by Henry Jordan | May 21, 1898 | Crop Production, Farming, Major Row Crops, Small Grain Variety Trials, Variety Tests
BY J. F. DUGGAR. SUMMARY.Among a number of varieties of oats tested none was found superior in yield to the common Red Rust Proof oat. Varieties which produced moderate yields of grains and relatively large ampunts of tall fine straw were Myer’s Turf and...
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 | Corn, Corn Variety Trials, Crop Production, Farming, Major Row Crops, Variety Tests
BY J. F. DUGGAR. SUMMARY.Seed corn from Illinois gave a slightly larger yield than seed corn grown in the South. In 1897 the most productive varieties were Mosby Prolific, Cocke Prolific and Renfro. Kernels from the middle portion of the ear used as seed failed to...
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...
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...
