Seven head sections of Success x Manchuria wheat breeding (No. 2); each is labeled with a letter (A through G), the wheat is part of Edgar S. McFadden's research on wheat genetics
Seven head sections of Success x Gatarni wheat breeding (No. 4); each is labeled with a letter (A through G), the wheat is part of Edgar S. McFadden's research on wheat genetics
Research notes recorded by Edgar S. McFadden from 1925 to 1926. Research was conducted on oats varieties: Mark, Richland, Mark, wheat varieties: Acme, Vernal, Marquis, Hope, Webster, Kota, and Quality. Also included is data on smut experiments.
Research notes recorded by Edgar S. McFadden in a U.S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry Agronomic Notes book. Data is composed of research on wheat varieties: Marquis, Preston, and Kota. Also included is data on wheat rust.
Research notes recorded by Edgar S. McFadden in a U.S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry Agronomic Notes book. Data is composed of research on wheat verities: Supreme, Hope, Power, Ceres, Reward, Haynes, and Marquis.
Research notes recorded by Edgar S. McFadden in a U.S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry Agronomic Notes book. Data is composed of research on wheat varieties: Marquis, Preston, and Kota. Also included is data on wheat rust.
Research notes recorded by Edgar S. McFadden in a U.S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry Agronomic Notes book on field plots. Data is composed of research on oats varieties: Iogold, Cole, 60-day, Edkin, Richland, Gopher, Silvermine, Swedish Select, and Green Russian; wheat varieties: Power, Pierson, Mindum, Nodak, Kubanka, Acme, Akrona, Reliance, Kota, Marvel, Preston, Marquis, Supreme, Ceres, Hope, Progress, Marquillo, Reward, Ruby, and Quality; and barley varieties: Orel, Hamchen, Svanhals, Nepal, Wind Pedigreed, Trebi, Oderbrucker, Manchuria, New Era, Odessa, and Dryland.
Research notes recorded by Edgar S. McFadden in a U.S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry Agronomic Notes book on field plots. Data is composed of research on winter wheat varieties: Minturki, Proso, Turqhai, Kharkof, Beloglina, Minhardi, and Eureka; spring wheat verities: Quality, Reward, Marquillo, Marquis, Hope, Kota, Reliance, Akrona, Acme, Kubanka, Nodak, Mindum, and Power; barley varieties: White Smyrna, Dryland, New Era, Odessa, Nepal, Vaughn, Glabron, Trebi, Manchuria, Velvet, Oderbrucker, Hamchen, Svanhals; and oat varieties: Cole, 60-day, Richland, Iogold, Edkin, Iowar, Gopher, Fowlds, Minrus, Anthony, Silvermine, Rainbow, and Green Russian.
Research notes recorded by Edgar S. McFadden in a U.S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry Agronomic Notes book. Data is composed of research on wheat verities: Marquis, Reliance, Kanred, Ceres, Kota, Quality, Hope, Emmer, Marquillo, Webster, Kubanka, Pentad, Mindum, Mondak, Nodak, Akrona, Acme, Armantha, Chernouska, and Kota.
Research notes recorded by Edgar S. McFadden. Research was conducted on barley verities: Success, Hanna, Gold, Minn 105, Odinbrucker, Gatami, Nepal, Hamchen; winter wheat varieties: Turkey, Red Chaff, Kharkov; Rye varieties; and Oats varieties: Ruakura, White Tartarian, Acme, Pelissur, Black Persian. Also included is correspondence between McFadden and J.A. Clark, Assistant Agronomist in charge of Western Wheat Investigation and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry.
Research notes recorded by Edgar S. McFadden on cereal breeding for the prairie northwest. Research was conducted on barley varieties: Success, Nepal, Minn 105, Oderbrucker, Gatami, Hanna, Gold, and Hancher; corn varieties: Oea Hirta, Hopi Maiz, Alta, and Ree Flour; winter wheat varieties: Hope, Lutercens, and Buffum. Also included are notes on garden vegetables: spinach, lettuce, onion, dill, beets, carrots, parsnips, beans, cucumber, muskmelon, and watermelon.
The research series consists of McFadden’s field notebooks from 1916 through 1951, spanning his career in South Dakota, Minnesota, and Texas. The notebooks detail his work not only with varieties of wheat, but also oats, barley, and flax.