VARIETY TESTS OF CORN AND COTTON IN VARIOUS PARTS OF 

 THE STATE ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF SOIL DURING 1910. 



VARIETY TESTS AT BELHAVEN. 



The work on the Wilkinson farm met with a serious accident 

 toward the end of the season, which rendered the results unpublishable 

 in tabular form. The records of the variety tests of corn were not 

 available and those from the variety tests of cotton could be used but 

 in a very general sense. 



The indications from our work here, however, are that some 

 strains of the King tyjDe of cotton is best suited to these black soils in 

 the eastern part of the State. The varieties yielding the highest were 

 King's Improved, King's Ee-Improved, Williams, Brown No. 1, 

 and Ninety Day, in the order named. These, it will be noted, are all 

 of the King type. 



Next year we hope to put on a more extensive test on these black 

 loam and peaty soils with a view to ascertaining the best varieties of 

 both cotton and corn for use in this part of the State. 



VARIETY TESTS OF COTTON AND CORN ON THE CALEDONIA FARM. 



The soil on which these tests were placed is very unlike most of the 

 soils in the coastal plain: ' They represent the second bottomlands 

 along the Eoanoke and other of the principal rivers in the eastern 

 part of the State. The soil is a yellow loam to silt loam in texture, 

 has a gently rolling surface and needs but good tillage and a good 

 supply of organic matter to make it quite fertile. 



The test of the varieties of cotton was made at the lower cam.p, 

 under Captain Christian, while the test of the varieties of corn were 

 conducted at the upper camp, under Captain Eheim. 



VARIETY TESTS OF COTTON. 



Twenty-one different varieties of cotton were tested on the leading 

 soil type of this farm during the past season. The results obtained 

 must be taken as indications only since a number of similar tests will 

 be necessary to show us the highest average yielding varieties through- 

 out a period of years ; and this is what the farmer is really interested 

 in more than to know what varieties out-yielded during any single 

 season. 



The following table shows the yield of seed cotton and lint per 

 acre, the per cent of lint to seed, and value of same at current prices, 

 as well as other facts of minor importance. 



It will be seen from the table that the highest yielding varieties 

 on this type of soil were the Climax, King's Ke-Improved, Edgemont, 

 Morgan's Climax, and Williams, in the order named. It will be 

 noted, however, that King's Ee-Improved had but a fraction over 

 70 per cent of a stand, while the Climax had something over 80 per 

 cent of a stand, and this must be taken into consideration when com- 

 paring the yields of any of the different varieties. (Table I.) 



