Edgar S. McFadden photograph of a flax nursery in Kenedy, Texas.
A handwritten note accompanies the photograph describing Turkey winter and Sheyene flax .
Back of photo of Edgar S. McFadden at a flax nursery in Kenedy, Texas. Includes handwritten notes.
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.
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.
Baby portrait of Carol Mae McFadden, daughter of Edgar S. McFadden
Two Hereford cows standing by a wooden fence next to a parked car on the McFadden farm
Portrait of Edgar S. McFadden, McFadden is known for his breakthroughs in wheat genetics in South Dakota and in Texas
Edgar S. McFadden in a wheat test plot at a Texas A & M University College Station
Edgar S. McFadden at work in his office at Texas A & M University at College Station, Texas
Edgar S. McFadden doing research in wheat genetics
Edgar S. McFadden in a flax field at Kenedy
Edgar S. McFadden in a field of wheat that is a test plot for his research on wheat genetics
Edgar S. McFadden standing in a field of wheat
Edgar S. McFadden kneeling in a wheat field that is part of Edgar S. McFadden research on wheat genetics
Edgar S. McFadden crouching on the ground holding shafts of wheat, the wheat is part of Edgar S. McFadden's research on wheat genetics
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
Edgar S. McFadden sitting at his desk in his office
Field of wheat is a test plot for Edgar McFadden's research on wheat genetics
Edgar S. McFadden speaking to a group of people in front of an unknown building
Edgar S. McFadden is among a group of people in front of an unknown building
Edgar S. McFadden is among a group of people in front of an unknown building
Edgar S. McFadden speaking to a group of people in front of an unknown building
Edgar S. McFadden looking at wheat planted in pots, the wheat is part of Edgar S. McFadden;s research on wheat genetics
Small grain experiments at Prairie View are observed by Edgar S. McFadden (right) nationally famous wheat breeder of Texas A & M College and Professor Manley Champlin, retired, former head of the department of field husbandry at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada; agronomist Oliver E. Smith (left) is in charge of the Experiment Station tests
Head sections of New Era Barley, the barley is part of Edgar S. McFadden's research
Two head sections of cross-pollinated barley (No. 1), the barley is part of Edgar S. McFadden's research
Portrait of the McFadden family; from left to right: Mabel Lucille (Blakesly) McFadden, Edgar Sharpe McFadden, James McFadden, Beatrice (Stacking) McFadden
Portrait of a young Edgar S. McFadden
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
Mrs. J.E. Boyd from Junius, South Dakota was honored in 1940 as Eminent Homemaker by the Eminent Farmer and Homemaker Club at South Dakota State College.
Citation and biography of Mrs. W.J. O'Banion from Canton, South Dakota who was honored in 1928 as Eminent Homemaker by the Eminent Farmer and Homemaker Club at South Dakota State College