWING IN FIELD
The Need for Seed
Selection Work
(Illustrated)
Humplirey-Coker Seeds
represent the increase
from productive plants
— like No. 2 and No. 5,
which have proved
their worth under act-
ual field tests.
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HIGHEST QUALITY SEEDS
HUMPHREY- COKER SEED CO.
KARTSViLLE, SOUTH CAROLINA
Our Offerings
South Carolina Seeds
FALL SEEDS
PEDIGREED ABRUZZI RYE
Surpasses all other varieties of Rye for the South
YIELD 28 BUSHELS PER ACRE, 1923
ABRUZZI RYE, introduced from Italy in
1900, tested the United States Department
of Agriculture and found valuable, was dis-
tributed to the public in 1907. Plant breeders
began selection work on this variet}^ and in
1913 offered a strain for sale which produced
11.4 bushels per acre more than the original
rye as introduced. Our seed of this rye repre-
sents the best production to date.
As a Winter Cover Crop for the Coastal
Plain section of the South, this rye has no
superior. It makes a heavy growth of vege-
table matter in Fall and early Winter. Care-
ful tests show four tons per acre from October
15th to February 11th.
As a Winter Grazing Crop, the best we know
of. It grows upright. It is easy to graze.
As a Seed Producer it has no superior in the
South. On good land you can depend on 18
to 28 bushels per acre, against 8 to 10 bushels
for ordinary rye.
PRICES — (Cash with order)
Per bushel $3.00
Lots of ten bushels and over 2.75
Lots of fift3^ bushels and over 2.50
All Prices F. O. B. Hartsville, S. C.
IT PAYS TO PLANT THE BEST
PEDIGREED SEEDS
RESULTS OF OUR RYE VARIETY
TEST
1922 1923
Abruzzi (General), Improved 30.7 54.2
Abruzzi (Pedigreed) 34.1 63.3
Virginia Winter 13
Rosin 24.8
SEEDING PER ACRE FOR GRAIN
(These Results Apply to Best Quality Seeds)
FOR RYE — Carefully conducted tests prove
conclusivelj" that RYE, for SEED PUR-
POSES, when sown on good land around the
15th of November, should be seeded at the rate
of three pecks to one bushel per acre. On
light lands seeding should be heavier (1 to 13^
bushels), as the stooling capacity of rj^e is not
as good on poor land. Alwaj^s sow grain
heavier when planted late in the season.
FOR OATS- — On good soils, where oats are
sown in October, the best rate of seeding for
average conditions is from 134 to 2 bushels per
acre. Heavier seedings (2 to 2^4 bushels)
should be made if oats are put in during De-
cember and January. 134 bushels of good seed
planted in October on good land will stool
rapidly and make much finer quality grain and
a larger yield than will heavier seedings.
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HIGHEST QUALITY SEEDS
HUMPHREY- COKER SEED CO.
HARTSYILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA
A Sheaf of Pedigreed
Red Appier Oats
Pedigreed Red Appier Oats
THE HEAVIEST YIELDING OATS FOR THE SOUTH
Pedigreed Red Appier Oats trace back in their ancestry to the Red Rust
Proof Variety. Selections made from this variety early in 1900 have been bred
and tested for the past ten years, and as yet there is no variety known that will
make as much per acre. We offer the best strain of these oats, properly bred,
graded and tested. The seeds we offer for sale come from heavy producing
crops last season. If it’s High Yield and Money Value Per Acre you wish.
Plant These Oats.
PRICES — (Cash with order)
Per bushel $1.60
Ten bushels 1.50
In lots of 100 bushels and over 1.35
Pedigreed Fulghum Oats
The Fulghum Oat was selected from a field of Red Ap-
pier Oats. It is Beardless. It is Early. It is a Heavy
Producer. This oat is very popular because of its early
maturity. It gets out of the way early, giving the farmer
more time to get his hay crop planted before the rush of
other work sets in.
If it’s Early Maturity you desire, plant these oats. Our recommendation:
If you plant many oats divide your crop, put one-half in Red Appier Oats and
one-half in Fulghum Oats. This will lengthen your cutting period and enable
you to save your crop in good shape. Our Pedigreed Fulghum Oats, the best
of this variety you can buy.
PRICES — (Cash with order)
Per bushel $1.60
Lots of ten bushels 1.50
Lots of 100 bushels and over 1.35
All Prices F. O. B. Hartsville, S. C.
Our Seed Oats are Free from Smut
GENERAL FALL SEEDS!
The following seeds were not grown by us, but we have selected them from the very best
sources. We have carefully tested them for germination and purity and we know them to be of
excellent quality. We aim to handle only the best. Read our guarantee on these seeds.
Our Oats and Rye
Took All First Prizes
S. C. State Fair,
1920
OUR GUARANTEE
ON GENERAIy SEEDS not grown by us,
“We give no warranty, express or implied, as
to description, quality, productiveness, or any
other matter of any seed we send out and will
not be in any way responsible for the crop. If
the purchaser does not accept the goods on
these terms, they are to be returned and
amount paid for them will be refunded.”
Prices on General Seeds are Continually
Changing. Ask for Prices When
Ready to Buy
FALL SEEDS
Per lb
. 101b.
100 lb.
Alfalfa
.. ..26
24
21
Crimson Clover
. . . .26
24
21
Italian Rye Grass...
....16
14
13
Rape (Dwarf Essex)
. . . .15
10
.09
Hairy Vetch
.. ..26
24
21
Virginia Seed Wheat
1 Bu.
10 Bu.
25 Bu.
Stoner Bearded
,$2.20
$2.10
$2.05
Fulcaster (Bearded)
Leap’s Prolific
2.20
2.10
2.05
(Beardless)
2.20
2.10
2.05
Red May (Beardless)
2.20
2.10
2.05
For General Spring Seeds See Page 18
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FALL
1923
SPRING
1924
PRICE LIST
PEDI6IIEED COTTON SEEO
One bale per acre— CAROLINA-FOSTER— 1923
Prices F.O.B. Hartsville, S. C., or Greenwood, Miss.
VARIETY
Less Than
Ton Lots
One Ton
Lots
Car Lots
15 Tons
(South Carolina Seeds)
Per Bus.
Per Bus.
Per Bus.
“HUMCO’’ Carolina-Foster
.$4.50
$4.25
$3.75
Pedigreed Webber Elite
2.25
2.00
1.75
“HUMCO” Webber Elite — 8
4.50
4.25
• • • •
“HUMCO” Carolina-Webber
4.00
3.75
. . • •
Pedigreed Webber 49 (Special)
2.00
1.75
1.50
“HUMCO” Carolina-Express
3.50
3.25
• • • •
Watson’s Wilt Resistant (L-Staple)
3.00
2.75
....
Pedigreed Cleveland Big Boll-1
2.25
2.00
1.75
“HUMCO” Cleveland Big Boll-20
3.50
3.25
3.00
Dixie-Triumph (Wilt Resistant)
2.50
2.25
2.00
(Mississippi Seeds)
“HUMCO” Webber 49-32
4.00
3.75
• • • •
Pedigreed Webber Elite -
2.25
2.00
1.75
“HUMCO” Improved Delfos
3.00
2.75
2.50
Pedigreed Express-26
2.00
1.75
1.50
Pedigreed Webber 49 (Special) 1.75 1.50
All Prices Subject to Change Without Notice
1.25
Above Varieties Recommended for Boll-Weevil Conditions
Humphrey-Coker Seed Go.
