Agricultural Experiment Station Records (RG 25)
Inventory - Subgroup 3, Series V:
Adams, Purnell, and Bankhead-Jones Acts Funded Projects
(box 8/3/5/40)
REHJ, projects by departments (federally funded - Adams, Purnell,
Bankhead-Jones):
Agricultural Chemistry Dept.:
Miscellaneous projects, 1914-1927
Various Adams Fund projects (up to 25 1/2; excluding 3,
6, & 10), 1914-1927
Hops (Adams 3), 1907-1919
Metabolism of dairy cattle (later Nutritional problems
. . . alfalfa) (Adams 6), 1922-1944
Spray residue investigations (Purnell 24; merged with
Adams #10, 1940), 1928-1940 (see also REGJ project
cooperative agreement)
Spray Residue Committee (Purnell 24), 1934-1935
Assimilation by orchard fruits (Purnell 78), 1935-1941
Hop evaluation (Purnell 69), 1934-1941
Malting barley (Purnell 95), 1940
Oregon grown insecticidal plants (Purnell 96), 1940-
1948
Agricultural Economics Dept.:
Miscellaneous (Purnell 52, 56 & 56A), 1934
Grazing permits (Bankhead-Jones 2), 1935-1939
Rural tax delinquency in Oregon (B-J 4; continuation of
Purnell #79), 1936-1940
Marketing of farm products (B-J 5), 1936-1941
Oregon pear industry (B-J 9), 1938-1941
Cover crop seed industry (B-J 11), 1939-1942
Transportation costs (B-J 12), 1939
Pacific coast dairy production (B-J 13), 1940-1944
Public expenditures in Oregon (B-J 16), 1940-1946
Potato trade (B-J 17), 1940-1942
Quality of Oregon grown Irish potatoes (B-J 19),
1941-1942
Oregon fiber flax (B-J 20), 1942
Marketing of Oregon farm products (B-J 21), 1942
Marketing & economic problems...freezing facilities for
food preservation (B-J 26), 1944
(box 8/3/5/50) Marketing snap beans (B-J 30), 1946-1949
Livestock marketing in Oregon (B-J 31), 1945-1950
Production capacity of Oregon agriculture (B-J 32),
1947-1948
Real property in Oregon (Purnell 14), 1927-1929
Canning of fresh & dried foods (Purnell 18), 1927-1930
Marketing wool (Purnell 20), 1927-1930
Real property taxation (Purnell 23), 1928-1930
Marketing machinery for berries (Purnell 29), 1929-1931
Incidence of taxation (Purnell 32), 1929-1932
Hop industry (Purnell 38), 1930-1931
Cherry industry in Oregon (Purnell 45), 1931-1934
Oregon rye grass (Purnell 50), 1932-1933
Public expenditures in Oregon (Purnell 56), 1929-1940
Placement of Oregon tax delinquency data (Purnell 56A),
1934
Part-time homestead farming (Purnell 65), 1934-1935
Adjustments in farming (Purnell 75), 1935-1936
Analysis of rural tax delinquency in Oregon (Purnell
79), 1934-1936
Marketing of Oregon fruits & vegetables (Purnell 85),
1935-1939
Turkey eggs & market birds (Purnell 144), 1949
Hedging practices by mixed feed manufacturers (RMA
title II), 1949
Marketing deciduous tree fruits (regional project WM-
2), 1949-1951
Potato marketing (regional project WM-6), 1948-1950
Agricultural Engineering Dept.:
Influence of conditions of drying on hops (B-J 6;
continuation of Purnell 68), 1934-1945
Dusting equipment (B-J 15), 1940-1944
Farm machinery & equipment (B-J 23), 1942-1948
Dairy refrigeration (Purnell 25), 1928-1932
Cheese & butter starter equipment (Purnell 40),
1931-1932
Corn drying (Purnell 51), 1932-1937
Hop drying (Purnell 68; continued as B-J 6), 1934-1936
Farm home construction (Purnell 87), 1936-1944
Hay drying, harvesting, storage & nutritive value
(Purnell 121), 1945
Animal Husbandry Dept.:
Range rehabilitation methods (B-J 7), 1937-1944
Willamette Valley hill pastures & their utilization by
farm sheep (B-J 22), 1940-1950
Reproductive capacity of western Oregon farm sheep (B-J
27), 1945
Beef market requirements (Purnell 5), 1925-1928
Lamb marketing investigations (Purnell 17), 1927-1930
Angora goat study (Purnell 19), 1927-1931
