Oral history interview with Irvin M. Atkins, 1986 March 14.

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Oral history interview with Irvin M. Atkins, 1986 March 14.

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Interview with Irvin M. Atkins concerning his experiences as an agronomist for the United States Department of Agriculture and professor and small grains research leader for the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station in College Station, Texas. Atkins discusses his family background, his employment with the U.S. Department of Agriculture experiment stations in San Antonio and Denton, Texas, the history of the Denton station, the development of the varieties of small grains resistant to pests, disease, and adverse climate, wheat varieties, and the special equipment used at the stations. He also talks about his experiences during the Depression in Denton, the refinements in equipment and methods at stations in the 1950s, the organization of the stations, the science of plant breeding, as well as the Texas A & M station's activities, his efforts to produce hybrid wheat, and the future of the American farmer.

50, [14] leaves : facsims. ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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