Operating Seed Breeding and Growing Farms
HARTSVILLE, S. C. GREENWOOD, MISS.
S. PRESSLY COKER, Manager
SPECIAL OFFER
20% off on all “HUM33’’ strains long staple cotton seed
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SPRING SEEDS
Our Pedigreed Cotton Seed
“HUMCO” Pedigreed CAROLINA-FOSTER
(Long Staple)
The
“Ideal” Type
Cotton
For
Boll- Weevil
Conditions
Staple, 1 3-16"
Per cent, lint, 34.6
Bolls per lb. Seed
Cotton, 80
TYPICAL PLANTS, CAROLINA-FOSTER
Special Points of Excellence
1. Its extremely LIGHT FOLIAGE admits the sunshine.
2. Its SMALL, FRUITIXG-BRAXCH TYPE adapts it for rich, heavy lands.
3. Its EARLY, RAPID FRHITIXG tends to get ahead of the Weevils.
4. Its HIGH LIXT PERCEXTAGE and HEAVY PRODLXTIOX makes it a
leader among staple cotton varieties.
The Thin Foliage
of our
CAROLINA-
FOSTER
Operates Against
the Boll Weevil
PICTURE SHOWING THIN FOLIAGE TYPE
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ONE
BALE
PER
ACRE
CAROLINA-
FOSTER
1923
FOSTER COTTON-
Foster Cotton traces back in its ancestry to a CROSS between Sunflower and Triumph cottons
made by Mr. D. A. Saunders at Greenville, Texas, about 1904. Selections from this cross were
later grown and selected by the Mississippi Experiment Station and from them we obtained a small
amount of Foster 120-6102 seed in 1919 from which our CAROLINA-FOSTER was developed.
Our first strain of Carolina-Foster is the increase from three
high-yielding selections made in 1920. These three selections were
increased separately in 1921, but proving to be identical in all of
their characters and highly valuable under boll weevil conditions,
they were thrown together for rapid increase.
TYPE NOT ABSOLUTELY FIXED
Like all hybrid cottons, the type of this variety is not entirely
uniform and occasionly there will be found a stalk of Broad Leaf
or OFFTYPE cotton.
A TESTIMONIAL FROM HARTSYILLE FARMERS
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN;
We, the undersigned, grew CAROLINA-FOSTER Cotton for the
Eumphrey-Colcer Seed Company the past season, 1923, and were very
much pleased with the crop obtained.
It is a very early, quick fruiting variety of the fruiting
branch type with very light foliage and a medium sized boll. Our
crops of this variety made exceptionally high yields of Seed Cotton
and gave an excellent turn-out at the gin for staple cotton, 1500
pounds of seed cotton giving 500 pounds of lint and more from dry
cotton with a staple of 1 3/16 inches.
The light foliage of this ootton we consider of special
advantage in helping to control the Boll Weevil and its type of
growth recommends it highly for growing under Boll-Weevil conditions-
The fact that it does not grow as large as some varieties and has
light foliage makes it suitable for planting on rich or stiff lands
where other varieties would not do.
We do not hesitate to recommend it as a very productive and
desirable variety of staple ootton for growing under Boll Weevil
conditions.
Test Plot Results Prove Its
Value
Yield Lint Cotton Per Acre
1922 1923
Carolina-Foster 459 lbs. 488 lbs.
Deltatype Webber 368 lbs. 381 lbs.
Express 394 lbs. 369 lbs.
Cleveland Big Boll 504 lbs. 468 lbs,
Our supply of these Seeds
is small — Order Early.
Signed;
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Pedigreed Webber “Elite” Cotton (Long Staple)
This cotton is onr selection of Deltatype Webber. It has no
superior as an upland staple cotton in boll size, staple length and
qualit}*. and it has proven its abilit}* to produce excellent crops
under heaver weevil infestation.
This cotton was bred for a FRUITING BRANCH TYPE
and it has ver3^ few vegetative branches, making its foliage much
lighter and its adaptabilit}* to boll weevil conditions much better.
Wherever tried this cotton has Avon an enA'iable reputation. Its
EARLINESS, its OPEN FRUITING BRANCH TYPE, its
LARGE BOLL (AA’ith thick boll rind) and its EXCELLENT
STAPLE (length and qualitA^ recommend it as a most desirable
cotton for eA'crc’ Southern farm. We offer this A*arietA’ groAAm
in South Carolina or Mississippi, as desired.
Staple 1 5/16 to 1 3/8 inches; Per Cent. Lint, 33; Bolls Per
Pound Seed Cotton, 65; Staple VerA’ Strong — Spinning QualitA-
VerA' Good.
Elite -8
Actual Average
Boll Size
59 Bolls
per pound
Seed Cotton
“HUMCO” WEBBER ELITE— 8
CHARACTERS—
Staple, 1 5/16 to 1 3/8 Full.
‘‘HUMCO” Pedigreed
WEBBER ELITE-8
This cotton is descended from our
Elite Cotton and traces back to the
highest 3'ielding selection in our 1920
Breeding Plot.
It is superior to its parent strain in
boll size and shape, percentage of lint,
length of staple and productiA^eness.
For the past four 3-ears it has m.ade
an aA-erage of 76 pounds of seed cot-
ton per acre more than the parent
strain. It opens more fluff3- and its
blooming and picking record proA'e it
to be earlier.
Staple Strength and Drag Excellent.
Per Cent. Lint, 34.
Bolls Per Pound of Seed Cotton, 59 Average.
Bolls, Roundish (OVATE).
This cotton fruits A-er3- rapidh- and
AA-e highh' recommend it for weeA'il
conditions. Its staple commands the
highest prices.
See price list for prices on these Seed. A very limited quantity for sale this season
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“HUMCO” Pedigreed
CAROLINA- WEBBER
(Long Staple)
CAROLINA-WEBBER is a selec-
tion from Webber 49 that has given
remarkably good results for the past
four years. It came from our 1920
Breeding Plot where it made a very
excellent showing, leading all rows in
earliness, type and rapidity of fruit-
ing. It will give 1 5/16 inch staple
and is turning out per cent, lint
at our gin this season (including bag-
ging and ties).
This cotton in comparison with
other strains of Webber 49 is making
a very fine showing. It is small in
type, a rapid, early fruiter and highly
adaptable under boll weevil condi-
tions.
Those who like Webber 49 will be
more than pleased with our CARO-
LINA-WEBBER cotton.
SUPPLY OF SEED VERY
LIMITED
SEE PRICE LIST FOR PRICES
“HUMCO” CAROLINA-WEBBER
Staple 1 1/4 to 1 5/16 inches Full; Lint, 34^ Per Cent.
Bolls, Per Pound Seed Cotton, 65.
Pedigreed Webber 49 (Special)
(STAPLE 1 1/4 to 1 5/16 INCHES)
For many years Webber 49 Cotton has been a favorite among staple cotton growers from South
Carolina to Texas. It combines in its make-up the qualities of EARLINESS, OPEN TYPE, RA-
PIDITY OF FRUITING, BOLL SIZE, STAPLE QUALITY AND PRODUCTIVENESS which
appeal to the best farmers. Sixty-five Bolls of this variety will make a pound of seed cotton, and it
carries a staple of 1 1/4 to 1 5/16 inches of fine quality.
The bolls of this variety open wide. It is easy to pick and it should be picked promptly to secure
the very best grades. No strain of Webber 49 Cotton is more largely planted than our Pedigreed
Webber 49 Special under boll weevil conditions.