Hog marketing (Purnell 34), 1930-1932
Marketing country killed meats (Purnell 52), 1932-1935
Range land study (Purnell 76), 1935-1939
Palatability of meat as affected by freezing storage
(Purnell 108), 1925-1952
Bacteriology Dept.:
Miscellaneous projects, 1944
Misc. Adams projects (13 & 20), 1913-1921
Microbiological study in soils (Adams 4), 1920-1930
Microbial decompositions (Adams 26), 1930-1939
Decomposition of stubble (Adams 33), 1939-1944
Azotobactor in Oregon soils, (Adams 34), 1941-1943
Effect of burning on soil fertility (Adams 35), 1941-
1943
Agricultural wastes (Adams 38), 1944-1946
Microbial decomposition of mulch materials (Adams 42),
1945-1948 (replaced by Adams 45)
Walnut bacterium & filbert blight (Purnell 88 & 102),
1936-1948
Dairy Husbandry Dept.:
Marketing butter (Purnell 9), 1925-1927 (see also
Station Circular 74)
Milk in Portland (Purnell 11), 1925-1927 & 1950-1951
Nutrition in dairy bulls (Purnell 91), 1938-1944
(replaced by Purnell 105)
Vitamin A....breeding performance of dairy bulls
(Purnell 105), 1942-1948
Entomology Dept.:
Miscellaneous projects, 1918-1932
Misc. Adams projects (includes 6« & 25), 1911-1926
Insects affecting douglas fir (Adams 11«), 1912-1925
(see also Station Bulletin 147)
Red spider investigations (Adams 12), 1912-1918 (see
also Station Circular 36 & Station Bulletin 121)
Insecticides (Adams 16), 1915-1924 (see also Station
Bulletin 169)
Strawberry root weevil (Purnell 10), 1926-1935 (see
also Station Bulletin 330)
Strawberry crown borer (Purnell 22), 1928-1940 (see
also Station Bulletin 296)
Blackberry mite (Purnell 41), 1931-1935 (see also Circ.
of Info. 149)
European earwig (Purnell 47), 1930-1936 (see also
project REIJ-23, Station Bulletin 204, & Circ. of
Info. 143)
Insect carriers of crinkle diseases (Purnell 60), 1933-
1948 (see also Station Bulletins 319 & 357)
Mountain spotted fever tick (Purnell 77), 1931-1937
(see also Station Bulletin 349)
Control of potato flea beetles (Purnell 82), 1936-1945
(continuation of project REIJ-23)
Insecticides (Purnell 99), 1942-1948
Testing of soil insecticides (Purnell 118), 1944-1948
Western spotted cucumber beetle (Purnell 128), 1931-
1947 (includes earlier state & gift work)
Farm Crops Dept.:
Misc. projects, 1934
Malting barley (Purnell 72), 1934-1942 (see also
Station Bulletin 355)
Insecticide, condiment, rubber, & drug plants (Purnell
103), 1942-1945
Corn breeding (Purnell 123), 1945-1948
(box 8/3/5/60)
Farm Management Dept.:
Misc. projects, 1925-1935
Willamette Valley farm organization (B-J 10 & Purnell
92), 1938-1946 (see also Station Bulletin 409)
Prune enterprise (Purnell 1), 1923-1932 (see also
Station Bulletin 292)
Pear enterprise, cost, etc. (Purnell 2), 1925-1930 (see
also Station Bulletin 267)
Forage enterprise (Purnell 7), 1925-1929 (see also
Station Bulletins 241 & 248)
Poultry investigations (Purnell 12), 1925-1931 (see
also Station Bulletin 287)
Commercial apple enterprise study (Purnell 13), 1922-
1929 (see also Station Bulletin 244)
Dairy cost & organization (Purnell 31), 1926-1935 (see
also Station Bulletins 250-251, 312, 318, & 324)
Walnut cost study (Purnell 33), 1929-1941 (see also
Station Bulletin 315)
Handling grain (Purnell 36), 1928-1932
Berries under irrigation (Purnell 39), 1930-1931 (see
also Station Bulletin 277)
Honey cost study (Purnell 48), 1930-1939 (see also
Station Bulletin 362)
Filbert cost study (Purnell 53), 1931-1938 (see also
Station Bulletin 351)
Farming in Oregon (Purnell 61), 1933-1938 (see also
Station Circulars 114 & 120 and project REGJ-5M)
Turkey hatching (Purnell 67), 1931-1935 (see also
Station Bulletin 333)
Hop cost study (Purnell 70), 1934-1939
