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Hence we have bred those crops which we thought 
best fit into such a diversification program; namely, 
oats, wheat, rye, barley, corn, soy beans and tobacco. 
Our New Rust and Smut Resistant Oats 
In Oats, we have recently bred and introduced 
two varieties, namely, Victorgrain and Fulgrain 4, 
rust resistant, that fit ideally into this program. 
These oats originated from a cross of Victoria and 
Fulgrain and combine high yield, cold resistance, 
rust resistance and smut resistance. We will have 
ready to introduce this fall a new variety, Stanton, 
that is a week to ten days later in maturity than the 
other two varieties, has all the good characters and 
added cold resistance and vigor. The Lee x Victoria 
hybrid material from which this oat was bred was 
furnished us by Dr. T. R. Stanton, head of the 
U. S. D. A. Oat Investigation work, and is named 
in his honor. 
Wheat 
In Wheat, we have recently bred and introduced 
a new variety, namely, Hardired, that combines 
winter hardiness, high production, mildew resistance 
and rust tolerance. We feel that this wheat can 
safely be planted in any territory from Washington 
south. We are increasing and will offer this fall a 
new variety introduced by the U. S. D. A. from 
Brazil, namely, Frondosa. This is a heavily bearded, 
late maturing, stiff strawed Golden Chaff type. It 
has a high degree of leaf rust resistance, some stem 
rust and mildew resistance but is low in cold resist- 
ance and is not adapted to planting in the northern 
Piedmont. It led one of our variety tests in yield in 
1939 and made an average yield the past season in 
spite of cold damage. This wheat makes the quickest, 
early fall growth of any that we know of and is an 
ideal grazing and cover crop wheat. 
Abruzzi Rye 
Abruzzi rye was saved from extinction by our 
late President, Mr. David R. Coker. Our first breed- 
ing experience was started with this in 1908. Since 
then we have introduced many striking strains. We 
have been inbreeding Abruzzi since 1924 and are 
working now to find those lines which when crossed 
should give a superior rye. 
Barley 
We have been experimenting with barley off 
and on since 1914. It was apparently so poorly 
adapted to the Coastal Plains that it was given up. 
Recently, barley has come so to the forefront that 
at the insistence of Clemson College we are again 
undertaking it. Dr. J. W. Taylor, U. S. D. A., has 
furnished us seed of all of his most promising new 
hybrids and selections. Represented in this material 
are all the good characters that one could desire. 
In addition, Dr. N. I. Hancock of Tennessee Experi- 
ment Station has furnished us seed of 22 of his most 
promising selections. Dr. Taylor thinks that our 
main trouble has been our acid soils toward which 
barleys are intolerant. With this condition cor- 
rected we have every reason to be optimistic. 
Hybrid Corn 
Corn has been considered by most of us as a 
minor crop. The acreage however in corn in eight 
of our eastern cotton states is 50% greater than 
our cotton acreage. How we hope to solve this prob- 
lem is aptly explained in article on page 20 by 
Mr. C. L. Davis, newly connected with our company 
as corn specialist. 
Soy Beans 
The Soy Bean is one of our best hay crops and 
should be profitably grown for seed. We have bred 
and introduced three hybrid varieties and have tested 
hundreds of others but so far have not found one 
that filled our requirements. Our program is directed 
now toward the breeding of types that are highly 
productive, of yellow color, high oil, high shatter 
resistance and unpalatable to the soy bean worm. 
We have a number of selections in plant-to-rows 
that should give us all but the last requirement. We 
have a few selections from Nanda, one of which we 
hope will have this added feature. 
Tobacco 
A similar program started in 1928 with tobacco 
has resulted in the production of such new types as 
Gold Dollar and Mammoth Gold and superior pedi- 
greed strains of Yellow Mammoth, Virginia Bright 
Leaf, Bonanza and Jamaica Wrapper. 
Mr. Charles L. Davis, plant breeder in charge of our hybrid corn 
breeding program, shown with some of his breeding selections. 
Harvesting an increase plot of Frondosa wheat. This variety, 
which originated in Brazil, is highly rust resistant, a good pro- 
ducer and splendid for cover crops. 