We offer seed of this variety grown in South Carolina or Mississippi, as desired.
Express Cotton
Express Cotton is one of the new varieties, bred, named and established by the United States
Department of Agriculture. To Dr. D. N. Shoemaker, of the Bureau of Plant Industry, is due
the credit for this variety.
The EXTREME EARLINESS of this cotton is its most distinctive characteristic. It is espe-
cially adapted to planting on the overflow lands in the Mississippi Delta where plantings must be
made late in the Spring. For South Carolina conditions we have not found Express to be as
profitable as the other varieties we offer.
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“HUMCO” Pedigreed
CAROLINA-EXPRESS
(Long Staple)
This is our first strain of Ex-
press Cotton bred and developed
under our organization. It is de-
scended from Express 26, seed of
which we obtained from the Geor-
gia State Board of Entomology.
This strain of Express is much su-
perior to its parent strain, being
earlier, with larger boll, full 1 3/16
inch staple and more productive.
This strain led all other strains of
Express in our variety test this
year, making 75 pounds of seed
cotton per acre more than the best
and 261 pounds more than the
poorest strain tested.
IN TYPE it is small growing and does
not have the objectionable feature of grow-
ing too tall and switchy as some other
strains. It takes 73 bolls of CAROLINA
EXPRESS to make a pound of seed cot-
ton, seven bolls better than its parent strain.
1,600 pounds of seed cotton gives 500-pound
lint bale. X'o Express better in lint per-
centage. CAROLINA-EXPRESS
Watson’s Wilt Resistant Long Staple
AT LAST, A WILT RESISTANT LONG STAPLE. There has long been a demand for
such a cotton but no variety in the past has successful!}' met this demand. This new variety was
bred and developed by Mr. L. O. Watson, Florence. S. C.. after a number of years of careful
breeding on thoroughly and uniformly infested Wilt Land. This cotton was developed from a
highly resistant strain of one of the best known wilt resistant cottons and has proved decidedly
superior to the parent strain in every respect.
Plants of this cotton are medium sized, open growing with large roundish bolls. It produces 1 3/16 inch staple un-
der good conditions, and about 1,4/5 pounds of seed cotton will give 500 pounds of lint.
This cotton has proved highly satisfactory as an early long staple variety and is very productive on all types of soil.
The grower who has wilt lands and wishes to plant staple cotton will find this variety very valuable.
SEE INCLOSED PRICE LIST FOR PRICES
DIXIE-TRIUMPH (Wilt Resistant)
(Short Staple)
The Department of Agriculture and Southern Ex-
periment Stations have thoroughly tested the DIXIE
TRIUAIPH with such remarkably good results that
it is now recommended as THE EARLIEST AND
BEST wilt resistant cotton.
In the breeding of this variety special attention
was given toward the production of a type of plant
resistant to wilt and best adapted to boll weevil con-
ditions, and this cotton meets this double standard
to a high degree.
Plants are medium sized, open growing. Bolls large — open
wide and fluffy. 1,285 to 1,300 pounds of seed cotton will give
500 pounds of lint. Staple, 1 inch full.
The seed we offer are from the latest strain and are the best
to be had.
SEE INCLOSED PRICE LIST FOR PRICES
NOTICE
Don't plant Wilt Resistant Varieties of Cotton on
lands heavily infested with Root-knot and expect all the
plants to live. Plant such land to crops not affected by
Root-knot for at least three years.
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Pedigreed Cleveland
Big Boll-1
(Short Sta'ple — 1 Inch)
Cleveland Big Boll needs no intro-
duction to Southern farmers. It is
planted on the majority of our farms.
It is recognized as the BEST SHORT
STAPLE variety. It is recommended
as the one best short staple cotton
to plant under boll weevil conditions
on land free from cotton wilt.
Our pedigreed Cleveland Strain-1,
for EARLINESS, LARGE BOLL
TYPE and PRODUCTION is a
leader among short staple varieties.
Staple, 7/8 to 1 inch. Lint, 38 per cent.
In every test our seed of this variety
has proven its high value. In our test
plots at Schlater, Mississippi, it is
one of the leaders in earlj' yield.
Our seed of this variety all South
Carolina grown.
ALWAYS A BIG DEMAND FOR
THIS COTTON— ORDER EARLY
—SEE PRICE LIST
“HUMCO” CLEVELAND BIG BOLL— 20
“HUMCO” Pedigreed CLEVELAND BIG BOLL-20
Our New Cleveland Cotton a Prize Winner
It is very early, has open type, turns out forty per cent, lint with 1-inch staple, and 65 bolls
make a pound of seed cotton.
For the past four years this new strain of Cleveland has produced more than any other strain
of Cleveland we have tested. Its record shows a
pounds of seed cotton per acre for the past fou
increased yield over the parent strain of 100
years. With cotton selling at 25 to 27 cents
per pound, this
increase in yield
means at least
$10 per acre more
from this cotton.
Figure a little and
see the \^alue of
this cotton plant-
ed on your farm
another year.
This is our first
year to offer
these seed and
our supply is
small. Order early
and get, at least,
enough for a seed
patch next year.
“HUMCO” CLEVELAND BIG BOLL— 20
Price on this
very low for its
value — See price
list.
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Seed Corn
“HUMCO” Pedigreed
MARLBORO PROLIFIC-21
(Two-Eared Variety)
Marlboro Prolific is a white corn
with a white cob. It produces two
large ears to the stalk and in our corn
tests has alwa3''s been a leader. Tak-
ing into consideration its yield, its
qualit}^, and its resistance to weevil
attack, we consider MARLBORO
PROLIFIC the BEST WHITE
CORN we have tested.
Our MARLBORO PROLIFIC-21
is a new strain of this variet}^ devel-
oped from our 1921 Ear-to-Row test.
We are offering it for the first time
this year.
This corn, in our 1921 Test Plot,
made ten bushels per acre more than
any other selections, and in our 1922
Variety test led the parent strain b}"
seven bushels per acre, making a yield
of 89.9 bushels, which was 3.2 bushels
higher than any other variety.
Its weevil resistance is the best of
any Prolific Corn. The shuck cover-
ing at the tip end of the ears fits
tight and prevents much weevil injury.
Price: Bushel, $4.00; 10 bushels,
$3.75 per bushel.
CORN ‘‘EAR-TO-ROW’’ TEST
We carefully test and study hundreds of ears of corn
to find the Best Producers. The best we
increase for sale.
Improved Fulcrop White
This is a single ear variety, producing large white ears with a white cob. In shelling it gives
87 per cent. corn.
This variety has been a high jfielder in our tests and is verj^ resistant to weevil attack. We of-
fer field selected seed of this varietj^ for the present. We expect to offer Pedigreed Strains later.
No better single ear, white corn, and none more resistant to weevil injury.
Price: One bushel, $3.75; 10 bushels at $3.50 per bushel.
Improved Golden Dent
(FOR EARLY CROP OR LATE PLANTINGS)
We know of no EARLY, QUICK MATURING variety of corn the equal of Golden Dent. In
yield and qualit}^ it is a leader. It makes large ears of fine quality.
We handle the best SELECTED SEED of this variety to be had at present. We wall offer
Pedigreed Strains later.
Price: Bushel, $4.00; 10 bushels, $3.75 per bushel.
