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The large amount of data accumulated on correlations between 

 yield antl various qualities of the corn plant and corn ear 

 have been to a large extent summarized and put in shape for 

 publication. 



The breeding of oats has been continued and field tests indi- 

 cate its practical value. It is hoped that at an early 

 'date there may be prepared for publication a part of the data 

 accumulated by a number of years' breeding of cotton and 

 oats. Field tests both at Auburn and other parts of the State 

 continue to give increasing evidence of the value of the strains 

 of cotton, corn, and oats evolved as a result of the breeding 

 work at Auburn. 



It is believed also that the results when fully analyzed will 

 throw important light on some of the details of plant breed- 

 ing that are important from a scientific standpoint. 



The following is a list of the principal field experiments con- 

 ducted on the Station farm in 1917: 



Alfalfa, fertilizer, variety and culture experiments. 



Barley, variety tests. 



Cotton, effects of planting light and heavy seed. 



Cotton, variety tests of short staple and long staple. 



Cotton, breeding with Cook and hybrids. 



Cotton, culture experiments, including thick and thin plant- 

 ings and subsoiling. 



Cotton, time of applying nitrate of soda. 



Corn, variety tests, early and late plantings. 



Corn, Williamson versus other methods of culture. 



Corn, methods of planting velvet beans in. 



Corn, best rotation for. 



Cowpeas, variety and culture tests. 



Cowpeas, for soil improvement. 



Cowpeas, rate of seeding for hay. 



Crops, residual effects of different kinds. 



Clovers, tests of species and varieties. 



Clovers, best plants for sowing with legumes. 



Grains, as forage crops. 



Forage crops, tests of many species and varieties, 



Grasses, tests of species and varieties. 



Hog crops, chufas, peanuts, soy beans, etc. 



Hemp. 



