Von Roeder Cotton Breeding Farms


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Marker Number: 5662 
Marker Title: Von Roeder Cotton Breeding Farms 
Index Entry: Von Roeder Cotton Breeding Farms 
Address: not located 
City:  
County: Scurry 
UTM Zone: 14 
UTM Easting: 99 
UTM Northing: 99 
Subject Codes: AG 
Year Marker Erected: 1967 
Designations: na 
Marker Location: N/A 
Marker Size: 18" x 28" 
Repairs Completed: N/A 
Marker Text: Pioneer cotton breeders; aides to world fiber market, 
economy. Clemens Von Roeder, born 1888 in Austin County. As farmer began 
use of mutations, 1923, produced a long staple, big boll cotton; later added 
strains to resist hail, windstorm, rust. He was joined by his brother Nolan in 1934; 
Bentley Baize, an agricultural executive, 1940; and Nolan's son, Max, in 1957.
 Von Roeder-marketed seeds are Texas Mammoth and Western Prolific, for hand-picking; 
and Western Storm Proof, for modern mechanical harvesting. (1967)