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GENERAL SPRING SEEDS
SPRING OATS. If you expect to plant oats in the Spring, January or February, do not plant
Burt or 90-Day Oats. They will not pay. Plant Fulghum or Red Appier Oats. Numerous tests
prove the accuracy of this advice. Fulghum or Red Appier Oats will out-yield Burt Oats 50
per cent, if planted as late as the 25th of FebruaT /.
MAMMOTH YELLOW SOY OR SOJA BEANS. The Soja Bean is one of the valuable legumi-
nous crops for Southern conditions. It is used largely as a hay crop and is especially valuable as
a grazing crop for hogs. As a hay crop it compares with alfalfa hay in feeding value.
The Mammoth Yellow variety is the best variety for the South, making largest yields of grain
and forage. It should have a place on every Southern farm. Ask for Our Prices.
VELVET BEANS. We believe the Velvet Bean is the most valuable soil-building legume for
the South. It will make more growth on poor land than any other legume we know of. Planted
with corn, it will make a heavy yield of seed and these can either be gathered or left for the hogs
and cattle to graze after the corn is gathered. Their heavy growth, their ability to stand adverse
conditions and bad weather without injury makes them very valuable. Our Advice: Plant with corn
and harvest when mature with hogs and cattle. The 100-Day Early Speckled and the Osceola
varieties are considered best. These varieties will mature their crop before cold weather. They
have been selected for their adaptability to Southern conditions. Write for Prices.
PEARL OR CAT-TAIL MILLET. The best millet for use as a green feed for cattle and
other stock. You can cut and it will come again. Valuable as a hay crop when sown broadcast.
Plant in Spring after weather is warm. In drills three inches apart at rate of ten pounds per
acre. Broadcast for hay at rate of forty pounds per acre. Write for Prices.
SUDAN GRASS. A very valuable grass for hay and forage purposes. Resembles Johnson
Grass but does not have the objection of spreading from the roots. It is recommended specially
as a drought-resisting plant and has made yields of four tons of hay per acre. It makes a good
crop to plant with peas, furnishing them an upright plant to grow on. Buy reliable seed, free
from Johnson Grass. Ours best grade, certified stock. Plant in drills eighteen inches to two
feet apart, about five pounds per acre. Broadcast twenty to twenty-five pounds per acre. Ask for
Prices.
LESPEDEZA (Japan Clover). It grows naturally on many roadsides and farms in the South.
It should have a distinct place on every farm. On wornout lands, where other crops fail, it will
grow and furnish nutritious, permanent pasturage. It is splendid in lawn mixtures for the Coastal
Plain sections of the South. It will reseed itself and thicken rapidly. Sow in March or April,
about twent}^ pounds per acre. Ask for Prices.
CARPET GRASS. The U. S. Department of Agriculture considers this the most valuable
pasture grass for damp lands throughout the South. It is a vigorous grower on such lands and
will soon make a very excellent, nutritious pasture. It is taking the day where tried out. Seed
are very scarce and hard to get. Sow in March and April, about ten pounds per acre, with five
pounds of Lespedeza seed. Ask for Prices.
BERMUDA GRASS is as valuable to the South for grazing as Kentucky Blue Grass is to the
North. It make a vigorous and persistent growth in every part of the South, lasts for years,
stands a long, hot summer without injury, grows well in any soil that is not too wet, bears heavy
grazing and trampling with little injury, recovers quickly when grazed down, and as a grazing
and fattening grass has few equals.
For lawns, golf courses and athletic grounds, it makes a tough even turf without clumps, and
recovers quickly after cutting. To have an all-the-3^ear green it should be grown mixed with Per-
ennial Rye Grass, as Bermuda turns brown after frost. Ask for Prices.
PRICE ON GENERAL SEED. At the time this catalogue is published we cannot quote
prices on our general seed, as our stocks are not yet in. We handle only the highest qualit}^
stuff, and while our prices will be higher than some others, they will be right for the quality we
sell. Highest quality is worth more. Poor quality costs more than it sells for. Write for Prices
in Season.
FOR OUR GUARANTEE ON GENERAL SEEDS, SEE PAGE 10
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THE FOLLOWING PAGES,
1 9 thru 23,
DESCRIBE
Our Mississippi WorJ^ and
Our Mississippi Seeds
GINNING AND HEADING OUR PEDIGREED SEEDS IN MISSISSIPPI
Better Seeds
Bred, Grown, Properly Handled and Adapted
under Mississippi conditions
The Aim and Purpose of Our Organization
at Greenwood, Mississippi
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We Breed and Grow Pedigreed Seeds in Mississippi
PLANT-TO-ROW TEST AT SCHLATER, MISS. A CAREFUL STUDY NECESSARY TO DETERMINE THE BEST ROWS
AT SCHLATER, MISSISSIPPI
Four years ago we started the BREEDING and GROWING of Pedigreed Seeds in Mississippi.
We started with the very finest pedigreed selections from South Carolina with the idea of pro-
ducing and growing strains of seeds better suited to Mississippi conditions.
Our BREEDING WORK there now embraces six varieties of cotton, one variety of corn, two
varieties of oats, and one variety of rye. We are testing hundreds of plants each year trying to
find higher producing, more desirable selections. We now have several new selections of cotton
that are making fine records, and we offer one of these for sale this season.
Until such time as we are in position to offer all of our seed BRED IN MISSISSIPPI, we are
offering the finest Pedigreed Seed from our South Carolina stocks, which have been GROWN
and HANDLED under our personal supervision at SCHLATER, MISS. Our seed crops are
properly inspected in every way to insure purity before harvesting and after harvest they are
properly housed, handled, ginned, cleaned, stored and tested to insure purity and vitality. This
makes possible the GUARANTEE, which goes with every seed we sell, of SATISFACTION OR
YOUR MONEY BACK.
We take great pride in the CLEANING OF OUR SEEDS and we have the very best machines
obtainable to properly grade and clean all the seed we sell. This fact alone insures big crop re-
turns.
The HANDLING OF SEED to insure Purity and Vitality is a matter of extreme importance.
We have men in our organization who have had more actual experience in handling, storing and
testing Pedigreed Seeds than have the men in any other like organization in the South. This in-
sures the farmer the very best protection against low quality seed.
THE MANAGEMENT OF OUR WORK
The management of our Mississippi work is under the direct supervision of Mr. J. Blanding
Dick, who is stationed at Schlater, Miss. He is a college-trained man, a plant breeder by actual
study, training and experience through a number of years. He fully appreciates the value of the
greatest care, accuracy and cleanliness in the production of Pedigreed Seeds. At such times and
as often as necessary our Head Plant Breeder and General Manager, Mr. S. Pressly Coker, works
and advises with him on matters of greatest importance. Nothing is left undone that would add to
the quality of our breeding and growing work. We invite a thorough inspection by all as to our
men, our equipment, and our methods. COME TO SEE US.
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The Value of Acclimated Seed
The SUPERIORITY OF SEED grown and bred in Mississippi, for planting in Mississippi, over
seed brought in from other sections is a fact attested by all the best agricultural authorities. Seed
that are acclimated, when they are of proper quality, will give better results than seed brought
in from other parts of the country. In support of this argument, we refer you to the article below
by the Mississippi State Commissioner of Agriculture and to the Experiment Stations or the U. S.
Department of Agriculture. The seed we are now offering have already become acclimated to
Mississippi conditions and will give you better returns than seed shipped in from other States.