Pasture cost study (Purnell 71), 1934-1941 (outgrowth
of Purnell 31)
Fiber flax cost study (Purnell 73), 1932-1938 (see also
Station Bulletin 354)
Dry farming (Purnell 84), 1936-1940 (see also Station
Bulletin 373)
Soil conservation practices (Purnell 90), 1937-1943
(continued as Purnell 111)
Vetch & Austrian winter peas (Purnell 94), 1940-1942
(see also Station Bulletin 409)
Farm labor necessary for war production goals (Purnell
106), 1942
Crested wheatgrass on eastern Oregon wheat farms
(Purnell 111), 1943-1946
Irrigation possibilities in the Willamette Valley
(Purnell 120), 1929-1946
Cost of producing vegetables in the Willamette Valley
(Purnell 125), 1946-1948
Sweet cherry cost study (Purnell 126), 1946-1949
Cost of producing fluid milk (Purnell 132), 1946-1950
Small fruits cost study (Purnell 134), 1947-1949
Forage crop production (Purnell 140), 1948-1950
Fish & Game Management Dept.:
Fur farming in Oregon (B-J 3), 1936-1941
Oyster investigations (B-J 14), 1939-1945:
Correspondence, 1939-1945
Progress reports, 1939, 1941 & 1944
Feeding fish to fur animals (B-J), 1941-1943
Production of rabbits as a supplementary food supply
(B-J 25), 1943-1945
Food Technology Dept.:
Preserving quality in fruits (Purnell 42), 1930-1944
(see also Station Circular 122):
Correspondence, outlines & progress reports,
1930-1944
Project reports:
"Preservation of Fruits & Vegetables by
Freezing in the Pacific Northwest,"
April 1939
"Quality of Frozen Fruits as Influenced by
Variety: Brambles -- Blackberries,"
July 1, 1941
"Quality of Frozen Fruits . . . Brambles --
Raspberries," July 1, 1941
Dehydration of foods (Purnell 101), 1942-1944
Fishery products for war needs (Purnell 112), 1943-1946
Quick freezing (Purnell 117), 1944-1950
Dehydration studies (Purnell 119), 1944-1946
Home Economics Dept.:
Nutritional value of vegetables preserved by freezing
(B-J 8), 1937-1941
Present use of time by farm homemakers (Purnell 8),
1925-1931 (see also Station Bulletin 256)
The farm home (Purnell 35), 1929-1933 (see also Station
Bulletins 293 & 320)
Baking of pears (Purnell 37), 1930-1931 (see also
Station Bulletin 283)
Space in the house (Purnell 57), 1933-1944 (see also
Station Bulletins 348 & 356)
Vitamin B - content of frozen peas (Purnell 86), 1936-
1937 (continued as B-J 8)
Contribution of Oregon diets to vitamin C requirements
(Purnell 89), 1937-1940
Nutritional studies of 4-H club members & rural youth
(Purnell 98), 1941
Standardized farmhouse plans (Purnell 97), 1939-1944
Effect of dehydration on vitamin values of fruits &
vegetables (Purnell 110), 1943
Postwar farmhouse planning (Purnell 113), 1944
Electricity in Oregon rural homes (Purnell 122), 1945-
1949
Storage facilities for other areas of the farmhouse
than the kitchen (Purnell 131), 1946-1950
Horticulture Dept.:
Misc. projects, 1933 & 1944
Adams projects, general, 1913-1921
Pollination investigations (Adams 4«), 1909-1918
Irrigation investigations (Adams 5), 1909-1918
Growth & reproductive correlations (Adams 14),
1913-1931
Critical temperatures of fruits (Adams 15), 1913-1921
Influence of gases emanated by fruits (B-J 1),
1935-1944 (see also Station Bulletin 342)
Vitamins in horticultural crops (B-J 24), 1943-1945
Fruit harvesting (Purnell 3), 1925-1932 (see also
Station Bulletins 228, 234, 242, 254, 280, & 283;
Station Circular 75; & Medford cooperative agreement)
Strawberry production (Purnell 4), 1925-1929 (see also
Station Bulletin 245)
Standardization of dried prunes (Purnell 6), 1925-1931
(see also Station Bulletins 249, 252 & 291; & Station
Circular 82)
Cherries for maraschino (Purnell 28), 1929-1931 (see
