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live >it'l(l aiul 12 less well known varieties were grown in 

 rows for observation. A test of varieties for late i)lantinM 

 included (ioliad. Dwarf Mexican June, Lownian Yellow and 

 Experiment Station Yellow. The test of the Williamson method 

 of planting corn was continued. 



Oafs — The regular fall planted variety test of oals included 

 most of the promising southern varieties. The severe freeze 

 of the winter of 1!)17 and 1018 showed that (<ulberson was- 

 the most resistant to winter killing of the ''rust proof" group.. 

 Among the hybrids No. 051, a cross made at Auburn of Culber- 

 son on Red Husl Proof withstood the freezes of both ])i-eceding. 

 winters. 



The Red Rust I'roof and Fulghuni varieties were planted in 

 plant-to-row tests for study and from them some promising 

 strains have been isolated. Foit> to fifty bushels of pedigreed 

 seed have been placed with selected farmers for further 

 testing and multiplication. When bcanled and beardless ker- 

 nels are separated from the same head and planted, their 

 progeny show on the same plant both bearded and beardless 

 kernels in about the same proportion as on the parent plant. 

 . The test of fall versus spring planting of oats continued to 

 show from 20 to 40 per cent increase in yield in favor of 

 the fall planting. In ihe spring planted variety tests Burt, 

 Fulghum and Dixie produced the largest yields of grain. In 

 seeding oats after cotton on sandy upland the plowing of the: 

 land as a preparation has not increased the yield. 



- Wheat — In the regular variety tests of wheat were included 

 both those varieties that have been gi'own here many \t'a; s 

 and those that have nol > et become well established. Among 

 those that are well established is the Alabama Blue Stem, 

 a local variety that deserves special mention because it has 

 been found to do well in many parts of the state. The breeding 

 of the Alabama Blue Stem by the plant-to-row method has 

 given several strains, some of which seem to be more resistant 

 to leaf rust than others. The experiment in rate of seeding 

 wheat seemed to bear out the common practice of seeding 

 about 60 pounds per acre. February planting of wheat gave 

 low yields. 



Barley — The work with barle\ included a variety test plant- 



