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S-2 Mechanization of Cotton Production, Harvesting, 



Ginning and Cleaning . 1. To design and improve machines, 

 including pesticide applicators, and develop methods 

 which will reduce manpower requirements to a minimum and 

 increase output per lahorer to a maximum with respect to 

 the growing of cotton and harvesting of cotton. 2. To 

 design and improve facilities and develop methods for 

 improvement in the storage and handling of cotton with 

 emphasis on mechanically harvested cotton. To design and 

 improve machines and facilities for the ginning and 

 cleaning of cotton with emphasis on mechanically harvested 

 cotton. 



Cooperating stations and agencies: Miss. HI, ARS 

 fSee S-2 in Part 3, Section B for cooperators not doing research 

 in entomology.) 



S-12 Production and Evaluation of Forage Crops and Pastures 



in the South . To develop more effective and efficient 

 methods for determining the forage values of varieties and 

 species of Southern pasture and forage plants grown 

 singly and in combination under southern conditions. To 

 determine basic genetics and breeding behavior of forage 

 species and to develop and evaluate new and improved 

 varieties and species adapted to the southern region. To 

 determine the influence of specific environmental factors 

 on the behavior of various strains, varieties and species of 

 southern forage crops and to determine the response of 

 these plants to variations in environments encountered in 

 the region (resistance to insects and other pests is 

 considered) and to soil and grazing management and 

 fertilization practices. To develop improved methods of 

 producing, harvesting, processing and storing seed of 

 southern forage crops. 



Cooperating stations and agencies: H. C. V, Okla. IV, 



Tex. IV, ARS (See S-12 in Part 10 for cooperators not doing 



research in entomology.) 