also Station Bulletins 247 & 275)
Preservation of berries (Purnell 30), 1929-1931 (see
also Station Bulletin 278)
Fresh & canned fruits (Purnell 43), 1931-1937 (see also
Station Bulletin 347)
Spoilage of canned food (Purnell 44), 1931-1936 (see
also Station Bulletin 345)
Cultivated raspberry (Purnell 54), 1932-1935
Fresh tissue of pears (Purnell 55), 1932-1933 (see also
Station Bulletin 316)
Canning squash (quality of vegetable crops, Purnell
58), 1933-1944
Young dewberry (Purnell 59), 1933-1941
Training red raspberries (Purnell 62), 1933-1941
Grape culture in Oregon (Purnell 63), 1934-1941
Ornamental & nursery stock (Purnell 64), 1931-1935 (see
also Purnell 63 for additional project
correspondence)
Strawberries under irrigation (Purnell 74), 1935
Sterility of pears (Purnell 80), 1936-1941
Fertilization & irrigation of strawberry crops (Purnell
93), 1940-1944
Handling of apples & pears in war time (Purnell 100),
1942-1947
Breeding & selection of vegetables (Purnell 115),
1944-1949
Testing production & processing adaptability of named
varieties of vegetables (Purnell 116), 1944
Plant Pathology Dept.:
Adams projects, general, 1914-1926
Canker of apple (Adams 1), 1926-1928
Diseases of bulbs & florists crops (Adams 2), 1926-1940
(revised as new project 118)
Apple tree anthracnose (Adams 7), 1907-1916
Mosaic of brambles (Adams 7«), 1923-1932
Verticillum wilt of raspberries (Adams 8), 1927-1936
(see also Circular of Information 134)
European canker (Adams 8«), 1921-1925
Cherry gumnosis (Adams 8þ), 1907-1921
Virus disease of potatoes (Adams 11), 1919-1936 (see
also Station Bulletin 294 & Circular of
Information 107)
Little known insecticides (Adams 16), 1923
Potato diseases (Adams 17 & 18), 1917-1926
Bacterial blight of filberts (Adams 17«), 1916-1921
Leaf roll of prunes (Adams 19), 1917-1921
Dry storage rot of potatoes (Adams 21), 1917-1921
Relation of seed treatment to physiology of grains
(Adams 22), 1918-1922
Leaf & cane spot (Adams 27), 1931-1936
Crown degeneration of red raspberry in Oregon (Adams
29), 1932-1944
Bud blights of fruit trees (Adams 32), 1922 & 1936-1941
Brown rot of stone fruits (Adams 36), 1941-1946
(replaced by Purnell 127)
Disinfection of fresh fruits (Purnell 16), 1927-1934
Strawberry root rot (Purnell 21), 1928-1935 (see also
Station Bulletin 295)
Filbert blight (Purnell 26), 1928-1933
Crinkle diseases of strawberry (Purnell 49), 1932-1944
(see also Station Bulletins 319 & 357)
Tomato tip blight (Purnell 66), 1934-1939 (see also
Station Circular 128)
Bark necrosis/Virus & similar diseases of orchard trees
(Purnell 81), 1936-1946 (changed to Adams project,
1946)
Diseases of food vegetables (Purnell 104), 1942-1947
Testing fungicides for the control of diseases of tree
fruits (Purnell 127), 1946-1950
Poultry Husbandry Dept.:
Misc. projects, 1910-1930
Methods of incubation & the chemical composition of the
chick (Adams 9), 1908-1925 (see also Station Bulletin
100)
(box 8/3/4/10)
Soils Dept.:
Soil minerals (Adams 28), 1931-1941 (cont. as Adams 37)
Role of iodine in plant nutrition (Adams 30), 1935-1944
Effect of organic mulches in soil fertility (Adams 37),
1942-1948
Zinc in relation to soil fertility (Adams 39), 1944-
1948
Poor filling of walnut kernels (Purnell 83), 1935-1947
Veterinary Medicine Dept.:
Walking disease of horses (Adams 24), 1917-1918
Liver flukes & lung worms (Purnell 15), 1927-1944
(see also Station Bulletins 266, 360, & 408; Station
Circular 93; & Purnell 114)
Treatment of cattle for liver infestation (Purnell
114), 1944-1945
Influence of diet on fluke infestation in cattle
(Purnell 130), 1946
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