Mississippi Cotton Growers Advised to Buy
Mississippi Seed
Commissioner of Agriculture Warns Against Peril of
Importing
Starkville, Aliss., July 19. — According to the
permits on file in the office of the State Plant
Board, the farmers of Mississippi apparently
have broken all former records this Spring for
buying cottonseed for planting purposes from
other States. This year permits were issued
for the shipment of 102,112 bushels of planting
seed into Mississippi, or more than four times
the amount purchased outside the State in
1921. This amount covers planting seed only
and does not include seed for crushing or other
purposes.
Though Alississippi has a strict quarantine
against cottonseed from Texas, Oklahoma,
New Mexico and Western Louisiana, on ac-
count of the pink boll worm, there is always
the possibility of shipments coming from an
undiscovered infestation in an unquarantined
State. Because of this serious danger of bring-
ing in the pink boll worm or other pests from
other States, and also on account of the high
price of the imported seed and the high ex-
press and freight charges the Mississippi
buyers are paying, it will be a progressive
step, says P. P. Garner, Commissioner of Ag-
riculture and Chairman of the State Plant
i Board, if farmers will begin now to make
I preparations to save their own planting seed
for the crop of 1923.
Where a farmer is not satisfied with the cot-
ton that he is growing, he could make arrange-
ments with one of his neighbors or with some
other reliable Mississippi planter or cotton
breeder to supply his needs. It is a matter of
pride that Mississippi has within her borders
some of the outstanding leaders in cotton
breeding.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Aluch of the Planting Seed offered for sale by seedsmen in Mississippi has not been
cleaned or tested, and is not handled in a way to insure Purity and proper Vitality.
Our seed are Cleaned Properly, Tested for Germination, Handled to insure Purity and
Vitahty, and they are GUARANTEED RIGHT.
If you will inspect our work at Schlater, Miss., and see the extreme care we take to
produce and sell the finest seed in Alississippi, you will buy our seed.
WE INVITE INSPECTION
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OUR OFFERINGS
Mississippi Seeds
“HUMCO’’ Pedigreed WEBBER 49-32
Our First Strain of Seed Bred and Grown in Mississippi
“HUMCO” Webber 49-32 is a very superior strain of Webber 49 Cotton. The original selec-
tion made a yield of 1300 pounds of seed cotton per acre, under poor conditions, in 1920, with a
lint percentage of 33.6 and a staple of 1 5/16 Full to 1 3/8 inches; boll size, 65 to pound of seed
cotton.
It has held its record. This year it has led all other strains of Webber 49 in our variety test by
112 pounds of seed cotton per acre and shows 1 5/16 inch staple. It is a selection from Webber 49
strain 2, and carries a triuch stronger vitality than is found in other strains of 49 cotton.
Its STRONG VITALITY, PRODUCTIVENESS, STAPLE LENGTH, DESIRABLE TYPE
and its ADAPTABILITY to Mississippi conditions recommends it highly to growers of Staple
Cotton in Mississippi and Arkansas.
SEE PRICE LIST FOR PRICES. Supply limited. Get a few seed as a starter
Pedigreed Webber Elite
(STAPLE 1 5/16 to 1 3/8 INCHES)
This cotton is our selection of Deltatype Webber, which we have grown, selected and handled
under Mississippi conditions for the past two years. It has become acclimated and is proving'
highly valuable in the Delta country. It has no superior as an upland staple cotton in boll size,
staple length and quality and it has proven its ability to produce excellent crops under heavy weevil
infestation.
This cotton was bred for a FRUITING BRANCH TYPE and it has very few vegetative
branches, making its foliage much lighter and its adaptability to boll weevil conditions much bet-
ter. V/herever tried this cotton has won an enviable reputation. Its EARLINESS, its OPEN
FRUITING BRANCH TYPE, its LARGE BOLL (with thick boll rind) and its EXCELLENT
STAPLE (length and quality) recommend it as a most desirable cotton for every Southern farm.
We offer this variety grown in South Carolina or Mississippi, as desired. We strongly reeom-
mend our Mississippi seed for Mississippi farmers.
A FIELD— WEBBER ELITE— 1823
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HUMPHREY-COKER SEED CO.
GREENWOOD. MISSISSIPPI.
HIGHEST QUALITY SEEDS
Improved Delfos
DELF05 COTTON is taking the
day in Mississippi and a glance at the
results of our variet}' test on the right
will explain the reason for it. It
makes a big meld and has a ver^' de-
sirable n*pe.
Our seed of this varkty came from
the Delta Experiment Station in 1921.
We received a small quantin' of the
seed, planted these and carefully
rogued the held, before picking, elim-
inating all OFF TYPE plants. This
has been done each 3-ear since and our
seed show considerabh' more uniform-
ity- than other Delfos being ohered for
sale.
In addition to this, our seed have
been carefully- recleaned and tested,
which insures much higher quality
than can be obtained vrhere such work
is not done.
M'e have very- promising new
strains of this cotton to oher soon, if
they- hold their present records.
Ljg_-Og
OUR V.Ar.IETY
DEcT.ATYPE
IN MISSlS5I = = I, 1S22
RE SUET Y-
Seed Cotton Per Acre
Improy-ed Delfos 1,680 lbs.
Deltaty-pe 1.240 lbs.
Webber 49-3 1.1 20 lbs.
Express 350 1.328 lbs.
SEE PRICE LIST FOR PRICES.
Many- tests in Mississippi are showing similar results.
EXPRESS 26
Bred by- the Georgia State Board of Etomology- and described as follows; “Open growing ty-pe.
light foliage, storm and disease resistant, medium sized bolls. 33 per cent. lint, staple full 1 3 16
inches and of good quality-.” We offer the purest seed of this strain, grown on o'cr Mississippi
farm.
This is a small grov-ing. y-ery- desirable ty-pe of Express Cotton.
This Cotton
is extremely
early and
adapted for
late planting
on overflow
lands.
PEDIGREED WEBBER 49 (Special)
(STAPLE 1 1 4 to 1 5 16 INCHES)
For m^any- y-ears ^Webber 49 Cotton has been a favorite among staple cotton growers from
South Carolina to i exas. It combines in its m ke-up the oual'ties of EARLINESS. OPEN
TYPE, RAPIDITY OF FRUITING, BOLL SIZE* STAPLE QUALITY AND PRODUC-
TIVENESS v.'hich appeals to the best farmers. Sixt5^-nve BoUs of this variety- will make a
pound 01 seed cotton, and it carries a staple of 1 1 - to 1 5 16 inches of hne quality-.
The bolls of this y-ariety- open wide. It is easy- to pick and should be picked promptly- to secure
the y-ery- best grades. No strain of AVebber 49 Cotton is more largely- planted than our AVebber
49 Special. Our Ivlississippi seed are strongly- recommended to Delta planters since they' are ac-
climated and are in ey-ery- other way- the equal of our South Carolina seeds.
See our price on these seed. ITever before hay-e seed of this quality- and breeding been offered
for such a low price.
HIGHEST QUALITY SEEDS
HUMPHREY-COKER SEED CO.
HARTSVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA
Importance and Value of Seed Cleaning
(See Chart on Page 7)
The results of carefully conducted tests show what GOOD CLEANING does to increase crop
yields and farm revenues.
Per Acre Yield Value
Good cleaning increases yield of oats 12 Bus. $12.00
Good cleaning increases yield of rye 9.4 Bus. 18.80
Good cleaning increases yield of LINT COTTON 32 Lbs. 8.00
(Value figured on present market prices.)
