by Henry Jordan | May 21, 1906 | Corn, Corn Variety Trials, Cotton, Cotton Variety Trials, Crop Production, Farming, Major Row Crops, Variety Tests
BY J. F. DUGGAR, DIRECTOR AND AGRICULTURISTANDL. N. DUNCAN, ASSISTANT IN AGRICULTURE In order that the results of our unpublished variety tests of cotton may be in the hands of farmers in ample time for use in making plans for another year, this brief bulletin...
by Henry Jordan | May 21, 1904 | Cotton, Cotton Variety Trials, Crop Production, Farming, Major Row Crops, Variety Tests
BY J. F. DUGGAR.The season of 1904 presented some trying conditions for the cotton plant. The rainfall for March was below normal. April was exceedingly dry and the drought was not broken until late in May. The total rainfall for March-was 2.80 inches; for April 1.02...
by Henry Jordan | May 21, 1899 | Cotton, Cotton Variety Trials, Crop Production, Farming, Major Row Crops, Variety Tests
VARIETIES OF COTTONBY J. F. DUGGAR.PURPOSES OF TESTS OF VARIETIES.Variety tests of cotton have had a prominent place at nearly every experiment station in the Cotton Belt.Although these experiments have had some value, yet they do not afford a concise answer to the...
by Henry Jordan | May 21, 1898 | Cotton, Cotton Variety Trials, Crop Production, Farming, Major Row Crops, Variety Tests
BY J. F. DUGGAR. SUMMARY.The growing season of 1898 was extremely dry until June 12, which was unfavorable to securing full effects from fertilizers. Of fourteen varieties of cotton tested in 1898, the largest yield was made by Russell Big Boll, 382 pounds of lint...
by Henry Jordan | May 21, 1897 | Cotton, Cotton Variety Trials, Crop Production, Farming, Major Row Crops, Variety Tests
BY J. F. DUGGAR.SUMMARY.The group of varieties yielding most lint were Texas Oak, Griffin, Hawkins, Deering, Mell Cross No. 15, Jones Re-improved, Duncan, Hutchinson, Peterkin, Truitt and Whatley. Seed of the same original stock, but grown for one year in different...
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...
