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T. W. Rogers discusses his career in the breeding and delinting of cotton. 

==General Interview Information==

'''Interviewee Name:''' T.W. Rogers

'''Additional Parties Recorded:''' None

'''Date:''' February 29, 1984

'''Location:''' Waco, Texas

'''Interviewer:''' Richard Mason

'''Length:''' 1 hour 15 minutes


==Abstract==

'''Tape 1, Side 1:''' Beginning involvement in delinting and seed breeding,
Early delinting,
Farmer acceptance (1939),
Evolution,
Chemical delinting,
Wet acid versus gas process,
Dilute acid process,
Farmer acceptance of acid process,
Effect of mechanization,
Precision planting (1960s),
Phasing out of mechanical delinting,
West Texas,
Fertilizer use,
Irrigation,
Cotton farming in West Texas,
Glandless cotton,
Food value,
Experimentation,
Revenue from delinting,
Insect problems.
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'''Tape 1, Side 2:''' Insect problems (continued),
Chemical farming,
Controversy,
Misuse of chemicals,
Characteristics of a cotton breeder,
Relationship between universities and independent breeders,
Chemical seed treatment,
Farmer awareness of seed varieties,
Plant Variety Protection Act,
Foreign interest in seed breeding,
Japanese interest,
Future for independent breeders,
Joe Lambright,
Decrease in small independents,
Corporate seed business,
Hybrid cotton,
Feasibility,
Fiber quality.
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'''Tape 2, Side 1:''' Post-war developments,
Public relations and advertising,
Cotton Incorporated,
Technological advance,
Modules,
Insecticide application,
Cultivator,
Future for cotton in black land areas,
Root rot,
Modules (again),
Future for cotton in West Texas,
Dry land farming,
Early frost.
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'''Tape 2, Side 2:''' Blank
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'''Range Dates:''' 1939-1984

'''Bulk Dates:''' 1939-1984


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