Carefully conducted tests by our Plant Breeders and by the Government Experiment Stations
prove the EXTREME IMPORTANCE OF SEED CLEANING as a means of INCREASING
CROP YIELDS,
This matter cannot be stressed too much. Every farmer should have a GOOD CLEANER on
his farm, and see to it that all of his seeds are cleaned before they go in the ground. Small, light,
inferior seeds lower crop yields much more than many imagine.
The Standard Seed Cleaner
We have tried several makes of SEED CLEANERS and for FARM USE, where simplicity,
ease of operation, durability and uniform, dependable work are so essential, we are convinced that
the STANDARD is the best machine to be had.
SPECIAL POINTS
OF EXCELLENCE
1. Special Hopper —
Designed by us to handle
cotton and all other field
seeds.
2. Automatic Vibrators —
These vibrators under each
screen operate to keep the
screens open and insure
uniform cleaning work.
3. Air Blast Control —
The turn of one valve regu-
lates the air current and
gives perfect control. There
are no doors to open and
close for air control.
4. Durability —
This machine is built very
substantially and designed
to stand hard, rough farm
usage.
PRICES F. O. B. HARTSVILLE, S. C.
Number 102 Machine, regular hopper (12 screens) $46.00
Number 110 Machine, regular hopper (12 screens) 56.00
Number 118 Machine, special hopper (12 screens) 60.00
Ask for literature and information on large power machines.
WE HAVE THE SOUTHERN AGENCY FOR THESE MACHINES AND WE
ARE READY TO SERVE YOU PROMPTLY
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HIGHEST QUALITY SEEDS
HUMPHREY-COKER SEED CO.
HARTSVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA
Our Customers Praise the Standard Cleaner
The Edgecombe Seed Breeders’ Association, inc.
Breeders and Growers of Pure Bred Seed
Mr-. Presley Coker,
EartsYille, S. C.
Tarboro, N C.. March 29, 1923
Dear Sir;
I had the pleasure of seeing the seed cleaner you shipped Mr.
Gr. C. Philips at work on cotton seed the other day. I am very much pleased
with the machine and the work it was doing. We are using three Clippers
that we have had some time. Your machine seems to give a lighter draft, is
more suhstanctially "built, and the feed roll is quite superior to the
Clipper. Mr. Philips is very well pleased with the machine.
Yours very truly.
Registered in the United
States Dec. 6 th, 1898,
26 YEARS AGO.
Awarded Gold Medal
Worlds Fair —
St. Louis — 1904.
20 YEARS AGO.
THE ORIGINAL SOIL INOCULATOR
Alfalfa, clovers, soybeans, vetches, peas, beans, cov\^peas, peanuts and other legumes should al-
ways be inoculated with Nitragin. The lack of necessary bacteria in the soil is often the cause
of a poor legume crop — a weak start — or a total failure.
Inoculated Soybeans
Be sure and name
crop to be inoculated.
BENEFITS OF INOCULATION
First — Inoculated legumes take nitrogen from the air to supply the
plant, resulting in faster growth, earlier maturity and larger crops.
Second — Inoculated legumes take up more nitrogen than the plant
itself requires, the surplus remaining to the benefit of future crops.
Third — Inoculated legumes develop larger root systems than
when not inoculated and therefore reach the immense stores of
potash and phosphorus in the sub-soil, bringing them up to supply
the plant. When the roots and stubble decay these elements are
also returned to the soil in a form available
for future crops.
Fourth — Inoculated legumes, by taking their
nitrogen from the air, save the soil. When
not inoculated they drain the soil of its
nitrogen just the same as wheat or timothy
or other leguminous plants.
Summary — Inoculation hastens maturity,
increases the crop, improves its quality, en-
riches the soil and saves fertilizer bills.
PRICES FOR FIELD NITRAGIN
y4-bu size inoculates 15 lbs seed $ .40
Vk-bu size inoculates 30 lbs seed .60
1 -bu size inoculates 60 lbs seed 1.00
5 -bu size inoculates 5 bu seed 4.75
EVERY GARDEN NEEDS NITRAGIN
Garden size is for Peas, Sweet Peas
and Beans, only including Lima (3 in
one). Price 20c.
BUSHEL basis — not acre
sizes. The one bushel size
will inoculate one bushel
of any legume seed, price
$1.00, other sizes in pro-
portion. Sold in tins —
not glass — packed in a
rich soil-like medium.
We carry
a Fresh
Supply of
Nitragin
in stock
and can fill
your
require-
ments
promptly
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HIGHEST QUALITY SEEDS
HUMPHREY-COKER SEED CO.
HARTSViLLE. SOUTH CAROLINA
Insecticides and Spray Materials
BORDEAUX MIXTURE
This mixture not only prevents blight, scab,
rust, mildew, black-rot, and other fungus dis-
eases of plants and fruits, but improves the
quality and largely increases the yield. It
should be used on all vine crops, grapes, cu-
cumbers, melons, tomatoes, etc. Potatoes es-
pecially respond generously to thorough spray-
ing. Price: 1 lb., 40c; 5 lbs., 35c; 25 lbs.,
$6.50.
ATOMIC SULPHUR—
The complete fungicide for the growing
period spraying of all fruit trees. Effective,
safe, always uniform. To control scab and
brown rot, use at rate of three to four pounds
to fifty gallons of water. Price: 1 lb., 25c;
10 lbs., 20c; 100 lbs., 16c.
ARSENATE OF LEAD—
For Leaf-eating Insects — Sticks to the leaf
better than Paris Green and remains longer in
suspension; requires fewer applications; does
not burn the leaf, thus allowing stronger solu-
tions. White in color, and shows just where
it has been applied. These advantages make it
preferable to Paris Green for destroying leaf-
eating insects. Use one pound to fifty gallons
of water for general spraying. Price: 1 lb.,
40c; 10 lbs., 35c.
B. T. S. or BARIUM SULPHUR—
For San Jose Scale — Dry insecticide and fun-
gicide for spraying fruit trees. As effective as
Lime-Sulphur Solution, more economical and
more convenient. As a dormant spray, use 12
to 14 pounds to fifty gallons of water. For
growing period, spray ll4 to 2 pounds to fifty
gallons of water. Price: 1 lb., 25c; 10 lbs., 20c;
100 lbs., 15c.
BLACK LEAF 40—
For Sucking Insects — Kills plant lice on
roses, shrubbery, fruits and vegetables. A con-
centrated solution of nicotine sulphate, guaran-
teed to contain not less than forty per cent,
nicotine. A solution in the proportion of a
teaspoonful to a gallon of water, to which add
four pounds of soap to each one hundred gal-
lons of solution, will kill the garden pea louse
and not injure the vine. Price: 1 oz. bottle,
35c.
FISH OIL SOAP—
Sometimes Called Whale Oil Soap — Effect-
ually destroys the mealy-bug and nearly all lice
on indoor plants and scale on palms. Recom-
mended for San Jose Scale and insects that in-
fest the bark of trees. It has been used with
good results against the pea louse. Price:
1 lb., 25c; 5 lbs., $1.00.
Spray Pumps
We handle the E. C. Brown Company’s line of Spray Pumps. We carry in stock Compressed
Air Sprayers, Bucket Spray Pumps, Continuous Knapsack Sprayers, Barrel Sprayers, and Hand
Sprayers. We can furnish these in different sizes. There is no better line of Sprayer Pumps
to be had.
In addition to Spray Pumps we handle the Feeny Hand Dust Gun for use in applying Arsenate
of Lead to control tobacco worms and Calcium Arsenate Dust for controlling the boll weevils.
