================================================================== Frequently Asked Questions about The MEASURED CROP PERFORMANCE Series version 0.1 6 Feb 93 ================================================================== Who is Darryl Bowman? Dr. Darryl Bowman is in charge of Variety Testing at the North Carolina State University, in Raleigh, NC. His mailing address is: 3709 Hillsborough Street Crop Science -- Box 8604 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695-8604 His telephone number is: (919) 515-2827 Which of the Measured Crop Series are available on line? Currently, "Small Grain 1992" which includes Barley, Oats and Wheat. Who else might be of help in understanding and intertrepting the contents of the Measured Crop Performance Series? In North Carolina, contact your local Cooperative Extension Agent for information. Also, at North Carolina State University are: John Anderson, Extension Specialist for Corn tel. (919) 515-5817 FAX: (919) 515-7959 email: JANDERSO@ncext.ces.ncsu.edu mail: Crop Sci -- Box 7620 NCSU Raleigh, NC 27695-7620 James Dunphy, Extension Specialist for Soybeans tel. (919) 515-5813 FAX: (919) 515-7959 email: EDUNPHY@ncext.ces.ncsu.edu mail: Crop Sci -- Box 7620 NCSU Raleigh, NC 27695-7620 Ronald Jarrett, Extension Specialist for Small Grains tel. (919) 515-5824 FAX: (919) 515-7959 email: RJARRETT@ncext.ces.ncsu.edu mail: Crop Sci -- Box 7620 NCSU Raleigh, NC 27695-7620 Can I obtain this information as a paper document? Yes, either by contacting Darry Bowman (see above) for a copy of the original publication (there is a limited suppply); or by reproducing it from the Word Perfect or ASCII files in this despository--please read the TITLE.wp or TITLE.asc file carefully. These are public documents and they may not be reproduced for sale. What format are the Measured Crop Performance series in? The primary documents were composed using Word Perfect(R) versin 5.1, which is the "standard" format for almost all agricultural governmental agencies in the U.S.A. What do the report file names mean? Title.wp: which is the "cover page." TOC.wp: which is the Table of Contents of the original paper document. TEXT.wp: which is the running explanatory text of the original paper document. Table-??.wp: which are the various Tables of information in the format from which camera-ready copies were prepared for the original paper document. *.asc: which are a series of similar files, but recovered as plain ASCII text and which are UNFORMATTED. What is the small-grain-92-wp.Z file? This a single file containing all of the Word Perfect(R) formatted-files, rolled into one standard .ZIP line, for ease of BINARY-mode FTP transport.