by Henry Jordan | May 21, 1896 | Cotton, Cotton Variety Trials, Crop Production, Farming, Major Row Crops, Variety Tests
P. H. MELL..Within recent years much attention has been attracted to foreign cottons, especially those of India and Egypt, because of the yearly increased importation of the staple into this country. It is claimed by a few experts that the fibre, in some respects, is...
by Henry Jordan | May 21, 1896 | Corn, Corn Variety Trials, Crop Production, Farming, Major Row Crops, Variety Tests
BY J. F. DUGGAR.SUMMARY.I. The spring and early summer of 1896 were extremely dry. II. Among fourteen varieties of corn tested, the largest yield was made by St. Charles, followed by Early Mastodon and Blount Prolific. Averaging many tests of varieties made in...
by Henry Jordan | May 21, 1896 | Cotton, Cotton Variety Trials, Crop Production, Farming, Major Row Crops, Variety Tests
BY J. F. DUGGAR.SUMMARY.I. Of seventeen varieties of cotton tested in 1896, Hutchinson ranked first in yield and value of lint and value of total product. Truitt stood second, Dickson Cluster third, and Peerless fourth.II. Seed from different parts of the Cotton Belt...