When you need a good Spray Pump or Dust Gun, write us. We will send you complete infor-
mation about any pump or gun you may desire and we are prepared to serve you promptly and at
the right price.
Garden Seeds
We are not breeding and selecting garden seeds, but we are offering the very best garden seeds
we can buy to our customers. We exercise extreme care in buying our garden seeds from the
very best sources. Every lot of seed we buy and sell is carefully tested in our laboratory to in-
sure high germination quality, and those who buy from us will get as good quality garden seeds
as can be had from any source.
We do not handle all the varieties, but we try to handle the best of each kind and those best
suited to Southern conditions.
We are giving no descriptions of these seeds, we are simply listing what we sell and will be glad
to fill orders for our customers. When you give us an order for field seeds, why not let us fill
your garden seed requirements also?
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HIGHEST QUALITY SEEDS
HUMPHREY-COKER SEED CO.
HARTSVILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA
LIST OF GARDEN SEEDS WE OFFER
BZAV
BUSH— H.= £EN =(
Black F YentA- lb.,
BtinnEd-^’ lb..
B— t-eeY Stmnn^ess lb-
.lb.
DBS
.35
.35
.35
3=^
Ref-ne-e — '.QQQ to "i
...lb..
.55
W.4A
= 0ES
Imp-'oned Golden Wax .
...lb..
.35
Ref-nnes itrtnmess Y* ax.
...lb..
.35
S— e Crrt Win
...lb..
.35
B'.'SH
LIV4S
B — 'ee’= B-A
...lb..
.35
lienderstn's Bnsb Lima .
...lb..
-30
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BEANS
.30
.30
.iB.. .30
.lb., .35
.10
.10
.10
K£r:~ck7 Wonder (Old ilome-
=iead ' -
Lnzr rfe - j
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Oo^eld
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Cnrrallns. rr Seiree
BEET S—
Crirrsrn Gloiie oz., S
Derrrir Dnrk Red oz.,
E'drrnnds jtnrl-r BloBd
Red ' 9Z..
C-ABBAGE—
Ciar'esroa ^^''dkrdeid
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Enrlj F'ar Ehiicb
Lnrne Lnre Dminre=d
Larne E-are ±_ar Ihneb
CA^OT—
Cbanrenaj' oz., S
DanTer- Half L-rnn oz.,
L-onn Oranne oz.,
CAUTIFLOV.-ER—
Earl- nnowbsll Beer
CELERY—
Golden EEf Blancrdnn
COLLARDr —
Georgia or nontbem
Car rage Collar d= oz..
5YG-AR CORY—
Black Mexican lb., S .15
Comrrrj GenEerran lb., .15
^Iden B^ram lb., .15
r-xoTsrells Energresn lb., .15
Ada— = Earlx lb., .15
1 mckers Ea— oEre lb.. .15
FIELD CORY—
Golden Denr lb.. 3 .10
ri'e Denr ..lb.. .11
PO? CORY—
Yldre Rice lb.. 3 .15
CUCOIEER—
Gherkin or Bnrr oz.. 3
Eonn Green 1— pro-ed. oe.
Danis Perrecr oz..
EGGPLAYT-
Rrnnd Black or Black
5 lbs. ®
5 lbs. @
5 lbs. @
5 lbs. S
5 lbs. ®
5 lbs- 1
5 lbs. a
5 lbs a
5 lbs 3
5 lbs a
5 lbs 3
5 lbs ®
5 lbs. 1
ribs a
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.25
.25
.30
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.30
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.30
.30
lb-, 31.00
lb., 1.00
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ilb., 3 .65
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ilb., .65
.10 ilb.,3
.25 ib- 3 .50
.10 ilb-.
.25 lb.; .50
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...i'CZ, 5 .440
DE. 3 .30
i lb- 31.00
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ilb.,3 -30
ilb., .30
10 lbs a 3
liilbs S .
10 lbs S .
10 lbs ® .
10 lbs. S' .
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10 lbs 2 3
10 lbs. a
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lb..
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lb.. 3 .S5
lb.. .95
lb.. .55
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ilb- 3
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i lb-, 3
.10
CAEvTA-LOUPE—
Rocknford Exira SYecr oe, S .10
RBckndord *'*MLY.lCa'-' PeUgreed. r-E'. .15
YEATERMELOY—
Bradford
Inrsb Gran
Afecklen im-eer
I rnr Wars on
FLU 5 tarty—
Gianr Srnrnem Cmr-led, oz., 3 .10
OSRA—
E-rng Green Pod oe. 3 .10
Dnrarf Green Pod "■'HUMCO^-'
Selecr oe, .10
Erng Y nire VYner rz., .10
OYYOYS—
Prizeraker oe, S .20
\ejloi-«- Globe Danners 'Oe. .20
Y r£re oe, .20
PARSLEY-
Cnamnion Floss Cmled. oz.. 3 .10
PArRSYYP—
Blooirsdale oe, 3
PEAS—
^asia or xErliesr of All. .. .lb., 3 .15
I nomas Lax-on lb., .25
Cbampion of England lb., .25
Larne \\~hire Marrowdar ib., .25
PEPPER—
Bnll Y Dse or j^arge BeE ©z., 3 .35
Gianr Rnbn rUng oe, .35
Epnn Canenne oz., .35
PimentiO oe. .35
PLWPYIY— _
C o>nnerri'Cnr Field de, 3 .10
RATDISH—
Cimrson Gianr -oe , 3
^rln Scarlet Gloibe oe,
E rencb Brealmasr oe.
Long Y rite Icicle oz..
Celestial Cbinese de.
RAPE—
Lhnarf E.ssex lb- 3 .15
S--y2SIEY OR OYSTER PL-AYT-
Sandnricb Island tE. 3 .20
SPIYACH—
Bloomsdale oe. 3 .05
Yerr Zealand de. .10
SOUASH—
Earln Wbixe Bnsb oe, 3 .I'O
Giant Fnmnrer Croo'k
Yeck OZ- .10
SYYELOFYER —
Earge Rns.sian
TOFYATOES—
Bonnn Best oe. 3
Earliana dz—
Stone oz..
Acme OE.
Ponder osa de,
Yomon Wnp Resistant Best de,
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TLAiYI? —
Aberdeen Fellomr Td., 3 .4;
ConTnom ._. ._. lb.,
Larne Pnrtle 2 op '•Y b i t e
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Earln Y nite Flat Dntcb lb..
Golden Ball lb..
Rutabaga lb.,
Senen Top lb.,
Eontnem Prize lb..
lb-,
ib-.
1.00
lb-,
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5 Id.,
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5 lbs. 1
5 lbs S
5 lbs- S
5 lbs. S
ilb.,
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S .65
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32.00
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3 .75
3 .30
3 .20
.20
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1.20
1.20
1.20
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.10
.10
.10
.10
.10
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3 .30
.30
.30
.30
.30
10 lbs. S 3 .10
ilb- 3 .60
ilb., 3 .15
ilb., .30
i lb., 3 .35
ilb- .35
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lb.,
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lb.,
lb..
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.45
.45
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5 ibs S
5 lbs. 3
5 lbs 3
5 lbs. 3
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lbs.
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1.00
31.20
1.20
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1.20
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FLOWER SEEDS AND BULBS
inese are nern
-nd Smeet Peas
Y'e Esc tel Dm- onr cnerings ©f Pali Bnlbs
do not nani:dle nam-er seeds, excett Y
tnr do not ban die tbe colors setaratYn.
EY'ACIYTHS (Anx Coxtss' :
Dtnble l^Oc eacb; Tlcterdrzen
rinn'e lOceacb: -"5c per dtzen
i 1^1. i? S fDAsnrttr ;> :
F :ern Scarlet Red ."c eacb: 60c per dtzen
Damdn Ffixed 7cea cb: 60c ter 'dczen
YY^CISSUS^
Emtertr ' Single’.' I'Oc eacb; Tic ter dtzen
ine cnaEtn, sYected bnlbs and tbep -mill please j-t-m We
Y‘e bane excYDent stocks of these seeds in mixed colors.
Empress ' . Single 1 1 Oc eacb : 75c per d ozen
Grandid'Ora (Paper -srbtte) 7c eacb; 60c per dtzen
lOc eacb: 75c ter dtzen
PLERITY EREESIA 7c eacb: 50c ter dczen
SPEY'CER FilXED SYUIET PEAS..ce. 5 .20: Yb- 32.00
YASTLY^TITEFIS:
Ebrarf FILxed ce. 3 .10; lb- Sl-«>0
Tall Flixed de. .10: lb- 1.00
I'Oc eacb; 75c ter dtzen
HIGHEST QUALITY SEEDS
HUMPHREY-COKER SEED CO.
HARTSVILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA
Growing Cotton Under Boll Weevil Conditions
OUR METHOD AND RECOMMENDATIONS
So much is being written and said with reference to boll weevil control these days, and there is
such a divergence of opinion on the subject, that one tires of reading and hearing about it and many
people are being confused as to what method to follow.
It is not the intention of this article to go into the discussion of the relative values of the dif-
ferent methods of control now being advocated, but simply to state in short form the method we are
using on our farms with excellent results. This method, intelligently followed, will give paying
returns. We have our views on the different poisoning methods advocated. We are conducting
numerous tests to guide our views and we will be glad to give anyone the results of our tests and
our conclusions and opinion as regards the various methods advocated, if so requested.
The following is the system we follow and recommend to you:
INDIRECT CONTROL MEASURES
1. Earl}'^ Destruction of all Cotton Stalks.
Extremely important. If everybody would de-
stroy all stalks before frost, boll weevil trou-
bles for the following year would be practically
eliminated.
2. Thorough Clean-up of all places on the
farm where weevils might spend the Winter.
3. Thorough Breaking and Preparation of
Land to insure finest seed bed before planting.
4. Liberal Application of Fertilizer of such
analysis as to give early maturity of plants on
your type soil. Apply before planting. On
light sandy soils it is advisable to make side ap-
plications of Nitrate in early season.
5. Plant on Old Beds slightly above level to
insure quick stands.
6. Do Not Rush Planting. Early plantings
not advised under weevil conditions. For our
conditions April 10th to 20th safest time as a
rule.
7. Leave Cotton Thick, preferably two to
three stalks to the hill, fifteen to eighteen
inches apart in four-foot rows for average land.
8. Cultivate Shallow and Often to induce
quick growth and rapid fruiting. Keep this up
throughout the season.
9. Plant Small Acreage so that it can be
worked carefully, c^uickly, and as often as
necessary.
DIRECT CONTROL MEASURES
10. Make One Application of Molasses-Cal-
cium Arsenate Mixture (1-1-1 formula) just
before cotton begins to square and when the
weevil is in the bud.
11. Locate Spots Where Weevils Appear
First and poison in these spots by the use of
a Hand Dust Gun or small power machine.
12. Watch These Spots and poison them as
often as necessary and keep squares picked up
in these places. Weevils can be held in check
until migration sets in. Foolish to poison
whole fields until necessary.
13. When Migration Begins Poison Over
Whole Area to protect immature bolls. Use
dry dust and apply with such machine as best
suits your needs. Two dustings at this time
will usually be sufficient.
14. Use Your Mind and prove your supe-
riority to the boll weevil. Intelligence is Very
Essential in This Fight. Haphazard work and
methods waste time, energy, money and do not
produce desired results.
Good Farming — a Mind to Work at the right
time and Intelligent Work, done every time it
is needed, will certainly defeat the boll weevil
and insure a profitable crop.
Write us if you are interested in the results of our 1923 Boll Weevil tests with the various
poisons now being recommended.
28
A Final Word
As we come to the close of this catalogue, we realize how much we have left out that
we wanted to include, things that we feel would be of much interest to all of our cus-
tomers.
We have been able to give only a glimpse of the plans and purposes of our organiza-
tion, of our men, of our seed breeding methods and work and a very short description
of our seeds. We have not considered at all our boll weevil tests, our variety tests, our
fertilizer tests, our cotton spacing tests and other tests of this character which we are
conducting.
All of these things are very interesting and full of practical value and any results we
have are for the use of our customers and friends who desire them. Call on us, we have
no secrets, nothing to hide, but everything to show.
WE WANT TO BE OF SERVICE
We invite correspondence and consultation on agricultural problems. We have capa-
ble men in our organization who have had the very best agricultural training; men who
have had long, practical experience in farming; men who are devoting their entire time
and thought to agricultural interests. In addition to this we have an Agricultural
Library as good as will be found outside of our colleges and experiment stations. We
do not claim to know it all, but we will be glad to give any information we can to those
who inquire.
WE WANT YOU TO VISIT US
We wish every one of our customers and friends would visit us. We would like to
meet you and we are anxious for you to see at first hand who we are and what we are
doing.
If 3mu are near our Greenwood, Mississippi, Office you will be repaid for ^mur time
bj" a visit to our Breeding Farm at Schlater, Mississippi. Mr. J. B. Dick will be there
and glad to see 3mu at any time.
If 3'ou live nearer to our Main Office at Hartsville, S. C., we will be delighted to show
3'ou our South Carolina work.
We are doing the HIGHEST CLASS SEED BREEDING WORK and we covet an
opportunity of showing it to 3mu.
S. PRESSLY COKER,
Head Plant Breeder and General Manager.
Our Terms
We Sell for Cash. Unless yon enclose the money with your order it will he neeessary
to delay shipment until we write yon and receive the money, d'o persons having i)roper
credit rating we will make shipment by freight, sight draft with hill of lading attached,
or hy express C. O. 1)., hut others must send cash with order. All our prices arc
h'. (). P). llartsville, S. C., or Ureenwood, Miss. Remittance may he made hy check,
money order, cash or stamps. We are not responsible for your order until it reaches us.
A Bag
of
HUMPHREY-
COKER
SEEDS
Ready for
Shipment
HUMPHMYCOKIRSElDill
■V^lSvaLE,S.C. GRIENWOOP,M#|
breedersgrowersdesleiI
FIELDiljr
Genuine
Humphrey-Coker
Seeds
are known by
1. Our Trade Name.
2. Our Trade Mark.
3. Our Name and Ad-
dress.
4. Our Approval
Stamp
on Every Bag
of Seed,
Book Your Order Now
We have a very limited supply of our new strains of seed this year and we advise that
you place your orders early, so that we can serve you. We do not ship any cotton seed
out before January, as we must have time to make our triplicate germination tests before
they go out. This in'ocedure is to protect your interest, so let us have your order for
January or h'ehruary shii)meut. Where orders are booked we recpiire a deposit of ten
per cent, on the order.
HUMPHREY-COKER SEED COMPANY
HARTSVILLE, S. C. GREENWOOD, MISS.
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